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Stak To Helm Stoelting’s Foodservice Sales
Stoelting Foodservice, the Kiel, Wis., maker of frozen dessert equipment, has appointed Greg Stak, CFSP, to lead the company’s foodservice sales operations. Stak spent the past eight years as regional sales manager for The Vollrath Co.’s eastern region; Vollrath acquired Stoelting in 2012. In his 25-year foodservice career, Stak has served as V.P.-national accounts for Cooper Atkins,…
Victory Taps Keith As New Sales Manager
Rachel Keith has joined Victory Refrigeration as the company’s new Sales Manager. Keith brings more than 15 years’ industry experience to the post, including various posts with a manufacturers’ rep firm and most recently in sales management at Kairack, a division of ITW FEG. She will report directly to Alex Tappé, Victory’s director of sales.…
FER’s Annual E&S Market Forecast Meeting Set For July 28
Foodservice Equipment Reports’ annual President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast meeting will be held July 28 at the Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill. This day-long overview of trends and data, including FER‘s annual hard-number forecasts of E&S market growth, costs $995 for attendees registering before July 3 and $1,095 afterwards. The Westin O’Hare offers attendees wishing…
Cap-Ex Measures Posted Big Gains In NRA February Performance Index
Tough winter weather dragged down restaurant sales and traffic in February, but both indicators tracking capital spending rose strongly in the latest Restaurant Performance Index from the National Restaurant Association. The overall RPI slipped only 0.1 point to 102.6, the 24th consecutive month the index has been in expansion territory. For all components of the…
FEDA And China, Top Dealers And TriMark
It’s been a very busy couple of weeks for me. I attended the first half of FEDA’s annual convention in Phoenix in late March, then headed to Shanghai, China, where I once again helped with the show’s Foodservice in the 21st Century Forum program. I just got back home on Saturday. Meanwhile, Chris Palmer has…
SNAP Impacts Refrigerated Prep Tables
In his research for the Focus article this issue, Senior Contributing Editor Mike Sherer heard from manufacturers about the use of propane in refrigeration equipment.
Utah Bans Bikes In Drive-Thrus
While bike-riding McDonald’s customers in Denmark are enjoying a test run of “cycle-thru” lanes for patrons on two wheels, burger-loving cyclists in Utah now are banned from drive-thru lanes. On March 25, Governor Gary Herbert approved a bill that would overrule Salt Lake City’s local mandate that restaurants allow cyclists in drive-thru lanes. The state…
Labor Group Claims Chains Are Liable For Worker Safety
A labor group that has been organizing worker protests for higher wages and better workplace conditions is calling for McDonald’s Corp. to be held accountable under federal rules for worker-safety violations at its franchised restaurants. Fast Food Forward, backed by the Service Employees Int’l. Union, last month filed a series of complaints to the Occupational…
L.A.’s QSR Ban Falls Flat In Cutting Obesity Rates
A 2008 ban on new QSRs in South Los Angeles not only failed to cut the obesity rate, according to a Rand Corp. report released in March, but the presence of new QSRs continued to grow. The problem could have originated with the very specificity of the zoning rule, which applied only to stand-alone restaurants…
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