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With foodservice ever more international, the program will offer useful insights.

Have customers that can’t wait? Quick dual-technology microwave ovens are much faster than conventional equipment and can expand a menu even where there’s no kitchen.

Greetings, dual-tech lookers, and welcome to a roundup of the latest models in a relatively young and exclusive category. Check out the five models here, and for more information straight from the factories, go to the websites indicated. Or, as always, help yourself to information on all kinds of equipment through our Buyers Guide. For…

Big Sodas In New York New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a ban on the sale of large soft drinks and other sugary drinks in restaurants, delis and movie theaters with the goal of helping combat obesity. Under his plan, sugary drinks would be limited to 16 fluid ounces, or about half a…

In a large examination of the product offerings in chain restaurants, meals at the vast majority of major U.S. chain restaurants are exceeding the recommended daily limits set forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says a new report conducted by the Rand Corp. According to “What’s on the Menu?,”  96% of main adult meal…

Peerless Food Equipment has added Colleen Francis, CFSP, to its sales team as its new international sales manager-Latin America. She will oversee direct sales and work with the manufacturer’s Latin American agents on all its bakery-equipment product lines, including Fedco, Peters and SuperGrain. Francis brings Peerless more than 18 years of experience selling in Latin America.…

The Atlanta chain has opened its fifth stand-alone restaurant in the Houston area. The Deer Park, Texas, unit is the latest of 96 locations Chick-fil-A plans to open nationwide in 2012. It projects adding 79 stand-alone, two mall and 15 licensed locations. Last year, the chain continued expanding in Chicago and debuted in Hollywood, Calif.,…