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NRA Show Reminder: FER Is In Booth #5223
Don’t forget to stop by and see us this weekend at NRA Booth #5223. Whether you’re passing along company or personnel news or some new product information, or if you just want to say hello and ask us to come see something new at your booth, stop by and drop us a note (or send…
Manitowoc Foodservice Breaks Ground For New Cleveland Facility
Manitowoc Foodservice Ovens and Advanced Cooking is putting down stronger roots in Cleveland. The company broke ground recently on a new 30,000-sq.-ft. facility there, which the company will complete later this year. The expanded building will include new quality systems, computerized work instructions, lean workflow systems and state-of-the-art warehouse operations, as well as a commercial…
Golden State Gaining More Sonic Units
Southern California’s car culture will soon have some new outlets. Sonic, America’s Drive-In, is set for further expansion on the West Coast, including franchise deals for 15 new drive-ins in Southern California. The Oklahoma City chain’s five-unit franchise partner SPG Management will develop five new drive-ins in San Diego County and 10 new drive-ins in…
Dickey’s Maintains Smokin’ Hot Growth Rate
The rapid growth pace for Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants continues unabated. The Dallas-based company, one of the nation’s fastest-growing chains, will open nine new sites in central California. Franchise partners and KFC veterans Kevin and Bryan Roche are centering their development plans in Fresno, Clovis and Hanford. The 72-year-old fast-casual chain currently has 32 locations in…
NRA Show Offers 60% Savings With Early Bird Registration
Through Nov. 15, the National Restaurant Association is offering discount pricing for the NRA Show 2014, May 17-20 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Early-bird registrants can save 60% off the regular admission price. Registration is at Restaurant.org/Show. Association members receive free show registration and a member-exclusive registration rate of $50 for the concurrent Int’l. Wine, Spirits…
NRAEF Seeking Nominations For Community Service Awards
It’s payback time for good deeds and industriousness. Go ahead and nominate a hardworking operator for the Restaurant Neighbor and Faces of Diversity awards, presented by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Any restaurant or foodservice company is eligible for the awards, which recognize outstanding societal contributions by restaurateurs. The Restaurant Neighbor Award recognizes restaurants…
Dunkin’ Brands Expands Roles of U.S. Chiefs To Include International Regions
The global donut market is about to get a little more attention from Dunkin’ Donuts. Dunkin’ Brands Group, the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins is expanding the roles of Paul Twohig, president-Dunkin’ Donuts U.S. and Canada, and Bill Mitchell, president-Baskin-Robbins U.S. and Canada, to include international regions as the Canton, Mass., company seeks…
Ian Garner, Hobart Managing Director, To Retire After 40 Years
After nearly 40 years as a one-company man, Ian Garner, managing director of Hobart Cooking Solutions, will retire at the end of the year. Garner began his 39-year tenure with the UK operation on the accounts team and in sales, before becoming sales director in 1994, director for sales and marketing in ‘97, and managing…
In Memoriam: Gordon Oates Jr.
Gordon Oates Jr., a second-generation member of the foodservice equipment industry, died Dec. 5 at age 62, following an illness. He was 62 years old. The Kentucky native spent his first decade in business working for IBM in Louisville, then joined his father, Gordon Sr., in the foodservice equipment industry. Over his long management career,…
Gasoline Prices Spiking Earlier Than Usual, Yet Again
This is getting to be like a broken record. Once again average gasoline prices are increasing earlier than is typical, with the national average for a gallon up nearly 40 cents in the past month alone. Foodservice operators are worrying that the spike, on top of the increase in the payroll tax Jan. 1, will…
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