PRODUCTS: February 2015

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Pine Hills Country Club, Sheboygan, Wis., uses Vollrath's Downdraft Vent modules to create action-cooking stations throughout the club.

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The NAFEM Show, Freight Rate Hikes And Recruiting Talent

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Increases in equipment shipping costs, awards events and attracting young people to our industry are just some of what's happening as we start this new year.

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U.K.’s Las Iguanas Makes Big Plans

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Citing the United Kingdom’s increasingly adventurous palates and growing appetite for Latin American food, Bristol-based Las Iguanas has ambitions to open 100 units across the country. The chain serves a Latin American menu with Indian, Spanish, Portuguese and African influences in 39 restaurants across England, Scotland and Wales.Four new outlets are due to open by…

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Pokka Café Plans China Expansion

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Pokka Café HK will be expanding its coffee and Western-style casual-dining businesses into China. The Hong Kong-based chain operates 34 restaurants under 12 brands in Hong Kong and Macau, offering specialty coffee and casual dining. Its expansion will be guided by Shanghai-based Xiao Nan Guo Restaurants Holdings, which purchased 65% of Pokka Corp. last November…

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Shanghai-Based CaliBurger To Open In Canada, Kuala Lumpur

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CaliBurger, the Southern California-style burger chain that isn’t based in California, continues its global expansion. The Shanghai-based chain will open the first of three units in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this year; Caliburger’s debut will be bolstered with a food-truck rollout. Co-founded by three Americans, CaliBurger has about 50 restaurant branches across China and outlets in Hong…

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Filipino Flavors Slated For Middle East Footprint

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Dubai-based Al Ahli Holding Group will open no fewer than 20 Philippine-themed food and beverage outlets called “Little Manila” across the Middle East and beyond over the next five years. Six Filipino brands will be grouped into Little Manila franchise outlets: Binalot, a Filipino quick-serve chain known for banana-leaf-wrapped dishes; Jay-J’s, a chicken chain; Fruitas,…

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