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Just a month after we reported on a Utah town setting aside a years-long ban on chain restaurants, the vox populi—and a desire for Shake…

In 2012, after years of legal wrangling and legislative baby steps, Chicago opened its streets—in a highly regulated manner—to food trucks. Food carts were left…

The Vollrath Co. has launched a website for its newly branded Vollrath Manufacturing Services division, formerly known as Polar Ware Contract Manufacturing. “Whether it is…

The two leading measures of consumer confidence posted mixed results in September while gasoline prices continued to fall, reaching the lowest level at this time…

All major sources of state and local tax revenues posted solid growth in the first quarter of 2015, according to the latest accounting from the…

Foodservice Consultants Society Int’l.-The Americas is rolling out its first-ever student competition, offering foodservice, hospitality and culinary-arts students in North and South America the chance…

G.E.T. Enterprises has completed its merger with Chicago-based Culinaire by Mikon Int’l. The merger, official Sept. 24, brings together G.E.T., the Houston-based maker of dinnerware,…

It won’t be only the meters of exhibition space filled with catering and foodservice equipment and supplies that beckon buyers and operators next month to…

This is my favorite time of year. Usually, from mid-August until before Christmas, my salespeople and I call on as many of our customers as…

T&S Brass and Bronze Works has unveiled its newly revamped T&S University, an online training program for dealers, manufacturers’ reps, wholesalers and consultants. The university…