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Heather Lalley

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Heather Lalley is the managing editor of Restaurant Business, Foodservice Director and CSP Daily news. She previously served as editor in chief of Winsight Grocery Business.

Before joining Winsight and Informa, Heather spent nearly a decade as a reporter for the daily newspaper in Spokane, Washington. She is the author of "The Chicago Homegrown Cookbook." She holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the two-year baking and pastry program at Washburne Culinary Institute in Chicago.

She is the mother of two and rarely passes up a chance to eat tater tots.

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Eurest’s new Fly Chix concept takes flight

The nostalgia-focused platform was developed by a culinary team of women, featuring products from woman-owned companies.

Operations

Building capacity for a from-scratch foodservice program, plate by plate

Indiana’s New Albany-Floyd County school district hired a full-time chef responsible for training kitchen staff as they made the shift away from pre-packaged foods.

Marks is now the foodservice-management company’s senior vice president of human resources.

The Compass-owned workplace foodservice provider expanded its partnership with woman-owned Newchef Fashion on a line of reimagined chef coats, aprons and more.

Cuisine Boulud New York will operate out of a new kitchen in Manhattan, focusing on corporate catering, special events and more.

The Lewisburg, Pennsylvania-based university is switching to Chartwells Higher Education this fall and plans some widespread upgrades to its foodservice offerings.

The quick-service chain is opening The Cantinas for just one weekend next month, promising a “leisure lifestyle” for all ages. Plus, French Fry Day is near.

The 70th annual awards from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association recognize leaders who have made lasting contributions to advance the foodservice industry.

Uber’s health-focused arm is expanding to fulfill food-as-medicine prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs.

The quickly expanding grocery chain offers high convenience, low prices and a vast selection of ready-to-eat food.

Virtual brands are going niche as they mature.

The Show floor is a veritable buffet of non-dairy ice creams, meat-less meats and even runny eggs that have never met a chicken.

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