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Another major player makes it’s way into the BKLYN food scene

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Wegmans to Open at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Not many grocery stores can claim cult followings, certainly not in Brooklyn, where the only options in some neighborhoods tend to be oversize bodegas carrying expired goods or overpriced green grocers full of kale, quinoa and craft beer.

Wegmans, the family-owned, Rochester-based chain of 85 stores concentrated in the Great Lakes region and the Washington Beltway, has that kind of following, inspiring fan websites, hashtags, T-shirts, even a high school musicalabout a couple who finds love in the aisles. The company is poised to open its first New York City store, and it has selected one of the most ripe locations: the derelict Admiral’s Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The lasting and deepening of one company’s massive blunder

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Blue Bell Creameries to Lay Off 1,450 Workers After Listeria Recall:

It’s easy to think that there is some big company lurking in the shadows getting in trouble for what they did and while that may or may not be true, what is real, is the lives of the people not only affected by the disease caused by the listeria outbreak, but also the lives of the workers that made the ice cream, who are now out of a job.

Blue Bell Creameries’ listeria crisis is bad news for ice cream lovers and for the company’s employees as well. Last month, Blue Bell voluntarily recalled all of its ice cream after it was found that some of the products contained Listeria, which resulted in ten illnesses and three deaths. Now, according to the USA Today, 1,450 of Blue Bell’s 3,900 person workforce will be laid off to help the company save money. 750 full-time employees will lose their jobs alongside 700 part-time workers. An additional 1,400 staff members will be furloughed. 

NY’s secret weapons…

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A nice tribute to the people who are never mentioned but always counted on. For many new food professionals the lights of attempted fame can be blinding, but for these folks the allure of making things work and being the best at what you do is enough.

In the NYC restaurant world, when an eatery gets a good review or a high rating, it’s typically the executive chefs, owners and managers that get all the glory. But the real backbone of every restaurant is never any of these boldfaced names; it’s the quiet, skillful, passionate folks who toil behind the scenes without high title or recognition, making sure that all the key elements of the restaurant are in place each night. Today, 10 of these unsung heroes will finally get their due. We scoured NYC’s kitchens looking for them — everyone from a dedicated Mile End dishwasher to Michael White’s low-key pasta master. Read on to hear their untold stories and learn their secrets to success.