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Retrofitting Pays Off At Huddle House
Huddle House kitchens are still plating burgers and waffles, but refreshed dining rooms and exteriors are bringing in new business for the 400-unit, family-dining chain. The redesigned stores, sporting a more modern look and increased seating, have seen sales rise by at least 15%. The Decatur, Ga., chain says 10% of franchisees have converted to…
Tossed Inks 30-Store Franchise Deal For Middle East, North Africa
Tossed, the fast-casual soup and salad chain, has signed its first international expansion deal. The 30-unit master development agreement with Al Sayegh Brothers Trading Co., a multi-national conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates, includes future stores in the Middle East and North Africa. The Al Sayegh team, which plans to feature the company’s new…
Manitowoc Names Chris Karssiens As EVP For Asia Pacific
Manitowoc Foodservice has appointed Chris Karssiens to the role of executive vice president-Foodservice Asia Pacific (APAC). In his new post, effective immediately, Karssiens is responsible for fulfilling the New Port Richey, Fla., company’s APAC strategy and annual business plans, and overseeing its operations in China (Foshan and Hangzhou) and Singapore, as well as its joint-venture…
Wendy’s Debuts In The Other Georgia, Continues Selling Stores
The first Wendy’s outlet in Georgia to open under a year-old agreement made its debut in the country’s capital last month. The U.S. ambassador to Georgia, Richard Norland, was in a crowd of hundreds of Georgians who flocked to the Sept. 12 grand opening in Tbilisi. Wendy’s Georgia franchisee, The Wissol Group, plans to open…
New Owners For Resurgent Captain D’s
After two years of solid growth and a revamped restaurant design, business is good at Captain D’s Seafood Restaurants. Now the Nashville, Tenn., chain soon will have new ownership. Boca Raton, Fla.-based private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners recently announced an agreement to sell Captain D’s to New York-based Centre Partners. Terms of the deal were…
McDonald’s Locates Regional Anhui Headquarters In Hefei
McDonald’s Corp. is putting down corporate roots in the eastern region of China. The Oak Brook, Ill., company has located its Anhui headquarters in Baohe district, Hefei. Currently, McDonald’s has 27 units in Anhui. During the next five years, the chain plans to open more than 120 new restaurants in the province, with a goal…
NSF Int’l. Acquires Brazilian Lab Operation
NSF Int’l. has expanded its global role in public health and water and food safety across Latin America. The Ann Arbor, Mich., firm has acquired Bioensaios Analysis and Environmental Consulting Laboratory Ltd., based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It will become known as NSF Bioensaios. Founded in 1990, Bioensaios is a leading analytical laboratory that provides…
Traffic Fell In Six Of 10 Major Foodservice Markets In Third Quarter 2012
Only China and Canada recorded significant increases in restaurant visits in the third quarter of last year, according to data from the NPD Group. Six of the 10 markets in which NPD charts foodservice activity—Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain—recorded declines. Traffic was flat in the United Kingdom and U.S. Continuing economic struggles and…
Blue Chip Long-Range Forecasts Hold Steady
According to the 50 econometric groups surveyed by Blue Chip Economic Indicators each month, better times are indeed ahead. While in the March survey the group kept their 2013 consensus forecast at 1.9% growth of real gross domestic product and lowered the 2014 forecast a bit to 2.7%, they have maintained their long-range forecasts through…
E&S Public Companies Squeak Out First-Quarter Gain
It was clearly a slow first quarter for many foodservice equipment and supplies companies. The seven publicly reporting E&S companies managed to increase combined sales only 1.8% in the first quarter of 2013 versus the first quarter last year. Four of the seven reported declines in revenues, including both Libbey Foodservice and Carlisle Foodservice on…
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