Awards and Recognition
2019 FER Management Excellence Award Winners
Seven companies who excel in foodservice E&S functions prove it takes good leadership, talented team members and a customer-centric culture
2019 Management Excellence Awards: SSA Foodservice Design + Consulting
Some folks are great at identifying and following trends; others create them. Ken Schwartz, FCSI, President of SSA Foodservice Design + Consulting, relates, “We look at every venue individually, because each venue has its own identity. We help clients create oneof-a-kind experiences, by design or operation. We even design new equipment and tools for our clients. Any time we can do something that benefits our clients, we will.”
2019 Management Excellence Awards: Hawkins Commercial Appliance Service
Hawkins Commercial Appliance Service was already more than 70 years old when John Schwindt came on board in 1978. “I was employee number 10,” Schwindt recalls. “I was 17. I started as a shipping and receiving clerk and worked my way up.” Today, Schwindt is the G.M. and V.P. of Operations. The fourth-generation family business has grown to 67 employees, but Schwindt says it still has a small company feel, like family.
2019 Management Excellence Awards: TriMark USA
Three or four years ago, few in the foodservice industry foresaw an equipment dealer log $1 billion in sales. TriMark USA, South Attleboro, Mass., not only met that goal but almost doubled it this past year with sales of close to $2 billion. How did a little company that got its start in 1947 pull off a feat like that? With a singular, uncompromising focus on its customers.
2019 Management Excellence Awards: Burkett Restaurant Equipment & Supplies
“Do more with less” is one of Burkett Restaurant Equipment & Supplies’ core values and it sure seems to be working. “Around 2010 to ’12, we went through a period of hypergrowth and our sales were stronger than our infrastructure; we saw we were growing without a strong foundation to support it,” says Jameel Burkett, President and CEO of the Perrysburg, Ohio-based dealer. “Angry customers aren’t sustainable, so we scaled back, hired and managed a new sales force and installed new technology, including a new Enterprise Resource Planning system.” ERP is a software that integrates a company’s financials, supply chain, operations, reporting, manufacturing, and human resource activities.
2019 Management Excellence Awards: Bloomin’ Brands
When Lou Anich, Director of Key Accounts at Hatco Corp., is asked about his company’s business relationship with Bloomin’ Brands, he thinks first about the day a high-energy team from the Florida-based multiconcept operator showed up at Hatco’s manufacturing plant in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
2019 Management Excellence Awards: Shake Shack
If your company founder literally wrote the book on enlightened restaurant management, you’re automatically under extra pressure to operate an enlightened purchasing department.
The NAFEM Show 2017
Immerse yourself in a world of equipment at the show designed to inform and inspire.
Young Lions
FER’s Young Lion Awards honor professionals age 40 or under who are making an impact on the foodservice equipment and supplies industry today and who are shaping it for the future.
New York State Of Mind
HX: The Hotel Experience, set for mid-November, delivers exhibitors and sessions relevant to the foodservice equipment and supply specifier.
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