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The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has elected its 2016 board of directors. Beginning their terms on Aug. 1 are: President-Elect: Julie Jones, director-nutrition services, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. Treasurer-Elect: Dave Reeves, director-hospitality services, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Elmhurst, Ill. Directors: Nicole Charbonneau, chief-production and service branch ANM, San Antonio Military Medical…

The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association unveiled the winners of its 2015 Silver Plate Awards earlier this month during its annual Chain Operator Exchange in Las Vegas. One of the seven Silver Plate winners will be chosen to receive IFMA’s 2015 Gold Plate Award, which will be presented at the 61stAnnual Gold & Silver Plate Celebration in…

Romano’s Macaroni Grill will be under new ownership by mid-April. Its parent company, Ignite Restaurant Group, has announced a definitive agreement to sell the chain to Redrock Partners, a Phoenix investment group. Houston-based Ignite, which also owns the 138-unit Joe’s Crab Shack and 21-unit Brick House Tavern + Tap brands, said it will receive about…

Levy Acquisition Corp., the merger-minded offshoot of Chicago restaurateur Larry Levy, plans to acquire Del Taco Inc. for about $500 million, including debt, from its private equity owners. The country’s No. 2 quick-serve Mexican chain will be renamed Del Taco Restaurants. According to the agreement, Levy’s family and other investors will inject $120 million in…

Franke Foodservice Systems has acquired Easi-Serv Products, a Canadian maker of conveyor systems that transport food orders from prep areas to a remote point of sale. Easi-Serv, based in Burnaby, B.C., also manufactures drive-through windows. Its customers include a number of the world’s biggest quick-serve chains. Easi-Serv’s food-order transporter systems, based on a continuous track…

Metro Vancouver restaurants are bracing for a July 1 deadline to divert and dispose of food waste that used to go to the landfill. The six-month grace period for new regulations that kicked off Jan. 1 means that come July 1, operators in the Canadian city will have to start paying extra if more than…

The National Restaurant Association will host its annual Public Affairs Conference April 14-15 at the Ronald Reagan Building and Int’l. Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Last year, more than 700 industry professionals attended. Topics slated for this year’s conference run the spectrum from nutrition, labor, taxes, healthcare, sustainability and the workforce. More information and registration…