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Restaurant operators can’t seem to figure whether they are happy or sad these days. After a strong full-point gain in the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant…

Restaurant Equipment Distributors of Canada, the second largest commercial foodservice equipment and smallwares buying group in that country, and the U.S.-based PRIDE Marketing and Procurement…

David Herring has been named president of Unified Brands. The appointment, effective Nov. 17, was made by Bill Johnson, president/CEO of UB’s parent company, Dover…

Like many in the foodservice equipment business, I probably owe my job to Vinnie Guarriello. When I became chief editor at Foodservice Equipment Specialist in…

SEFA, the South Barrington, Ill., buying group, has announced five more members have achieved top status in the SEFAPro program. They join four of their…

Acosta Sales & Marketing, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based outsourcer of sales, marketing and retail merchandising services, has acquired Howard and Associates. Acosta will integrate the Carrollton,…

Champion Industries has appointed Chris Richelieu as the western regional manager for Champion and Bi-Line Conveyor Systems. Richelieu, based in Boise, Idaho, brings more than…

Five exhibitors received Editors’ Choice Awards during opening ceremonies of the 99th annual International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show, Nov. 9-11 at New York’s Jacob…

Franke Foodservice Systems has named Terry Hoelle, CFSP, as its new v.p-sales and marketing. Hoelle, a 20-year industry veteran, will focus on extending the Smyrna,…

Jan and I went to Paris in mid-November for Equip’Hotel, a big foodservice show we’ve been involved with since the early 1990s. Folks sometimes ask…