For over 100 years, Shamrock has been serving communities and dedicated to delivering more than just quality food. We’re so excited to announce that we will be expanding our current food delivery service in Billings, MT area and opening a new Shamrock Foodservice Warehouse to the public in spring 2022.
Known best by locals for the Shamrock Farms milk once delivered to doorsteps by milkmen, to today featuring a multitude of farm-fresh dairy products in grocery aisles and beyond, Shamrock Foods Company is celebrating 100 years as an Arizona business mainstay.
Employee retention is an ongoing priority in foodservice. It reduces labor costs and keeps food and service standards consistently high. One way to achieve this is via a strong operational culture of support, mentoring and interconnectedness.
Robert “Boomer” Godsill’s plate is definitely full. Still, even with three highly successful Idaho restaurant brands – Sunrise Cafe, Biscuit & Hogs and Brunchette – and seven restaurants, Godsill hungered for extra helpings of entrepreneurship. So he restructured his business to allow for more.
Visitors to California’s wine country often wax poetic about the time they’ve spent there. For those visitors who dine at The Goat & Vine, a full-service restaurant in Old Town Temecula, the food is a memorable part of the experience.
Augie Perry loves history. And pie. And Arizona’s beauty. His restaurants, Augie’s and Rock Springs Cafe, have views and top-quality food that make them a highly successful wedding and large-event venue.
Housed in the renovated historic Paxton Lumber Co. building, Albuquerque’s Sawmill Market is the go-to place for lovers of regional food and history.
Shamrock Foods recently hosted its second Chef Master Competition with senior living facilites from the Ensign Bandera group. Each property had participants such as dietary directors, chefs, and executive directors facing off to create a winning entrée as judged by five local judges with healthcare backgrounds. Finalists moved on to a dessert round which revealed the ultimate winner.
Born to entrepreneur parents, Jean Bernstein grew up with a front-row seat to how companies are run. Blessed with innate business acumen and drive, she became a successful, self-described “serial entrepreneur” early on. Still, Bernstein recalls that, even while making money, she and her husband Mark Bernstein hungered for more.
When CJ Cacioppo decided to open an Italian restaurant, he wanted to stand out from other nearby Italian restaurants. He is succeeding by focusing on regional Italy’s rich culinary traditions.
Mark Van Grack’s background in fashion gave him the ability to see future trends. His insight led to Hapa Sushi Grill and Sake Bar, a four-unit, full-service operation featuring Japanese-Hawaiian fusion fare and Motomaki, a three-unit, fast-casual sushi operation.
Chef Roberto Ucan, the young Corporate Chef for Lure Fish House, has his mom to thank for his love of food aromas and flavors and the joy a great meal brings others. He’s no stranger to fresh seafood dishes and has an innate ability to create uniquely prepared dishes that reflect the local flair.
After being impacted by COVID-19, New Mexico’s D. H. Lescombes Winery and Bistro quickly realized takeout and delivery options wouldn’t be enough to keep business going. The restaurant adapted its business model to also sell groceries, resulting in a twenty-fold increase in quarantine restaurant sales.
