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Five Guys Debuts In UK
Five Guys has crossed the pond. While the United States celebrated its independence last week, the chain opened its first unit in the United Kingdom. The freezer-free burger chain’s debut London unit is in Covent Garden; a second outlet will open in August in Reading, and it’s rumored in the British press that two additional…
New Winston Division To Hold Open House
Win2uit Electronics and Manufacturing Services, a division of Winston Industries, will host an open house on Sept.13 to showcase the company’s capabilities. Win2uit products and services include PCB assembly, cable/harness assembly, custom metal fabrication, procurement, product integration and engineering. The daylong event will be held at the firm’s recently remodeled facility in Louisville. More information…
Personnel Shifts At Champion And Ali
Some new titles for four employees at Champion Industries: Anthony Patella has assumed the post of regional sales manager-South and Nathan Marshall now has the title of product manager. Patella previously held the position of regional sales manager for Moyer Diebel. He is based at Champion/Bi-Line headquarters in Winston-Salem, N.C. Marshall, who had played a…
T&S Appoints G.M. For Shanghai Operation
T&S Brass and Bronze Works has hired Pat Cotter as general manager of its facility in Shanghai, China. Cotter has a long career in industrial leadership and development experience in China, India, Mexico and South America. Much of his career has been with Worthington Industries, a multinational steel processor and metal products manufacturer. For the…
Fazoli’s Steps Onto Growth Track
Fazoli’s total unit count is growing for the first time in a decade. The Lexington, Ky., chain has inked agreements with new and existing franchisees for at least nine new locations, including multiples sites in its home state, as well as Indianapolis; Dubuque, Iowa; and Glenwood Springs, Colo. Fazoli’s, which has 217 units in 26…
Sysco To Buy US Foods For $3.5 Billion
Two of the largest broadline distributors in the country will be joining forces. On Dec. 9, Sysco agreed to buy rival US Foods for about $3.5 billion in stock and cash. Under the terms of the agreement announced Monday, Houston-based Sysco will pay $3 billion in common stock and $500 million in cash. It also…
Cap Spending Measures Fell Sharply In NRA’s December Performance Index
The two indicators in the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index that track recent and future capital spending by restaurant operators took big hits in December, even as other measures in the index rose, pushing up the overall index by half a point. It now rests at 99.9, just shy of the 100 level that…
Canadian Restaurant Sales Slowed In 4Q, Says CRFA
The number of Canadian restaurant operators reporting increased same-store sales in fourth quarter 2012 fell to 33% from a robust 44% in the third quarter, according to data from the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association’s quarterly Restaurant Outlook Survey. The changes are against the same quarter the prior year. A slowing economy, bad weather, concern…
Last Week’s Retail Sales And Wholesale Price Numbers Misleading For Foodservice
If you just saw the top line numbers for retail sales and the Producer Price Index, reported by the Bureau of the Census on April 12, you may have thought sales and wholesale prices fell in March. In fact, foodservice and drinking place sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% compared with February, the first gain…
NPD Forecasts Flat Restaurant Traffic For 2013; Traffic Steady In First Quarter
In spite of inclement weather and an atypical surge in gasoline prices in the first quarter this year, restaurant traffic was even with the first quarter 2012, according the latest data from The NPD Group. The research firm reported a 2% increase in spending at U.S. restaurants during the period. The group also said it…
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