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CRA Launches Website For Healthcare Law Info
As restaurant chains and other operators gear up to comply with the new state and federal healthcare guidelines, the California Restaurant Association has followed the NRA’s lead and created its own webpage dedicated to healthcare and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The new website section, calrest.org/healthcare, includes frequently asked questions, an implementation timeline,…
Minimum Wage Protests Rock NYC
Hundreds of foodservice workers and supporters protested in New York City and other cities on April 4 outside restaurants to demand higher wages. Demonstrators, chanting “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Minimum wage has got to go,” voiced demands that quick-service restaurants pay $15 per hour, almost double the current hourly average of $8.25. New York City…
Los Angeles County To Take Inspections Online
And the biggest county on the West Coast has some news about restaurant inspections as well. Beginning July 1, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department will go paperless and move to an all-electronic inspection reporting process. The new online process will be gradually instituted countywide throughout the summer and fall by November. Inspectors will…
Minimum Wage Strikes Continue
Scattered protests and employee walkouts hit quick-service chains in 60 cities last week in an effort to ramp up pressure for increased wages. While spokesmen for the protests’ organizers estimated that they involved 1,000 foodservice outlets and other retailers, at least two chains—McDonald’s and Wendy’s—said that the protests had minimal effects on their operations. Marchers…
Cleveland Gives Thumbs Down To McDonald’s Store
Dozens of Cleveland residents and business owners voiced their opposition to a proposed McDonald’s outlet abutting a residential area that they say would dangerously increase traffic with a double-lane drive-through. But it wasn’t the location that led a Cleveland planning commission to veto the outlet on Nov. 15. It was the unit’s size and its…
Edward Don Opens Doors On New Corporate Offices
Edward Don & Co. has new digs. The nation’s largest E&S distributor has moved its national headquarters and distribution center to a new 362,500-sq.-ft. facility in Woodridge, Ill. The move from the former location in North Riverside, Ill., was completed in November. The move continues Don’s continuing modernization of its facilities. Since 2003, the 92-year-old…
Ace Mart Promotes Two In The Houston Market
San Antonio-based Ace Mart Restaurant Supply has made two personnel changes in its Houston market operations. Eddie Sigh has been promoted to regional manager there; Sigh had been store manager of Ace Mart’s Gulf Freeway store for two years and assistant manager for one year. Prior to joining Ace Mart, Sigh held various leadership positions…
TriMark USA Elevates Three SS Kemp Vets
Some notable appointments were announced this week at TriMark USA, the industry’s largest E&S distributor. Mark Fishman has been promoted to the newly created position of executive v.p.-TriMark USA. Fishman will oversee corporate marketing and IT, as well as spearhead efforts to leverage synergies between TriMark divisions. He’s spent 33 years at Cleveland-based TriMark SS…
Will E&S Market Growth Improve?
One of the reasons I like going to the NRA Show, other than it’s a show at which I get to sleep in my own bed, is it gives me a chance to talk to a lot of folks at all levels of the industry. This is especially important as it’s about this time of…
In Memoriam: Toni Gernsbacher
Toni Gernsbacher, the wife of Chain Link Services CEO and FEDA Past-President Harold Gernsbacher and a popular, well-known figure in the E&S industry, died July 9 after a long fight with cancer. She was 53. She is survived by her husband and their two daughters, Leigh and Jordan. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may…
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