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Non-profit organizations that have a kitchen can learn ways to save money next week. On Thursday, April 5, event will be held at SoCal’s Food Service Equipmentt Center in Downey, Calif. It includes breakfast and lunch. Attendees must register by this Friday, March 30.

It’s not just the seminars, workshops, business meetings and golf scores that will garner attention at this week’s

Buffalo Hotel Supply, owned and managed by the Bedard family for 74 years, recently was feted by the Western New York Council of Food Services Associations at its annual awards dinner. The dealership was presented with the 2012 Gold Medal, a top award for longtime contributions to the foodservice industry, which has been awarded by…

MAFSI member Joseph Lawrence Bruno, president and owner of Dealers Choice, died March 20. He was 68. Bruno ran the Larchmont, N.Y., manufacturers’ representative firm for 30 years. The Vietnam War veteran is survived by his wife of 45 years, Laura; two daughters; and eight grandchildren.  Services have been held. Thomas Bryan, whose career in the…

We’re sure you have an excuse. Like, business has been so good that you just haven’t had the time to fill out the FER Top Dealer survey. Or you had to take the kids (or grandkids) somewhere on spring break. But it’s time to get your act together. The survey is due next Monday, April…

Food trucks—where they go and where they park—continue to be an issue in California. A state lawmaker, stating concerns about childhood obesity, has introduced a bill to significantly limit where food trucks and lunch wagons can operate. AB1678 would ban these mobile foodservice units from operating within 1,500 feet of schools, a distance even greater…