Southern Glazer’s Debuts the Served Up Book Club
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol, has launched a new online book club at www.southernglazers.com/serveduppodcast. The Served Up podcast features interviews with the hospitality industry’s most respected and celebrated leaders.
Just in time for the busy holiday shopping season, book worms in the beverage industry can check out the Served Up Book Club for recommendations on some of the latest books to buy and read exclusive interviews with the authors who are sharing their knowledge, experiences and stories.
Authors featured include:
- Derek Brown, author of Mindful Mixology: A Comprehensive Guide to No- and Low-Alcohol Cocktails
- Camper English, author of Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails
- Kim Haasarud, author of the “101” Cocktail Book Series
- Adrian Miller, author of Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue
- Natalie Maclean, author ofWine Witch On Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking Too Much
- Shannon Mustipher, author of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails
- Jessica Pettit, author of Good Enough Now
- Julie Reiner, author of The Craft Cocktail Party: Delicious for Every Occasion
Served Up, with hosts Bridget Albert and Julie Milroy, is available on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music and is a source for beverage professionals to hear conversations on topics such as advocacy, entrepreneurship, and belonging with food and beverage industry and social justice thought leaders representing the diverse hospitality community.
Albert is the senior director, external communications for Southern Glazer’s, a published author of Market-Fresh Mixology and award-winning mixologist with more than 25 years of hospitality industry experience. Milroy is a vice president, supplier development & marketing for Southern Glazer’s with more than 17 years of experience in the beverage alcohol industry including roles in Sales, Human Resources, Marketing, and Commercial Strategy.
To pitch a guest for the show, to submit your book for the Book Club, or to schedule the Served Up team for on-site beverage industry event coverage, contact servedup@sgws.com. For more information about the podcast visit www.southernglazers.com/serveduppodcast.
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ASAP.com, Unilever Form Partnership for Ice Cream Products
ASAP.com, the on-demand delivery brand for Waitr Holdings Inc. reached a national partnership with Unilever, one of the world’s leading suppliers of ice cream products, including Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Good Humor, Magnum ice cream and more.
The agreement calls for ASAP.com to deliver frozen treats to its consumers. Unilever will coordinate with ASAP’s existing restaurant partners to help add ice cream to their menus. The partnership provides new options for customers, as well as a new revenue stream for restaurants.
ASAP will also deliver from The Ice Cream Shop, Unilever’s virtual storefront, featuring fan-favorite products from beloved ice cream brands Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, Magnum ice cream and Talenti. Customers can order from The Ice Cream Shop at more than 2,000 locations across the country, including the New York Tri-State Area, where ASAP just debuted.
“Adding the top ice cream brands to the ASAP platform will be a tasty treat for our loyal customers,” said Carl Grimstad, CEO and chairman of the board of ASAP, Inc. “And going into partnership with Unilever is another high-profile implementation of our new business model to ‘deliver anything’ to consumers, same day, from any type of business.”
“We are thrilled to begin this partnership with ASAP as Unilever continues to expand the many ways customers across the country can enjoy our frozen treats,” said Russel Lilly, general manager, North American Ice Cream. “It’s not only exciting to further grow The Ice Cream Shop’s customer base with ASAP, but we are also honored to build out restaurant partners’ menus with our variety of offerings to bring something sweet to every customer.”
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US Foods Launches MOXē E-Commerce App for Foodservice Distribution
US Foods Holding Corp. has begun the national roll-out of MOXē (Making Operator Xperiences Easy), the foodservice distribution industry’s most advanced and the only all-in-one e-commerce application that can be used across desktop, tablet and mobile devices anywhere, anytime. MOXē is a personalized one-stop shop where operators can find the right products from a selection of more than 400,000 items, manage orders and track deliveries in one application.
“US Foods has been a pioneer and leader in food service technology solutions for more than a decade,” said Gene Carbonara, vice president of e-commerce and digital for US Foods. “With MOXē, we’ve taken a major step forward in the evolution of the customer e-commerce experience from a performance and ease-of-use perspective. Our new technology offering will continue to set US Foods apart from the competition for many years to come as we deliver on our promise to help our customers Make It.”
Designed from the ground up, leveraging years of research and insights from operators and US Foods support teams, MOXē was developed with a strategic focus on providing enhanced speed, confidence and control for the operator in one intuitive solution for US Foods Holding Corp. has begun the national roll-out of MOXē (Making Operator Xperiences Easy), the foodservice distribution industry’s most advanced and the only all-in-one e-commerce application . Key attributes of MOXē also draw on familiar consumer e-commerce user functionalities to guide the operator from product discovery to delivery.
- Speed: MOXē’s interface and customized all-in-one application provide the fastest e-commerce experience in the food service distribution industry. The user experience makes it easy for both operators and US Foods sellers to quickly accomplish everyday tasks and focus on deeper strategic support to continue driving the operator’s success.
- Confidence: Enhanced product features help operators make informed product decisions, using real-time inventory, ratings and reviews, nutritional information, labor savings capabilities and preparation suggestions all in one place.
- Control: The application’s integrated functions enable operators to stay organized with shopping lists, easily manage orders and track their delivery in real-time on any device.
MOXē will begin rolling out to independent operators across the country and will continue expansion to additional customers in 2023.
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