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Wholesale Food Prices Rise Again While Menu Prices Rise Slightly
Food prices at the wholesale level rose for the fifth month in the last six, according to October data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released last week. The combined wholesale increase, as computed by the National Restaurant Association, was 0.3% compared with September. This number averages a gain of 0.8% at the finished level,…
Bloomberg Eyes Ban On Foam Foodservice Packaging
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has already battled trans fats, smoking and supersized sodas during his 11 years in office, has now proposed a citywide ban on “foam-based foodservice products,” including coffee cups, trays and clamshell containers. “We have unfinished business and only 320 days to complete it,” said the mayor in his final…
ANSI Marks World Standards Week
During the same week that the United States government shut down, the American National Standards Institute is marking World Standards Week, highlighting the role standards play in the global economy. ANSI’s Sept. 30-Oct. 4 commemoration aims to raise awareness about the importance of standardization to the world economy and promote the role of standards and…
Massachusetts City Sets Country’s Toughest Trans Fat Ban
Not even trace amounts of trans fat will be allowed in restaurant food served in Chelsea, Mass. The city just next door to Boston voted July 16 to enact the harshest trans fat ban in the country; while other cities that have established similar bans have allowed for trace amounts of artificial trans fat in…
Composting Needs More Than Lip Service
Composters, manufacturers and restaurant executives have more work to do before compostable plastic products get wider use in the food industry, according to Jeff Clark, director of the National Restaurant Association’s Conserve Education Sustainability Program. Clark, one of the speakers at a webinar organized by the Foodservice Packaging Institute, said four barriers need to be…
What’s Behind All The M&A Deals In E&S
The brokers and investment bankers that help equipment and supplies companies buy and sell other companies had a very busy 2012. Foodservice Equipment Reports and our forecasting partner John Muldowney, v.p.-marketing at Alto-Shaam, counted 22 transactions completed or announced during the year, more than double the 10 recorded in ’11. A number of factors drove…
Beus Takes CEO Reins At Blendtec
Reed Beus, an experienced technology and private equity executive, has been appointed as Blendtec’s new chairman and CEO. He succeeds company founder Tom Dickson, who has stepped down from his role as chairman/CEO to focus on engineering new products. He remains on the board of directors of the Orem, Utah, blender manufacturer. Beus joins
Deadline Nears For FER’s Top Dealer Survey
We’re inching closer to the deadline for Foodservice Equipment Reports’ annual “Top Dealer Report” survey. Those responsible for submitting the data should have received the form several times via e-mail. If your form has gone missing, you can find a fresh one on our website at fermag.com/media-library/research. We do need it by the April 1deadline.…
Myers Opens Southern California Branch
Myers Restaurant Supply is expanding outside of its northern California base. The Santa Rosa, Calif.-based dealer has opened a sales office in Costa Mesa to service the company’s growing Southern California business. Twenty-year industry veteran Shelley Spear will head up the new MRS-South location as general manager. Myers has been operating in Santa Rosa for…
Love Your Reps
We note the passing in this issue of three well-known reps: Ed McCarthy, who owned North Star Agency in Minnesota; Joe Sabatino who founded High Sabatino in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area, and Gary Bowker with Denver-based Redstone Group. Jan, who writes all our news, asked if we should run them again in this issue of…
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