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MAFSI Reps Forecast 4.1% E&S Growth In 2015
Manufacturers’ reps surveyed for the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry annual forecast, released last week, expect sales of foodservice equipment, supplies and furnishings to grow 4.1% in 2015. Growth is forecast for all five MAFSI regions and across all product categories. The forecast, for the first time, includes forecasts for growth of seven…
Carbon-Monoxide Detectors Get New Scrutiny In New York
Last month’s fatal carbon-monoxide leak in a Long Island restaurant has prompted a push by city and state lawmakers to make carbon-monoxide detectors mandatory in foodservice operations. A Legal Sea Foods restaurant manager was killed and 27 others were sickened in the carbon-monoxide leak on Feb. 22. Investigators say a faulty flue pipe in the…
Wage Protests Roll Up To Golden Arches’ HQ
Quick-service workers calling for higher wages were galvanized into action last week. Thirty-two busses filled with an estimated 1,500 protesters rolled up to the corporate headquarters of McDonald’s Corp. in Oak Brook, Ill. The protestors came from across the country; many were members of the newly formed Fast Food Forward, a movement of New York…
NAFEM Urges Members To Speak Out On SNAP Regulatory Changes
NAFEM members have until Oct. 6 to leave a comment on the proposed rule, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which seeks to phase out all refrigerants currently used in commercial refrigeration equipment by Jan. 1, 2016. The EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy Program requires the agency to identify and approve climate-friendly chemical alternatives…
Affordable Care Act: January 2015 Is Key Time To Track Data
The Affordable Care Act mandates employers with 100 or more full-time-equivalent employees to offer healthcare coverage to full-time employees in 2015. While foodservice operators and other businesses with 50-99 full-time employees have until 2016 to offer coverage, they must start tracking healthcare-coverage-related employee data in January 2015 for reports that must be submitted to the…
MUFES And 2014 Top Dealer Survey
We just finished our seventh biennial Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium, held in Austin, Texas, over the weekend. More than 150 attendees, including 68 chain and multiunit operators, leading manufacturer and dealer suppliers, spent three days together discussing the changing operator environment, technical and process topics. It was the largest MUFES we’ve staged since 2008—a sign…
FER Top Dealer Survey Forms Due April 1
No fooling around with the date: Survey forms for Foodservice Equipment Reports’ annual Top Dealer listing, e-mailed earlier this month to past participants and other dealers, are due April 1. FER’s unique survey requires participating dealers to have a certified public accountant or other independent source verify their sales volumes. This procedure is necessary because…
Reps Sales Jump 4.8% 4Q/’13; A Strong 2014 Is Forecast
In spite of an early winter in some parts of the country, sales of equipment and supplies by manufacturers’ reps increased 4.8% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the latest MAFSI Business Barometer. The quarterly survey is maintained by the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry. And while the reps expect…
MAFSI Barometer Tracks E&S Sales Slowdown In First Quarter
Nearly everyone expected the brutal winter weather to impact sales of equipment and supplies in the first quarter of 2014. The MAFSI Business Barometer clearly shows the effects, with growth of the index falling to 3.3% from a 4.8% gain in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Barometer is maintained by the Manufacturers’ Agents Association…
FER Forecasts Stronger Growth For 2015
Growth of foodservice equipment and supplies sales should accelerate in 2015, reaching 4.8% in current dollars, according to Foodservice Equipment Reports. The new forecast was presented during FER‘s annual President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast meeting, held July 29 at the Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill. Growth is forecast at 4.4% for the current year following…
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