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Two E&S Dealers Expand Through Acquisition:
Tundra Restaurant Supply of Boulder, Colo., has acquired Superior Commercial Kitchens, a neighboring design firm specializing in restaurants and healthcare facilities. The move will allow Tundra to further expand its suite of planning, design and project management services, according to Tundra Pres. Ryan Lewis. “Superior Commercial Kitchens now allows us to expand into additional foodservice…
Hallett To Head Manitowoc’s Global Yum! Accounts
Manitowoc Foodservice has promoted Bill Hallett to vice president of Global Accounts-Yum! Hallett, a 20-year veteran of foodservice chain business development, will manage the corporate and global relationship aspects of the Yum! Brands/Yum! Restaurants International account; he will lend initial efforts to support YRI growth opportunities. His team includes Joe Kaplan, v.p.-Yum! and Don Alwood,…
Food Service Technology Center Marks 25th Year With Anniversary Seminar
More than 200 friends and colleagues, including manufacturers, operators, consultants and media reps, gathered at the Marriott in San Ramon, Calif., Aug. 1-3 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pacific Gas & Electric’s
Applebee’s Nears Goal Of Being Fully Franchised Operation
The shift to an all-franchise model is nearly complete. DineEquity has sold another 65 of its Applebee’s restaurants for $61 million, one of its final steps in converting the chain to a franchised operation. With the sale of the stores, all in Michigan, to an operator in that state, DineEquity has sold or reached deals…
ServSafe Achieves Its Five Millionth Certification
The National Restaurant Association announced in July that it has issued five million ServSafe certifications. The nearly 40-year-old program is the No. 1 food-safety training program for foodservice operation managers and staff in the U.S. and abroad. It was an employee of the world’s largest restaurant chain that scored the honor. Richard Bryan, an employee of McDonald’s franchisee Baine Enterprises,…
San Diego Food Trucks Have To Make The Grade
It’s back to school for food trucks in San Diego. The county’s 60-year-old restaurant letter-grading program is being expanded to about 550 mobile food facilities, encompassing 250 hot-food trucks and 300 carts that serve items like coffee and hot dogs. The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously July 11 to begin issuing the letter grades…
C-Stores Applaud New Menu-Labeling Legislation
The c-store industry is hailing bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives July 24, which operators say provides the necessary flexibility in menu labeling and a fuller understanding of c-store foodservice operations. They laud H.R. 6174, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, as outlining a less burdensome approach to menu labeling and including…
July Jobs Numbers Better Than Expected; Consumer Confidence Measures Mixed
The U.S. economy generated 163,000 net non-farm payroll jobs in July, while the unemployment rate remained relatively unchanged at 8.3%, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Aug. 3. The job gains were higher than most economists and observers had expected. Still, 12.8 million Americans remain unemployed and another 8.2 million are underemployed. Increases…
Operators Added Total Units In Past Year, NPD Reports
Foodservice operators opened 2,872 net new units in the year ending March 31, as even independent operators saw a net increase in locations. The data from The NPD Group, apparently signals the end of the Great Foodservice Recession when it comes to unit growth. The new ReCount report, which counts commercial restaurant locations open in…
NRA Performance Index Holds Steady In June
Like most Americans, the drumbeat of negative economic and political news is having an effect on operators’ outlook for the rest of the year and into 2013. An improvement in current conditions offset a drop in expectations in the June survey of restaurant operators for the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index. The index remained…
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