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Thomas L. Redditt Sr., a manufacturers’ rep and past-president of the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry, died Oct. 20. He was 96. Redditt founded the Tom Redditt Sales Agency, based in Littleton, Colo. He’d learned the industry by working for his uncle’s rep firm in El Paso, Texas, after leaving the Army in…

Curtis Restaurant Equipment, Oregon’s largest foodservice equipment dealer, has won 2012 Vendor of the Year honors from the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association. “This award recognizes the exemplary service and professionalism that set the high standards for the entire industry to achieve,” stated Steve McCord, ORLA president and CEO. “Curtis has shown dedicated service to…

Many of you have been asking if we’re sticking with our July forecasts for the equipment and supplies market for 2012 and 2013, released during our annual President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast meeting. We then predicted 4.7% current dollar growth and 2.6% real growth for this year, numbers pretty close to 2011. Our forecast for…

Myers Restaurant Supply, the Santa Rosa, Calif.-based dealership, has acquired J.M. Design and Associates, a Manteca, Calif., commercial kitchen design and consulting firm. Jeff Melton, the sole proprietor of J.M. Design, has joined Myers as general manager of the newly dubbed Myers’ subsidiary, J.M. Design Group. Melton brings to Myers a 15-year portfolio of projects, ranging…

Sewer bills won’t be scary for operators in Portland, Ore., if their kitchens have a grease trap, and if they rely on composting rather than a garbage disposal to keep fats, grease and oils from going down—and clogging—the drain. In 2011, Portland spent just over $12 million to clear clogged sewer lines and remove fats,…

Noodles & Company, which makes its base in Broomfield, Colo., is making its first forays into the Northeast. Through a partnership Mascott Corp., owner and operator of six restaurant brands in the region, Noodles will open its very first restaurant in the greater New York metro area. The free-standing unit in East Brunswick, N.J., will…

Food prices at the finished goods level rose another 0.2% in September, their fourth consecutive month of gains, according to data from the latest Producer Price Index, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Oct. 12. More worrisome were much larger increases in wholesale food prices at earlier stages of processing. Meanwhile, other than in…