New ownership is at the helm of Heritage Foodservice Group, the country’s largest distributor of OEM and repair parts for the foodservice equipment industry. Windjammer Capital Investors, in partnership with the Heritage management team, has acquired the Fort Wayne, Ind., business from The Jordan Co., which had owned Heritage since 2011. Full terms of the…

I’ve been hearing often the past few years about the issues confronting the global supply chain for sourcing durable supplies, tabletop and servingware. Our annual FER Smallwares & Tabletop Design Awards, which will be featured in FER‘s November issue, always remind me of these issues. Put simply, not much of such stuff is made in…

Excell has welcomed Chris Reeves to lead the company’s vendor relations, dealer marketing and business development functions as its new Vice President-Business Development. Reeves brings the Denver-based buying group more than 20 years’ experience in the foodservice equipment and distribution industries. While he most recently worked on the manufacturing side of the industry as western…

Next month’s FEDA webinar examines the effect the Internet has had on the selling process and how it has changed the way customers buy products, select suppliers, build relationships and view salespeople. The program takes a look at how sales organizations should approach the new age of sales with “Selling Has Nothing To Do with…

Speakers ranging from boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard to management expert and author Tom Peters are among the highlights recently announced for FEDA members in early December. Serving as Convention Chair is Jay Ringelheim of Globe Equipment Co.; Paul Parr of Hockenbergs is Assistant Convention Chair.

Tom Campion, CEO of Franke Foodservice Systems, is assuming the presidency of Franke’s Foodservice Solutions. Campion will take on those duties in an interim role while the Smyrna, Tenn.-based company conducts an executive search for a successor to Derrick Richardson, who has left the company after 14 years there in various roles.

Hesburger, Finland’s largest QSR chain continues to expand. The family-owned hamburger chain, which has more than 400 restaurants in nine countries, opened 29 new units in 2014, including eight in Finland and 21 abroad. Hesburger’s store count includes 280 in its home country and more than 100 in the Baltic States, 17 in Russia, three…

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has extended his restaurant footprint to a dozen countries. After opening 63 restaurants in 11 countries, including England, Ireland, Hong Kong, Australia, Russia, Singapore, and Dubai, Oliver has taken his two Italian concepts to India. This fall, Delhi will see the debut of the high-end Jamie’s Italian, which has 30…

The expansion pot bubbles over for a top fondue chain. The Melting Pot Restaurants, which just opened its third restaurant in Mexico City, is now looking to expand across Mexico with at least five additional locations there. The Tampa, Florida, chain is targeting cities such as Mexico City, Guadalajara, Puebla, Monterrey, Cancun and Los Cabos…