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Parts Town Eyes Future Growth, Partners With Equity Firm
Parts Town LLC has strengthened its position as one of the leading national distributors of OEM restaurant repair and maintenance parts for the foodservice industry. Growth equity investor Summit Partners has made a majority investment in the Addision, Ill., company, and Parts Town founder Bill Reedy, CEO Steve Snower and their management team will remain…
South African Quick-Service Market Heats Up
Taste Holdings, the South African-based holding group, expanded its quick-service portfolio in late January when it acquired Cape Town-based Zebro’s Chicken. The 15-year-old chain has 40 outlets, mainly situated in the Western and Eastern Cape, as well as one store in Namibia. Taste Holdings CEO Carlo Gonzaga said there was significant opportunity for expansion of…
MAFSI Elects New Officers, Honors Its Members
A new executive board emerged from a record-breaking winter meeting of the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry. More than 530 attendees were at the group’s 47th Business Development Conference and Sales Management Forum in West Palm Beach, Fla., last month. Among the business at hand was the election of new officers for the…
AHF Unveils 2015 Board
The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has elected members to serve on its 2015 board of directors. They’ll begin their terms on Aug. 1 of this year. President-Elect: Randy Sparrow, system director-food and nutrition services and environmental services, ProHealth Care, Waukesha, Wis. Secretary: Joanne McMillian, director-food and nutrition, Saint Clare’s Health System, Denville, N.J. Treasurer-Elect: Jacqueline…
France’s Quick Counters U.S. Competitors With New Small Concept
In the face of McDonald’s continued dominance in France and Burger King’s recent return with the splashy opening of a unit in Paris’s Gare Saint-Lazare, the country’s No. 2 burger chain Quick has unveiled a new small-space concept. The first Burger Bar by Quick is expected to open this summer in Paris. The new brand…
Beaverson Named Director Of Foodservice Sales At Winholt
Mike Beaverson, Winholt Equipment Corp.’s foodservice business development manager, has been promoted to director-foodservice sales. Beaverson is now responsible for the Syosset, N.Y., company’s initiatives to expand sales and market share for its prep, storage and shelving products. He will report to Kevin Yates, v.p.-sales, and work closely with Winholt’s regional sales managers, foodservice sales-rep…
In Memoriam: Jay Jabas
F.H. “Jay” Jabas, the founder of Nu-Vu Foodservice Systems, died March 30. He was 81. Jabas got his start in the foodservice equipment industry as an engineer for Ansul and went on to acquire MJR Industries and Roilgard in Menomonie, Mich., where he was owner/president for 25 years. He is survived by his wife of…
Food Management Partners Buys Furr’s Fresh Buffet
In its second acquisition in six months, Food Management Partners announced this week that it has purchased the 25-unit Furr’s Fresh Buffet chain and its Dynamic Foods foodservice distribution company in a bankruptcy court transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In January, the privately held company acquired the 35-unit Don Pablo’s Tex-Mex casual-dining…
Russia Says Goodbye To Wendy’s, Investigates McDonald’s
Where’s the beef? Not in Russia. After three years, The Wendy’s Co. is leaving the Russian market, after a change in the local franchisee’s management left the chain without strong leadership there. Wenrus Restaurant Group, a former unit of Moscow-based Food Service Capital, agreed in 2010 to open 180 Wendy’s units across Russia within a…
Taco Bell Takes On A New Persona In U.K.
Taco Bell unveiled its new U.S. Taco concept in Texas earlier this year, and for its full-scale debut in the U.K. last month, the chain has reimaged its own brand. The new Sheffield, England, store’s open-kitchen design concept, with customers watching their meals made to order from locally sourced ingredients, might seem familiar but is…
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