While the local and national economies continue their halting recovery, area vendors report that food service is one sector that's not struggling in the Greater Baltimore Area.
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"Through good economic times or bad, the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., corridor remains a stronghold for the foodservice business, produce vendors in the area say.
It's just a matter of finding the right niche, they add.
Jessup, Md.-based Lancaster Foods Inc. has grabbed ahold of fresh-cut business as its ticket into the foodservice sector.
A move to a new building two years ago prompted the strategic shift, said Jerry Chadwick, vice president of marketing and business development for the company, which built its business on the retail side."
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