ACCUTEMP PRODUCTS has appointed Diane White and Michael Teders as vice presidents-national accounts, overseeing sales and customer support for key multi-unit customers. White’s resume include national accounts management posts at BKI Worldwide/Bevles, The Delfield Co., and Winston Industries. She was most recently v.p.-multi-unit foodservice with Power Soak; Teders was national sales manager for Intek Mfg./Unified…

Doug Goare has been named president of McDONALD’S EUROPE. Goare, currently exec.v.p.-McDonald’s Global Supply Chain and Real Estate Development, succeeds Steve Easterbrook, who is joining Gondola Group as CEO of the Pizza Express chain. Goare will oversee more than 7,000 restaurants in 40 European countries. Jose Armario, current group president of McDonald’s Canada and Latin…

Rob August has assumed the presidency of BEVERAGE-AIR, an Ali Group company, succeeding Filippo Berti, who will be company chairman and continue as president of Ali North America. Tom Hotard, who previously was v.p.-operations and development at Beverage-Air, succeeds August as exec. v.p.  Hotard will continue managing the Brookville, Pa., facility and engineering department. Beverage-Air…

A wish for later hours and wider menu choices is not an unexpected response to a foodservice survey of college students. But according to new market data from Technomic Inc., the nation’s 16 million college and university students are less than satisfied with their healthy food options on campus. “Despite the fact that 62% of…

Harold Hamilton, founder of one of the first manufacturers’ rep firms in Quebec and a leader in establishing the Canadian division of Manufacturers’ Agents for the Foodservice Industry, died Aug. 28 in Ottawa, Ontario. Hamilton’s career started in 1945, when he joined Bell Rinfret Co. in Montreal. His resume includes posts with Moffatt’s commercial appliance…

Neal Robinson, senior v.p.-global projects at Bunn-O-Matic Corp., passed away Aug. 22. He was 62. The Louisiana native worked for more than 25 years at Bunn-O-Matic and played a key role in expanding the coffee equipment supplier’s international business. Robinson joined Bunn in 1986 as a southeast district sales manager and moved steadily upward to…

Kool Star is relocating its panel manufacturing plant from Nogales, Mexico, to New Albany, Miss. Shifting the work stateside will provide centrally located manufacturing and distribution, allowing the company to reduce shipping lead-times and costs while servicing the entire North America marketplace. The company said the move enables it to expand to a complete line…

Head to nafem.org and check out the NAFEM Sustainability Calculator, developed by the North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers in partnership with ASTM Int’l. The calculator uses an Excel spreadsheet to define a standard method for foodservice equipment manufacturers to measure the environmental impact of products. It identifies specific environmental factors, awards points to…

Fall might be upon us, but there is still time this year to secure important tax perks for purchasing or selling equipment. The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, signed by Pres. Obama last September, provides tax relief for foodservice operations and small businesses and assistance in gaining access to capital. The legislation…

In a first for American restaurant chains, KFC has opened its debut unit in East Africa. The Nairobi outlet is the first American fast-food restaurant in the region’s most developed economy. The 100-seat unit opened in August. Creating a KFC unit in Kenya had been in the works for more than a year; it took…