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The two leading measures of consumer confidence moved in opposite directions again in August, as consumer expectations and spending plans remain quite negative. The Thomson…

Pushed lower by strong declines in same-store sales and traffic, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance fell 1.1 points in July, which left the index…

Weak results from Europe undercut overall sales growth for the big public foodservice equipment companies, leading to the slowest overall revenue growth for the publics…

Remember the mom who journeyed around the country’s quick-service restaurant playgrounds, testing them for cleanliness? Fortnightly reported the story a year ago. A California assemblyman…

September brings us National Food Safety Month. Now in its 18th year, NFSM creates a heightened awareness of, and for some newer industry members, an…

Stricter food safety guidelines that went into effect Sept. 1 in North Carolina will be a boon for safer food handling, not to mention sales…

Summer is officially over when the calendar pages fill with sales meetings and educational conferences. A number of dealer buying groups will be convening over…

Michael Tuman is the new business development manager at Component Hardware Group. Tuman assumes responsibility for accounts in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast for all Component…

Carlisle Cos. has appointed Trent Freiberg as president of Carlisle FoodService Products. With this promotion, Freiberg will direct the company’s global operations. For the past…

Joseph Thibert has assumed the post of president of TriMark United East, a major equipment and supplies dealership based in South Attleboro, Mass. Jerry Hyman will continue…