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India Gets Its First Carl’s Jr.
With August’s grand opening in Delhi, Carl’s Jr. became the third major U.S. burger chain to enter India. The California chain’s menu, customized for Indian palates and with an extensive vegetarian selection, will compete with Burger King and Wendy’s, both of which established a presence there earlier this year. Carl’s Jr. says it will open…
Krispy Kreme Crosses The Andes
Two dozen Krispy Kreme Doughnuts locations will be sprinkled around Peru during the next five years under a new development agreement with Agape Coral. The Winston-Salem, N.C., chain debuted in South America in 2013, when it opened the first of a planned 25 units in Colombia. The chain also is hoping to establish its presence…
Labor Day, Jobs, The Markets And A Record
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment report last Friday, Sept. 4. The U.S. economy created another 173,000 jobs in August. It was a bit below the average of the last year, but still decent. And combined with an upward revision of 44,000 jobs for June and July, jobs growth averaged 221,000…
NRA Capital Spending Indicator Set Record In July
An important measure of restaurant operators’ capital spending activity hit a record in July, according to the National Restaurant Association. And the record was set not by a little, but by a lot. The percentage of operators that made a capital purchase for equipment or facilities improvements during the past three months reached 72% in…
Pecinka Ferri Opens New Facility
Tristate reps Pecinka Ferri Associates have moved to a new, expanded facility in Fairfield, N.J. The new building at 3 Spielman Road offers a “Gastro-Lab,” an enhanced version of the test kitchen operated by the firm for the last 15 years in Little Falls, N.J. The new digs also include a conference center and training…
Moves and Promotions:
Carpigiani/Ali Group has tapped Penny Klingler as Senior V.P.-Key Accounts for its North America division. Klingler has an extensive background in the commercial foodservice equipment industry, including four years with Alco Standard’s Dispensing division leading its beverage-dispensing product support teams and three years with Sweden Freezer as v.p.-customer services. She joins Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Carpigiani after…
Nemco Elevates Carcione To Sales Director
This summer, Nemco Food Equipment named Michelle Wibel as its new president. Now, as autumn begins, the Hicksville, Ohio, company has promoted Joe Carcione, CFSP, to Director-Sales. Carcione moves to the role after eight years as sales manager-Midwest/West. He’ll continue managing the Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania territories and assume additional large…
Lone Star Taps Top Executives
The board at Lone Star Restaurant Supply has appointed Darren Anderson as President and Chief Operating Officer. Anderson, who previously held the same posts at Dallas-based PrimeSource FoodService Equipment, will take over the reins to lead the strategic direction and positioning of the Austin, Texas, equipment and supplies dealer. Steve Schaefer, previously Lone Star’s v.p./general…
PRODUCTS: September 2015
APP OF THE MONTH Some of the simplest applications make a splash in the foodservice industry, show up in kitchens across the globe and still make you ask, “Why didn’t I think of that?” An Australian invention designed to reduce the use and waste of plastic wrap and aluminum foil on gastronorm and hotel pans,…
It’s About Time… And Motion
So, your labor costs are going up. What if you could re-source your ingredients, redistribute labor or change your cookline to improve throughput?
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