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Check Those Boxes, It’s Economic Census Time
Multiunit operators, E&S dealers, consultants and service agents are among the nearly four million businesses which have received forms for the 2012 Economic Census, the federal government’s official five-year measure of American business and the economy. Those forms are due next month; by law, businesses must respond by Feb. 12. The responses help guide industry…
Ethanol Bill Reform To Lower Wholesale Food Costs
A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress April 10 would reform the Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires that large quantities of corn be diverted for use in the production of corn-based ethanol. Opponents of the standard argue that the government’s policy of fostering the use of corn, the chief ingredient in U.S. livestock feed, as a…
Fast-Casual Chains Add Table Service To Adapt To Zoning
It took an upgrade to table service for two Florida-based quick-service chains to get the thumbs-up to open their doors in Winter Park, Fla. The city, near Orlando, agreed to zone in fast-casual concepts Firehouse Subs and BurgerFi for Park Avenue, its upscale dining and shopping district, but only if the chains would modify their…
Steak ‘n Shake Menu Pricing Battle Awaits Court Decision
A federal judge is expected to rule this week in the battle between activist shareholder and restaurant chief Sardar Biglari and three Steak ‘n Shake franchisees in Colorado over who controls menu pricing. The operators are suing the company in federal court, claiming that Biglari’s mandate that all stores offer $4 meals is hurting their…
NRA Previews Expanded Zero Waste Zones
The National Restaurant Association re-introduced an expanded Zero Waste Zones program in Atlanta on Oct. 23. The program, acquired by the NRA last year, is aimed at helping the city’s restaurateurs, foodservice businesses and retailers become more sustainable and energy-efficient. The program originally was created in 2009 by Atlanta-based Elemental Impact to help restaurateurs create…
More Details Emerge For FEDA’s April Convention
The Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association continues to announce more details on the speakers, sessions and seminars planned for its 2013 Annual Convention, April 3-7 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio. The meeting, themed “Vision and Courage to Create Your Own Profitable Future,” will bring together the country’s…
Insinger Adds Three Rep Firms
Philadelphia-based warewashing equipment maker Insinger Machine Co. has strengthened its representation in the West with the addition of three rep groups: Preferred Marketing Group, Heartland Group, LLC and The Redstone Group. Territories for Preferred Marketing are California and Nevada; Heartland Reps has southern Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska; and The Redstone Group will cover…
Boston Showcase To Celebrate 100th Anniversary Next Month
It’s been quite a century for Boston Showcase: 100 years of doing business under four generations of one family. The founding family and their employees plan to celebrate the company’s first 100 years next month. In 1913, Russian emigrant Max Starr opened Boston Showcase Co., a small woodworking shop in Roxbury, Mass. During the 1940s,…
FEDA Releases 2013/14 Membership Directory
It’s time for members of the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association to make a little room on their hard drives for the new 2013/14 FEDA Membership Directory. The directory, an invaluable networking resource, is no longer offered in a hard-copy format. The new downloaded version provides all the necessary contact information for every FEDA member. Association…
CFSP Online Course Package Available
NAFEM is offering a new streamlined approach to the certification process which allows prospective Certified Foodservice Professionals to take the course at their own pace, at home or in the office. The CFSP Online Course Package, priced at $775 per person, includes the application fee, a .pdf copy of the review questions and glossary of…
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