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Gap Between Menu And Grocery Store Prices Continued To Grow Last Month
You gotta give it to restaurant operators: They are consistent. For the seventh month in a row, restaurant menu prices, as tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the monthly Consumer Price Index, rose 0.2% in September. Meanwhile, prices at grocery stores and other retail outlets continued to fall last month, down 0.1%. It…
Vollrath Hires Mizla To Oversee Consultant Sales
The Vollrath Company has engaged Katharine Mizla, FCSI, as its new Consultant Sales Manager. Mizla will drive new and existing foodservice projects for a variety of industries and work closely with the director of equipment sales to create commercial kitchen designs. She’ll report to Dennis Park, v.p.-foodservice sales With more than 30 years of experience,…
Starbucks Assigns CEO For Burgeoning Chinese Market
Starbucks Corp. has named its first chief executive officer for China and said it plans to more than double its store count in that country to 5,000 by 2021. Belinda Wong has assumed the title of CEO-Starbucks China. Wong had been president of that operation. Starbucks also promoted Leo Tsoi, most recently v.p.-store development and…
Stoelting Names Pavesi To Helm Business Development
Stefano Pavesi has joined Stoelting Foodservice/Vollrath as Business Development Manager. He joins the Kiel, Wis., maker of frozen dessert equipment from Carpigiani North America, where he was v.p.-chain accounts after serving as director of sales and marketing. Pavesi’s 15-year foodservice career, includes sales management positions with Bravo North America and PreGel North America. At Stoelting,…
Antunes Begins Work On Expanding Manufacturing Facility
Antunes broke ground in October on an expansion of its manufacturing facility in Carol Stream, Ill. The expansion will add approximately 55,000 sq.ft. to the company’s headquarters there, and additional space will accommodate several advancements to Antunes’ operation, including doubling the size of the engineering lab and sheet metal fabrication area, as well as constructing…
Dog Haus Wags The Expansion Tail
Dog Haus, the six-year-old Pasadena, Calif., concept, has signed a development agreement which will see the construction of 300-plus new franchise locations in 12 states during the next seven years. Under the deal with American Development Partners, the new locations will be built as stand-alone Dog Haus Biergarten outlets. Dog Haus currently serves its “gourmet”…
State And Local Tax Receipt Growth Slowing, Says Rockefeller Institute
The growth of tax receipts at the state and local level has slowed dramatically since the second quarter of 2015, according to Census Bureau data compiled by the Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York-Albany. Total major state taxes for the first quarter 2016 rose only 1.6% versus the year prior…
Emerson E360 Forum Addresses Latest Industry Concerns
In an event focused on regulatory challenges in HVACR industry, St. Louis-based Emerson hosted its tenth day-long E360 Forum in Newark, N.J., in August. More than 100 commercial refrigeration industry stakeholders attended and garnered insights on food retail and foodservice regulatory concerns and emerging trends. The E360 Forum featured a keynote session from Jon Melchi,…
A Checklist For Election Day
This is the last FER Fortnightly before Election Day on November 8. So, during what could prove a long two weeks, we offer readers a quick glance at some ongoing issues that anyone working in any sector of commercial or non-commercial foodservice might want to consider when they head to the polls. Labor Regulations In…
Lister Named To Run Famous Dave’s
Michael Lister has been appointed to replace Adam Wright as CEO as Famous Dave’s of America; he also been named Chief Operating Officer. Wright has left the company and resigned from the board of directors. Lister is a 19-year veteran of the Minneapolis chain; he has been a Famous Dave’s franchisee since 2001, after serving…
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