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Starbucks To Open Stores in Colombia
While it’s not quite the same as selling ice to the Eskimos, Starbucks Coffee has announced plans to open its first café in a renowned home of the coffee bean: Colombia. After 42 years of buying coffee beans from the country with South America’s second largest economy, Starbucks will finally start selling its Colombian brews…
Leadership Changes, Expansion At Darden
Drew Madsen, who led Darden Restaurants to a 71% increase in store counts and a nearly 80% rise in annual revenues, announced his retirement as president/COO late last month. Gene Lee, president of Darden’s Specialty Restaurant Group, will succeed Madsen at the Orlando, Fla., company. Madsen joined Darden in 1998 as exec. v.p.-marketing at Olive…
McCulloch, Wrench Invest In U.K. Equipment Distributor
Two familiar names, former Enodis and Scotsman Industries executives Dave McCulloch and Dave Wrench, have stepped back in the E&S world with their investment in HTG Trading Ltd. The newly renamed HTG Investment Ltd., which owns Hubbard Ice Systems and Taylor UK, was previously owned by a venture capital consortium. Hubbard Ice Systems is the…
Host 2013 Reports Impressive Attendance And Growth
Milan was buzzing with foodservice professionals who flocked to the five-day Host 2013 last month. The biennial show, held at the fieramilano pavilions October 18-22, is a must-see for an overview of excellent foodservice equipment design and technology. The Host show featured 1,700 exhibitors from 48 countries, encompassing 12 halls. Attendance was up 7% over…
Moffat Adds Western Regional Sales Chief
Moffat US Convection Ovens has appointed Danielle Brach as its westernregional sales manager. She joins the company after serving as a senior marketing and communications coordinator for Ice-O-Matic. Moffat US is a division of Milan, Italy-based Ali Group; its North American operations are based in Winston-Salem, N.C., with sister brand Champion Industries. The Ali Group…
NPD Reports Both Chains And Independents Added Units In 2012, While Traffic Rose 1%
The net numbers of both chain and independent restaurant units in the U.S. were up 0.7%, an increase of 4.442 restaurants, in the year ended September 2012, according to the latest data from NPD Group’s twice-a-year ReCount Census. The Port Washington, N.Y.-based research firm also reported that overall restaurant traffic for the year ended November…
Sales And Traffic Tank In February RPI, But Cap-Ex Measures Hold Up
Same-store sales and traffic took a beating in February, according to the latest tracking data from The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index, released Mar. 29. The overall index fell 0.8 point to 99.9, below the 100 level separating expansion from contraction. It was the fourth month in the last five that the index has…
Heard In the Aisles At NRA: Operator Sales, E&S Market Looking Stronger
Generally, the mood and attitude of nearly everyone—operators, dealers, consultants and manufacturers—we spoke to at the National Restaurant Association’s annual show in Chicago May 18-21, was good. Most reported a slow, but not disastrous, first quarter. The first-quarter numbers from MAFSI and the publicly reporting E&S companies bear this out with very modest sales growth…
Retail Outlets Will Take Traffic Share From Restaurants Over The Next Decade, NPD Forecasts
Among the predictions in The NPD Group’s recently released “A Look into the Future of Foodservice” study is this one: Prepared foods provided by retailers such as supermarkets and drug stores will continue to capture share of the meals/snacks market by taking visits from restaurants. The study, which looks at the foodservice market out through…
Expanded MAFSI Barometer Measures Record Gain In 2Q
Sales of foodservice equipment and supplies posted surprisingly strong gains in the second quarter of 2013 versus the year-prior quarter, according to the MAFSI Business Barometer from the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry, released last week. The 6.1% jump in sales was a record quarterly gain for the Barometer, which was first established…
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