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IFMA Announces Silver Plate Winners
Nine industry professionals have been selected to receive the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association’s 2011 Silver Plate Awards. These annual awards recognize excellence in nine segments of foodservice operations. They honor winners for outstanding industry achievements, commitment to innovation, and contributions to the advancement of their segments and the foodservice industry as a whole. The 2011…
Say What? The State With The Fastest Growing Foodservice Sales: North Dakota!
An analysis of the National Restaurant Association’s forecasts for state and regional growth reveals some surprising shifts. Before the recession, foodservice growth in Sunbelt states, including the West, typically outpaced that of other parts of the United States. For 2012, Texas and Florida remain among the top five states with the fastest growing foodservice sales,…
NRA Forecast Posits Interesting Shifts In Segment Growth
Foodservice management companies and self-operated institutions in noncommercial segments will grow slightly faster than eating and drinking places in 2012, the National Restaurant Association predicts in its annual industry forecast. It’s a realistic acknowledgement that many restaurant operators continue to deal with flat traffic and stagnant same-store sales growth, as the effects of the Great…
Gas-Price Increases Making Consumers, Operators Nervous
In spite of a recent flurry of good economic news about jobs, housing and international trade, an unusual jump in winter gasoline prices has both consumers and restaurant operators wondering if this year will be a repeat of last spring. Last year, prices leapt almost 80 cents a gallon between early February and late April…
The E&S Recovery Continues, MAFSI Data Shows
Equipment and supplies sales continued to grow at a healthy rate in the fourth quarter of 2011 according to the quarterly Business Barometer maintained by the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry. The first quarter forecast and other data from the reps surveyed suggest the E&S market recovery will continue. The overall index, a…
U.K. Equipment Group To Unveil Energy Saving Directives At Hotelympia
Next week’sCatering Equipment Suppliers’ Association to unveil the first data from its research into sustainability and energy savings. CESA’s Mind the Gap project examines the difference in approach to sustainability and energy saving among different parts of the food supply chain—including manufacturers, distributors, consultants and end users—and will help the supply chain identify and benchmark…
San Francisco Extends Plastic Bag Ban To Restaurants
Doggie bags and takeout foods will head home bagless, if officials in San Francisco have anything to say about it. The city’s Board of Supervisors voted earlier this month to make it illegal for any shop in the city to offer disposable plastic bags to customers. The law expands a five-year-old bag ban that applies…
IRS Withdraws Third-Party Reconciliation Requirement
The Internal Revenue Service has pulled back from a plan that would have required businesses to reconcile the total receipts they report on their business income-tax forms with the amounts that third parties, such as credit card companies, report paying to merchants to settle merchant-card transactions. The IRS announced the change Feb. 10 in Frequently…
No Snow, But Lots Of Energy Info In Wisconsin In March
The Energy Center of Wisconsin is again offering an energy efficiency foodservice training seminar with Don Fisher of Fisher-Nickel. The website.
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