Major global change at McDonald’s has been unveiled; it isn’t new-store openings, but corporate transitions that are noteworthy.Doug Goare has been named president of McDonald’s Europe, effective Oct. 1. Goare, currently executive v.p.-McDonald’s Global Supply Chain and Real Estate Development, will succeed Steve Easterbrook.Easterbrook, an 18-year McDonald’s veteran, resigned to join the privately owned Gondola…

Scotsman Industries has announced Jose Nicho will join the organization as v.p.-sales and marketing for Latin America. Nicho, a 20-year veteran of the foodservice and beverage equipment industries, will oversee sales and business development of all Scotsman brands in Latin America. He will report to Kevin Fink, managing director-Americas, who stated, “We are very excited to…

FMP-Franklin Machine Products has added J.C. Carletti to its sales and marketing team as a business development manager.  Carletti had held a similar post for the last 10 years at San Jamar/Chef Revival.  He will draw on more than two decades’ experience in the foodservice industry to work with key accounts in the chain, supermarket,…

Master-Bilt has appointed Steve Asay as national accounts manager-refrigeration. Asay joins the New Albany, Miss., manufacturer from Kairak/ITW, where he served as v.p.-sales and marketing. His primary goal with Master-Bilt will be driving market share increases in rack refrigeration and associated Master-Bilt products. “Steve’s experience in refrigeration, as well as consultant management, makes him a…

It’s back to school time, and not just for kids. Fall classes in the AutoQuotes 2011 Roadshow Training Sessions start in just two weeks. The schedule kicks off in Boston on Sept. 15, followed by St. Louis, Sept. 27; Houston, Oct. 13; Milwaukee, Oct. 25; and San Francisco, Nov. 1. More info, including topics, class…

Our last Fortnightly noted the retirement of Nancy Culotta, NSF International’s v.p.-food safety product certification and consumer products. But we want to give a warm send-off as well to Joe Phillips, NSF’s general manager-food equipment program, who was involved with the organization for 32 years.

The general economic news may be dreadful, but Americans are still eating out, according to the National Restaurant Association’s analysis of the latest retail sales figures. According to preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, eating and drinking place sales held steady in July, after reaching a record $40.9 billion in June. For the seven…

Food prices at both the producer and consumer levels were up again in July according to data released last week from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices at grocery stores continued to rise faster than those at restaurants. On the wholesale side, prices for so-called “finished” foods rose 0.6% over the previous month in July,…

As if you didn’t know, American consumers didn’t like the nonsense over extending the debt limit. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers reported consumer sentiment fell to 55.7 in August and has fallen 25% during the past three months, the second largest decline on record. As Reuters reported, the index has only been…