Manitowoc Foodservice has modernized its culinary center in Cleveland to accommodate more high-tech customer meetings, culinary demonstrations by three full-time chefs, and hands-on training. The re-do includes a complete... »

Whether due to natural disasters or the economic downturn, it’s been a year of volunteering time and donating goods to food banks and community kitchens. Do you have an operator customer who merits honors for outstanding... »

Darden Restaurants, already one of the world’s largest restaurant companies, has gotten a little bit bigger. It has agreed to purchase the Eddie V's Prime Seafood and Wildfish Seafood Grille restaurant brands, and all related... »

As forecasts for economic growth have slowed during the past three months, prices for many key metals and other materials used in foodservice equipment have fallen in line with most other markets. But while there is still a lot... »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s newly issued revisions to the 2009 Model Food Code includes reworded clarifications on microwave cooking and chemical sanitizers in dishwashing equipment. The Model Food Code is a... »

A decade of in-depth conversations and successful networking has FER’s staff gearing up for its sixth biennial Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium. 2012 MUFES, set for Jan. 28-30 at the Barton Creek Resort & Spa in... »

The kitchen is the focus at CiCi’S Pizza. Clif Geisler, newly named director-operational systems, is leading company-wide equipment testing, including induction heating for soups, pastas and sauces. Rebecca Stone, senior... »

Amana Commercial Products has appointed Kami Poppen as its director of business development-Americas. Poppen has been with ACP for 15 years, most recently serving as director of sales-chain accounts. Poppen will focus on... »

Filippo Berti has been appointed chairman and CEO of Ali Group North America, a division of Ali Group. Berti succeeds Robert Nerbonne in overseeing all of the group’s North American companies, including Aladdin Temp-Rite,... »

Whether due to natural disasters or the economic downturn, it’s been a year of volunteering time and donating goods to food banks and community kitchens. Now comes the opportunity to honor operators and employees for outstanding... »

Blanco CS (Customized Solutions) has announced Frank Höck and Robert Götz will assume, respectively, domestic and export control of the Catering Systems business unit. Martin Braun will lead the German company’s new Food... »

Nor-Lake has opened an East Coast distribution center in Simpsonville, S.C., to reduce logistical lead times and costs for its AdvantEdge product line. Nor-Lake, based in Hudson, Wis., is part of the Standex Food Service... »

Master-Bilt has appointed two new sales representative groups to market its refrigeration equipment.  From its base in Mendota Heights, Minn., Johnson Commercial Agents will cover the territories of Minnesota and the... »

It was hardly a surge but nonfarm payrolls in the United States grew by 103,000 in September, according to data released Friday, Oct. 7, by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The numbers beat most analysts’ expectations and... »

The latest consensus forecasts from 50 leading econometric forecasting organizations surveyed monthly by Blue Chip Economic Indicators outlines a U.S. economy plagued by sluggish real growth for years to come. And the short-term... »

We’ve said for months that the current recovery of the foodservice equipment and supplies market is unusual. While E&S sales usually lag operator fortunes, in this recovery increased capital spending anticipated an upturn in... »

A fatal car crash last month has prompted Amherst, N.Y., to require safety barriers in front of any new restaurants built there. The measure is in response to recent crashes in the area in which motorists drove into buildings,... »

Academic, private-sector and government forces have jointly created the world’s first global food-safety training facility. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the University of Maryland’s Joint Institute for Food Safety and... »

The death toll from an outbreak of listeria first linked to tainted cantaloupes has risen to 21, and a total of 109 people have been sickened across 23 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Oct.... »

Kittredge Foodservice Equipment, one of the Northeast’s biggest full-service dealerships, has made several changes in its sales management team. Jeffrey Mackey has been promoted to v.p.-sales, and will continue to manage a... »

Luciano Berti, chairman of Ali S.p.A (Ali Group), announced on Sept. 30 the appointment of Filippo Berti as chairman and CEO of Ali Group North America. Berti succeeds Robert Nerbonne in overseeing all of the group’s North... »

Manitowoc Foodservice has promoted two company veterans to new roles. Kathy Veder has been promoted to a newly created post, v.p.-global accounts for Wendy’s, Chick-fil-A and Arby’s. She will focus on marketing initiatives... »

Jay Bravinder has joined Champion Industries as director of sales for the Champion and Bi-Line brands. He’ll have sales management responsibility for a significant portion of the companies’ warewashing business in the... »

Check your mailboxes, both electronic and snail, if you’re a member of the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association. FEDA members who participated in the 2011 FEDA Profit Survey should have received by email their... »

Who needs a desktop or a printed menu these days? Operators, dealers and specifiers and consultants are being freed from desktop devices with a wealth of apps and the devices they operate on. Sometimes that freedom doesn't even... »