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New York State Shows A Little Puppy Love
New York State health laws banning dogs from the al fresco dining experience have been bagged. By a 60-0 vote on May 20, the State Senate approved a bill that lets foodservice establishments welcome dogs—if accompanied by a diner—into their outdoor eating areas. The State Assembly now is reviewing its version of the same bill.…
Organizers March On McD’s While L.A. Raises Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour
The Los Angeles City Council voted May 19 to increase the city’s minimum wage from $9 to $15 an hour by 2020. The action gradually will increase the guaranteed hourly wage from $9 in the country’s second-largest city, where more than 40% of the workforce earns less than the hourly wage. Although the hourly wage…
Unified Brands Appoints Warewashing Product Line Director
Unified Brands has added Shawn McElyea as Product Line Director-Warewashing. He will focus on revenue growth for Unified’s Power Soak and warewashing product family through new product development and support of the sales network. McElyea has previous product line management and market research experience in the foodservice industry. Conyers, Ga.-based Unified Brands, along with its…
Sysco, US Foods Antitrust Hearing Extended
Hearings were continued into this week on the federal court proceedings in the government’s antitrust challenge to the proposed merger of rivals Sysco Corp. and US Foods. The Federal Trade Commission, which sued to block the deal in February, and the two companies will return to court after Memorial Day to present closing arguments on…
Vollrath Names Eastern Regional Manager
The Vollrath Company has named Jill VanMenxel its eastern regional manager for its foodservice division. She will oversee sales, staffing and market development in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, and northeast Ohio. VanMenxel joined Vollrath in 2005 as district sales…
Excell Meeting Honors Four Manufacturers
Excell Marketing, the Denver-based buying group marking its 20th anniversary this year, held its annual conference April 15-18 in Cancun, Mexico. The group, comprised of 125 dealers in 42 states, honored four companies as Vendors of the Year. They were: Nor-Lake Inc.: Partnership and Loyalty Nexel Industries: Strategic Growth Beleco: Customer Focus Middleby Corp.: Education…
Standex FSEG Taps Al Santos For New Canadian Sales Post
Al Santos has been appointed to the newly created position of Director-Canadian Sales for the Standex Food Service Equipment Group. He will report to Chuck Dullea, President-Standex Refrigerated Solutions Group, but his focus will be to build on and leverage sales-channel relationships for all Standex FSEG brands including Nor-Lake, Master Bilt, Federal, Bakers Pride, APW,…
We’re Sticking With Our E&S Market Forecasts
After much debate, our forecasting partner John Muldowney and I are sticking with our current equipment and supplies market estimates and forecasts for 2014 and 2015. Last July, for our annual President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast, we set 2014 market growth (at the manufacturers’ level) at 4.4% nominal and 2.3% real and forecast growth of…
Ray Peden To Head Franke Coffee Systems’ North American Business
Ray Peden has been elevated to the office of President-Franke Coffee Systems North America. When he takes office June 1, Peden will be responsible for accelerating sales and growth of the Franke Coffee Systems business in the U.S. and Canada. He will be based at headquarters in Smyrna, Tenn., and will continue reporting to Yvo Locher,…
Canadian Operators Report Good First Quarter And Are Very Optimistic About Next Six Months
Canadian restaurant operators are very upbeat. For the second quarter in a row, they reported a strong up-to-down differential of same-store sales. And, in the first quarter 2015 Restaurant Outlook Survey released April 22, operators indicated the highest expectations for sales gains during the next six months since Restaurants Canada began the survey in the…
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