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Don’t forget April 3. That’s the deadline to complete and return the survey forms emailed to past participants and other dealers for Foodservice Equipment Reports’…

ACCUREX FIRE READY HOODAccurex’s new Fire Ready Hood, Model XRRS, functions as a standard ventilation range hood that can suppress stovetop fires, addressing the challenge…

Texas Roadhouse has ambitious plans for 2015. The Louisville chain has opened two more of its new company-owned family sports concept, Bubba’s 33, bringing its…

A.J. Antunes & Co. has elevated Daniel Schmidt to the position of director of key accounts. Schmidt joined the Carol Stream, Ill., company five years…

Five employees on Alto-Shaam’s sales and customer-service teams have been promoted to new positions by the Menomonee Falls, Wis., manufacturer. Tito Rodriguez was promoted to…

As of Monday, March 2, average national gasoline prices had risen for 35 consecutive days, according to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Still, both the…

Wholesale food prices rose 5.5% last year—the fifth consecutive year of increases in the U.S.—but the U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting significant price drops…

The flat or falling customer traffic experienced by many restaurant operators since the Great Recession apparently also is having an effect on total unit counts.…

Restaurant industry indicators tracked by the National Restaurant Association’s monthly Restaurant Performance Index were mixed in January, the association reported Feb. 27. Buoyed by dramatically…

The 2014 “Size & Shape of the Industry Study,” produced every other year by the North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers, is now available…