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Prep Tables Change The Game

Today's refrigerated prep tables do what they're supposed to—keep food cold until it's ready to cook or serve—but now newer designs and better performance are taking cold holding to the next level.

Arby’s Has Big Plans for Turkey

Ten Arby’s units a year will be opening in Turkey under a just-signed contract. Arby’s Restaurant Group and Tab Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. inked a development agreement to open at least 100 Arby’s restaurants in Turkey over the next 10 years, including 50 during the next five years. These restaurants will be incremental to…

NAFEM Unveils Professorship In Culinary Arts

The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers and The Culinary Institute of America have announced that Brad Barnes, the CIA’s associate dean for food production, is the first recipient of the NAFEM Professorship in Culinary Arts. The new post is dedicated to specialized research in foodservice equipment and supplies manufacturing, curriculum development and industry…

Carl’s Jr. Stakes Claim In Indonesia

The appetite for American fast food continues to grow in Asia. In May, Carl’s Jr. debuted as the first Western fast-food hamburger chain in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Last month, CKE Restaurants opened a Carl’s Jr. unit in Jakarta, Indonesia, the first of at least 25 stores planned for that country over the next…

Oops! Sorry For Doubling Up

We apologize that many of you received two copies of FER Fortnightly two weeks ago. We launched our new website in June and for some reason—and we think we know what it was—the list-serve program had a hiccup. Again, sorry. 

Scotsman Taps Griesmer As New Sales And Marketing V.P.

Scotsman Ice Systems has just announced the appointment of Denis Griesmer as v.p. of sales and marketing. Until this promotion, Griesmer had been serving as director of sales at Ice-O-Matic. The two-decade industry veteran assumes his new post at Scotsman this week. In a statement released with the announcement, Mark McClanahan, president of Scotsman, said: “Having…

Tom Stundza To Provide Exclusive Materials-Price Forecasts For FER Forecast Meeting

Tom Stundza, former executive editor at Purchasing magazine and a leading authority on metals and materials pricing trends, will provide exclusive materials-price forecasts as a featured speaker at Foodservice Equipment Reports annual President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast meeting The day-long event is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, at the Hotel Orrington, in Evanston, Ill.…

E&S List Prices Increases Hit Low Point In 2009 and 2010

Average list prices for equipment and supplies products rose only 1.3% for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2010, according to data from AutoQuotes Inc. The new data were presented as part of the FER President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast meeting Aug. 4 in Evanston, Ill. David Greene, AutoQuotes managing director, European Operations, said the…

FER E&S Market Forecast Available

Foodservice Equipment Reports E&S Market Forecast package is available for purchase for $449. Purchasers will receive the entire seven-section forecast, including detailed data and analysis of economic and operator trends, exclusive commodity price forecasts from Tom Stundza of IHS Global Insight; E&S manufacturer list-price data from AutoQuotes Inc.; a ranking and analysis of the Top…

Tax Revenues Improved In Many States In Second Quarter

Overall state tax revenues grew 2.3% in the second quarter 2010, compared with the same quarter last year, according to the latest study from the Rockefeller Institute of Government. It was the second consecutive quarter of overall growth in state tax revenues, following five quarters of declines beginning the fourth quarter ’08. Revenues rose 2.5%…

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