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The Manufacturers’ Representatives Educational Research Foundation, a charitable education foundation sponsored by rep associations in diverse industries, is holding a two-day seminar next month. Manufacturers wanting to strengthen or create a rep network are invited to attend MRERF’s Manufacturer’s Best Practices May 7-8 in Atlanta. The seminar’s format of an interactive dialogue will focus on…

Inez Ellingson, the matriarch of the Ellingson family, owners of Tacoma, Wash.-based Bargreen Ellingson, died May 11 at age 87. She was the mother of Paul and Rick Ellingson and the grandmother of Eric and David Ellingson. She is survived as well by her husband of 67 years, Byron; two other sons; 11 grandchildren; and…

Ace Mart Restaurant Supply recently unveiled its annual Factory Representative of the Year Award. The winners, DJ Marketing’s David Miller, Jeff Miller and Ryan Miller, and True Mfg.’s Randy Bates and Lee Elliott, were honored during a Houston event. They were selected by Ace Mart associates from each of the San Antonio dealer’s 15 Superstore…

Singer Equipment Co. has opened a new branch in Bellmawr, N.J. The new 78,000-sq.-ft. facility includes a store, state-of-the-art test kitchen and training facility, sales office and warehouse to help the Elverson, Pa.-based dealer support its expansion in the greater Philadelphia marketplace as well its national chain division. Singer is the country’s sixth largest dealer,…

Sam Tell Companies has added Brian Doyle to its team as director-contract sales. Doyle will focus on further developing the Farmingdale, N.Y., dealer’s growing portfolio of regional and national accounts. He joins Sam Tell after 18 years at Baring Industries and BRC Commercial Kitchens Corp., where he was instrumental in acquiring numerous large corporate accounts.…

Franke Foodservice Systems has named Terry Hoelle, CFSP, as its new v.p-sales and marketing. Hoelle, a 20-year industry veteran, will focus on extending the Smyrna, Tenn.-based firm’s portfolio of specialized foodservice and beverage equipment, energy management systems, frozen product dispensers, beverage kegs and washroom fixtures, all currently marketed through MAFSI reps and dealers. “We are…

Make your kitchen safer, more sanitary, and more efficient by installing a hose reel from T&S. Offering power and precision for everything from clean-up to ware washing, you’ll wonder why you didn’t get rid of your mop and bucket long ago. Review the many options and accessories available in T&S’s new hose reel brochure, which…