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The success of the first Chipotle Mexican Grill off American shores has done well enough since it opened in London last May that the chain is planning to open a Paris outlet later this year. The Denver chain should find it simpler to operate and source local product under its “Food with Integrity” philosophy due…

Edlund Co. has promoted Joe Fera to v.p.-national accounts. He’ll focus on growing the company’s chain-account business in the U.S. and Canada. Fera had served as director of national accounts since joining the Burlington, Vt., manufacturer in 2006. “Since joining Edlund five years ago, Joe has been an instrumental part of our success, especially during…

The survey form for Foodservice Equipment Reports’ Top 50 Dealers ranking was emailed to you last week. If you missed it, you can download it here: fermag.com/media-library/research.html. It’s very straightforward. But it does have one requirement no other dealer ranking survey has ever had: We are requiring you verify your volume data. A signature from…

The Commercial Food Equipment Service Association has two training classes slated this month.  The sessions, Electric, Gas & Steam and Refrigeration, are running concurrently at the Duke Power Customer Resource Center in Charlotte, N.C. The EGS class is March 21-26; the refrigeration class is March 21-24. The registration deadline is March 14. The four-day refrigeration…

Get your pencils ready and rev up the CAD. Entries are needed for a restaurant design contest that focuses on reducing energy demand throughout the dining room and kitchen—especially the energy used for operating food storage, cooking and cleaning tools and appliances. The Global Design Competition of Seattle is offering a $10,000 prize to architects,…

Hoshizaki America has expanded into a new market with a line of special marine-application ice machines, and signed up IBS-Interbev Inc. as the line’s global distributor to the cruise ship industry. IBS-Interbev, headquartered in Orlando, Fla., has been an equipment supplier to the cruise ship industry for more than a decade, designing, managing and installing…

It’s a dealer exclusive.at the National Restaurant Association Show. The first-ever Kitchen Innovations Mixer on Sunday, May 22, is a dealer-only event bringing together key industry executives, 2011 Kitchen Innovations Award manufacturers’ reps and judges, and the editors at industry magazines. Foodservice Equipment Reports is among the event’s co-sponsors. Look for more information in your…