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The dog days of summer? Not this year. Despite the volatility on the world’s stock exchanges, consumers are in holding pattern of feeling confident, if…

The nine publicly reporting foodservice equipment and supplies companies posted combined revenue growth of 3.6% in the second quarter 2015 versus the same quarter last…

Driven by stronger same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index posted solid improvement in July.  Showing its first gain in three…

In a long-awaited ruling reverberating throughout the franchising world, the National Labor Relations Board last week upheld the idea of joint employer status, marking a…

American schoolchildren might be getting healthier lunches, but only a third of the nation’s schools have set up salad bars or invested in the kinds…

For many of us, it’s back-to-school time. Jan and I took our 19-year-old son, Sam, back to Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, last week. He’s…

Stoelting Foodservice, the Kiel, Wis., division of The Vollrath Co. and maker of frozen-dessert equipment, has selected The Viola Group as its new manufacturers’ representative…

JH Carr, the Kent, Wash., furniture manufacturer and upholsterer serving the foodservice and hospitality industries, has named Shane Patrick as its new General Manager. Patrick…

MVP Group, the Miami-based manufacturer and distributor of prep, cooking and refrigeration equipment, has added four executives. R. Wyatt Dendy, CFSP, has joined the company…

Two major appointments have been announced at St. Louis-based Star Mfg./Middleby. Lorne Deacon has been promoted to V.P.-Sales for the Star brands, comprising Star, Holman,…