ARLINGTON, VA -- Fifteen restaurants that serve U.S.-grown rice will participate in the USA Rice Federation restaurant promotion conducted in conjunction with the 2014 USA Rice Outlook Conference in Little Rock.  Restaurants included on the list will welcome industry members by displaying the "Proudly Supporting America's Rice Farmers" emblem and featuring rice dishes on their menus.

 

The participating Little Rock restaurants expressed enthusiasm for the program and are looking forward to hosting Outlook attendees.  Many restaurants voiced their desire to leave the emblem up year-round as a show of support for U.S. rice farmers.

 

"Foodservice is an important trend-setting growth segment for the rice industry," said Katie Maher, USA Rice's manager of domestic promotion.  "It is so great to see restaurants serving local ingredients and using U.S.-grown rice to develop creative dishes on their menus.  We hope that those in attendance at this year's conference will show their support for these restaurants that proudly serve American-grown rice."

 

This annual promotion helps increase awareness of U.S.-grown rice among chefs in the host cities for the USA Rice Outlook Conference.

 

Contact:  Colleen Klemczewski (703) 236-1446

WASHINGTON, DC -- Net rice sales of 152,500 MT for 2014/2015  were reported for Iraq (120,000 MT), Japan (24,700 MT), Guatemala (5,400 MT, including 4,400 MT switched from unknown destinations, 1,100 MT switched from El Salvador, and decreases of 500 MT), Taiwan (4,000 MT), and Canada (1,300 MT), according to today's Export Sales Highlights report.  Decreases were reported for unknown destinations (4,400 MT) and El Salvador (1,600 MT). 

Exports of 64,400 MT were down 6 percent from the previous week 11 percent from the prior four-week average.  The primary destinations were Honduras (14,600 MT), Mexico (13,800 MT), Guatemala (10,500 MT), El Salvador (9,400 MT), and Costa Rica (3,100 MT).

This summary is based on reports from exporters from the period November 21-27.