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Restaurant Traffic, Other Indicators Trend To Positive
A number of restaurant-activity indicators released during the past couple weeks show a pronounced positive trend for commercial foodservice. Data from The NPD Group on restaurant traffic, First Data, which tracks credit- and debit-card transactions and Knapp-Track, which follows same-store sales, show upward movement. Combined, the reports may indicate the market has finally, clearly turned.…
China Cracks Down On Reused Oil
If the Chinese government is effective in its crackdown during its latest food-safety scandal, there might be a huge market there for grease traps, disposers and waste-hauling truck services. Recycled food oil—known in China as “gutter oil” because it is scooped up from sewage drains or collected at restaurant back doors—is apparently being used widely…
EPA, Energy Dept. Plan Energy Star Conference Call
Last fall, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy launched the Partnership on Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Products. Now they are looking for input on energy efficiency and enhancing the Energy Star program. EPA and DOE will host a conference call on October 13, from noon to 1:30 p.m. EST. Representatives from…
New DOE Report Details Energy-Saving Strategies For QSRs
Chains are seeking to be “green” and are looking for ways to cut costs not quality; equipment manufacturers are aiming for energy efficiency. Both can get some help from a newly released technical report by the U.S. Department of Energy and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
MASTER-BILT/STANDEX
Commercial refrigeration systems supplier MASTER-BILT/STANDEX, New Albany, Miss., has added a new sales-rep group. Dynamic Equipment Solutions, based in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., will represent Master-Bilt in the Southern California and Southern Nevada markets.
Middleby Earns Yum!’s Supplier Awards
The Middleby Corp. has been named 2009 Supplier of the Year by Yum! Brands. It marks the first time Yum! has selected an equipment manufacturer for the honor. "We are honored and humbled by this top recognition from Yum! Brands," said Selim A. Bassoul, Middleby’s chairman and CEO. "Yum! is a very innovative company, a…
Luby’s Acquires Fuddrucker’s
In a deal approved recently by a federal bankruptcy court, Luby’s Inc. will acquire most of the assets of burger chain Fuddruckers Inc., its parent Magic Brands LLC and their affiliates for about $61 million in cash. The deal was expected to close by July 26. The 96-unit Houston-based cafeteria chain also will assume some…
ACE MART HONORS REPS, PRESENTS INAUGURAL AWARD
Ace Mart Restaurant presented the first-ever Norman Gustafson Partnership Award, named for its guiding light of more than three decades, to Mark Reilman of Gold Medal Products. The award was originated by Gustafson’s children, Norma, Paul and Carl—as a tribute to their late father, “Gus,” who purchased the San Antonio, Texas, dealership in 1975. He…
CAVEAT EMPTOR: INFORMATION IS YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET
How good is your information, really? Where do you go for good equipment, supplies and facilities guidance? Be sure you know who you think you know, and be sure you’re asking the questions you think you’re asking. This topic of reliable information recently came to mind as TV news ran off the end of the…
OBITUARIES: BILL PETERS AND HARRIS DUX
Two pioneers in the rep field have died. Both men, Harris Dux and Bill Peters, were longtime members of the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry. Former MAFSI president George W. “Bill” Peters of Atlanta-based Peters & Peters Inc., died Sept. 5. As MAFSI reported in its tribute, Peters was the first of the…
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