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Arctic Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Arctic Industries is marking 35 years manufacturing walk-in coolers and freezers in 2016. “We would like to thank our partners for the successes that Arctic Industries has achieved in the past 35 years,” said David Grife, President of the Miami-based company since January. Arctic was founded in 1981 by Donald Goodstein, now its chairman, and…
Excell Marketing Honors Top Vendors
Excell Marketing gave awards to 15 manufacturers at its annual conference, May 17 in Palm Springs, Cal. “It is always a privilege each year to recognize Excell’s dedicated vendor partners. The award winners were nominated by our dealers for their unwavering commitment to the group,” said the Denver group’s CEO Randy Brunschwig. “While Excell has…
Legislation Around The Fifty States:
Arizona: Installing ventilation for a pizza oven under the limitations imposed by historic building protections delayed a restaurant opening for four months in Phoenix. The new downtown Hilton Garden Inn opened last December, but regulations guiding changes, permits and preservation slowed down kitchen and patio construction. The oven’s ventilation had to be routed through nearly…
Congress Pressed On Food Waste
Chefs and operators headed to Capitol Hill two weeks ago to press for new regulations concerning the estimated 70 billion pounds of food wasted annually in the United States. The House Agriculture Committee, typically consumed with things like farm subsidies and food stamps, held its first full hearing on the topic. According to the Food…
Consumer Confidence Measures Mixed, Gas Prices Continue To Rise
One major index of consumer confidence jumped sharply in April while the other moved lower. Meanwhile, record demand continued to push gasoline prices higher. The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index spiked to 94.7 in the final April reading, from 89 in March, its highest level in nine months. The renewed strength came from consumer…
Wholesale Food Prices Flat, But Menu Prices Maintain Upswing
Wholesale food prices, which had fallen six of the past seven months, were flat in April, according to Producer Price Index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the 12 months ending April, wholesale prices were 2.5% below their year-earlier levels, the 14th consecutive month prices have been lower than the year before. Among…
NRA’s Performance Index Rose In April, Cap-Ex Measures Mixed
The pronounced swings in the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index continued in April as the overall index gained 0.9 point to 101.6, thanks to strong gains in current same-store sales and traffic. The Index has swung back and forth since it ended a 33-month run of being in positive territory last December, when it…
Public Equipment Companies Managed Only 1.3% Gain First Quarter
The disparity in growth rates between the publicly reporting foodservice equipment companies and the broad E&S market continued in the first quarter of 2016. Combined sales of the six publicly reporting equipment companies rose only 1.3% first quarter, compared to the first quarter of 2015. In comparison, equipment sales rose 4.8% in the first quarter…
Women’s Foodservice Forum Sets Summit Set For July
The Women’s Foodservice Forum will host its 2016 Executive Summit July 25-27 at the Hilton Anatole Dallas. The leadership development organization’s three-day event is fueled by content designed exclusively for executives at the vice president level and above in the foodservice ecosystem. This year’s summit theme, Thriving Executives Who Live It! – Sharing Culture, Strategy,…
TriMark Adds Adams-Burch
TriMark USA, the country’s largest equipment and supplies dealer, announced June 6 it had acquired Adams-Burch, one of the oldest foodservice equipment and supplies dealers in the country, and the largest E&S distributor serving the Mid-Atlantic States. Adams-Burch, based in Landover, Md., was founded in 1896. “I am happy to welcome Adams-Burch and each of…
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