Join FERsters In A Party For Industry Award Winners
Join the Foodservice Equipment Reports team and friends for a special evening of celebrating top foodservice industry achievers on Fri., May 20, at the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, 7-10 p.m. You can look forward to an evening of good food, great networking and no long-winded speeches.

Receiving the foodservice industry’s equivalent of the Oscars (well, not exactly, but you know what we mean)--also known as the 2005 FER Industry Service Awards--will be: Scott Legge, FCSI, LTD Consulting Group, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, for consultants; Rick Ellingson, Bargreen-Ellingson, Tacoma, Wash., for dealers; Ed Gregory, The HGA Group Inc., Plymouth, Mich., for manufacturers’ reps; and Frank Burns, National Service Cooperative, Omaha, Neb., for service agencies. The Industry Service Awards are presented to recognize outstanding contribution not just to the winner’s company and industry association, but to the advancement of the industry at large.

And as for your favorite dealers (based on a poll of the 20,000+ operators and consultants among FER’s readership), the Customer Choice Dealer Awards are going to two National winners: Baring Industries, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and The Wasserstrom Co., Columbus, Ohio; and four Regional winners: Bargreen-Ellingson, Tacoma, Wash.; Singer Equipment Co., Reading, Pa.; Johnson-Lancaster and Associates, Safety Harbor, Fla.; and S.S. Kemp & Co., Cleveland.

As with the Oscars, you will need to register in advance for this one—email awardsparty@fermag.com or visit www.fermag.com/dealerA.htm for details. But UNLIKE Hollywood, you won’t need to squeeze into tuxes—business casual, jackets, etc., will do nicely.