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The National Association of College and University Food Services has renamed its Distinguished Lifetime Member Award to honor longtime member and volunteer David Prentkowski, director of foodservice at the University of Notre Dame. The award, now known as the David R. Prentkowski Distinguished Lifetime Member Award, will be presented by NACUFS at this week’s national…

Patterns in the news show interesting activity.

The burger chain, which prides itself on being an all-American concept, continues to put down roots in Latin America. Brazil’s more than 200 million people will get a taste of Johnny Rockets, which has inked a franchise agreement with a former McDonald’s franchisee to open 30 restaurants in the area. The Aliso Viejo, Calif., chain…

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There’s more going on at Nathan’s Famous than the Fourth of July hot-dog-eating championship. The chain opened 67 new franchised units during the fiscal year ending in March, including stores in Canada, China, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Kuwait. Another 43 outlets opened under a branded program for operators to add a limited Nathan’s menu…

Jobs growth and pent-up demand are positive markers.

Peruse this magazine, or check out the stories in FER Fortnightly, and you can see an awful lot of flux in foodservice these days. It’s not just simple one-problem-at-a-time turmoil, either. Everything is tied to everything else, like some big three-dimensional web pulled tight as a guitar string. Tweak it here, and things twang here,…