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Thanks to support from FEDA’s Diamond Donors, the association’s Education Foundation is once again offering scholarships as an incentive for dealer employees to pursue Certified…

A number of you kindly wrote to comment on my September 7 FER Dealer Report opinion piece, “Where do we find the next generation?” Everyone…

The recipients of FER’s 2017 Industry Excellence Awards for the Dealer category have been unveiled. Two dealerships and two individuals have been recognized for excellence…

Heritage Foodservice Group has hired industry veteran Tom Szafranski as Executive V.P.- Commercial Business Development.  Szafranski is directing the Chain, Service Agent and International business…

Autumn isn’t just time for football and college applications, it’s time for foodservice equipment manufacturers to apply for the 2017 Kitchen Innovations Awards. The NRA program,…

Fiskars has sold Spring USA, the suburban Chicago maker of buffet systems, cooking stations and heat lamps, to a Minneapolis private equity company. The new…

A few months after acquiring Kahala Brands, MTY Food Group is continuing to expand into the U.S. market. Last week, the Canadian firm unveiled an…

Roark Capital Group has acquired a majority stake in Jimmy John’s Sandwiches, adding a big name—and one of the nation’s fastest growing chains—to its growing…

Later this month, the Women’s Foodservice Forum kicks off its Leadership Development Workshop North American Tour. The 12-city tour offers one-day, high-impact workshops centered on…

Cicis, the Texas-based pizza buffet concept, has been acquired by Arlon Group, a food and agriculture investment firm, in partnership with Cicis’ management team; CEO…