This weekend marks Singer Equipment Co.’s 24th annual trade show at its Elverson, Pa., headquarters. The March 27-28 event includes more than 200 manufacturers showcasing equipment, supplies and furniture. This year’s show focuses on environmentally friendly and energy-saving products. A number of cooking demonstrations are scheduled as well.Last year’s show drew more than 600 customers,…

Representatives from 62 divisions of U.S. Foodservice were in attendance at Next Day Gourmet’s annual Equipment and Supply Conference. The event, Jan. 25-27 in New Orleans, hosted 45 of Next Day Gourmet’s top supplier partners as participants. In addition to providing a forum for suppliers to present their latest product innovations, the conference gave Next…

The Vollrath Co. recognized top sales performers at its annual awards banquet, held in January at the new Vollrath University in Sheboygan, Wis. For the second consecutive year, B. C. Roberts, eastern sales region manager, was honored as the Overall District Sales Manager of the year. Roberts, a three-year company veteran managing a territory including the…

The National Association of Food Equipment Dealers has a new CEO, following the retirement of Sanford Smith. Mark Anderson assumed the post January 1, succeeding Smith, who served as the buying group’s leader for the past nine years. Smith will continue to serve in an advisory role at NAFED’s Florence, S.C., headquarters throughout 2011. Anderson,…

Legislation that would inhibit foodservice equipment dealers from practicing, or in some cases bidding on, interior design work continues to land in state legislatures. Much of the momentum is due to a 30-year legislative lobbying effort by the American Society of Interior Designers to require all interior designers be licensed for the “public’s health and…

Wendy’s/Arby’s Int’l., Columbus, Ohio, has announced new growth and expansion plans. Among them: a domestic product rollout requiring new equipment, a joint-venture deal to re-launch in Japan and further international expansion. Wendy’s operators have been asked to invest $13,000 to $23,000 per store in preparation for the national rollout this fall of the Dave’s Hot…

Scotsman Ice Systems has appointed Keith Black as its global account manager. Black brings more than two decades’ experience in the foodservice industry to the post. He most recently served as a national accounts manager for Hoshizaki America. Scotsman is based in Vernon Hills, Ill. “Having successfully driven top-line sales for several major chain accounts,…

Does it mean anything to the E&S world that Subway has surpassed McDonald’s Corp. as the world’s largest restaurant chain, in terms of units? It probably depends on what kind of equipment you make, sell or spec. In store counts, Milford, Conn.-based Subway says it presently operates 34,265 stores in 96 countries, compared with McDonald’s…

A veteran member of the foodservice equipment industry, Philip R. Young of Young Block Associates, Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., has died. He was 101 years old. Young, a long-time member of the Manufacturers’ Agent Association for the Foodservice Industry, served as MAFSI president in 1979. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rosalind. He was the father of Lois Block (Hal)…

The success of the first Chipotle Mexican Grill off American shores has done well enough since it opened in London last May that the chain is planning to open a Paris outlet later this year. The Denver chain should find it simpler to operate and source local product under its “Food with Integrity” philosophy due…