The fight continues against legislation that could limit a foodservice distributor’s ability to bid on or perform interior-design work. FEDA reports that in April it notified its South Carolina members about a hearing regarding HB 3417, a bill which, if adopted, would be one of the most restrictive interior-design laws in the country and make…

Myers Restaurant Supply is expanding outside of its northern California base. The Santa Rosa, Calif.-based dealer has opened a sales office in Costa Mesa to service the company’s growing Southern California business. Twenty-year industry veteran Shelley Spear will head up the new MRS-South location as general manager. Myers has been operating in Santa Rosa for…

Kitchen Brains has tapped Timothy Lane, a longstanding board member, to take the firm’s reins as CEO. Lane most recently served as president/CEO of Holiday Inn Worldwide. Prior to that post, he was CEO of PepsiCo Restaurants Int’l. (KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell before their acquisitions by Yum! Brands) for Asia and the Middle…

Alto-Shaam has added Brian Zornes as its new v.p. of national accounts-retail. Zornes joins the Menomonee Falls, Wis., manufacturer after 17 years with CSC Worldwide, formerly Columbus Show Case, most recently as v.p.-supermarket sales. At Alto-Shaam, Zornes will be responsible for the strategic development and tactical execution of targeted regional/national chain and multi-unit account growth…

EnviroPure Systems, a maker of self-contained organic food-waste disposal systems, has hired Stefan Kahl as its new national sales manager. Kahl comes from the Atlanta division of U.S. Foods, where he spent nine years as specialist/category manager of non-foods/equipment and supplies. EnviroPure recently was acquired by T&S Brass and Bronze Works and moved its headquarters…

Dealers and their employees with questions or concerns about how the Affordable Care Act will affect them and their businesses should head to the Health Care Knowledge Center at this month’s 2013 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. Booth #6520 will be staffed by independent, restaurant-focused healthcare consultants and employee-benefit experts who can meet one-on-one…

Some notable appointments were announced this week at TriMark USA, the industry’s largest E&S distributor. Mark Fishman has been promoted to the newly created position of executive v.p.-TriMark USA. Fishman will oversee corporate marketing and IT, as well as spearhead efforts to leverage synergies between TriMark divisions. He’s spent 33 years at Cleveland-based TriMark SS…

It’s been quite a century for Boston Showcase: 100 years of doing business under four generations of one family. The founding family and their employees plan to celebrate the company’s first 100 years next month. In 1913, Russian emigrant Max Starr opened Boston Showcase Co., a small woodworking shop in Roxbury, Mass. During the 1940s,…

Blodgett has named Tim Thaler as its new v.p.-sales and marketing. The 27-year company veteran, most recently director of sales and national accounts, will oversee all sales, marketing and training programs for the Burlington, Vt., company. Blodgett is part of Middleby Corp. Colburn & Guyette has moved to new offices. The consulting and design firm…

Fresh off of its annual convention earlier this month (attended by 344 representatives from E&S dealerships and manufacturing companies), the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association is prepping for its next webinar: “The SELL Process: Your Offense.” FEDA has tentatively planned the webinar for June 19 at 10 a.m. Based on Don Buttrey’s new book, “The SELL…