Jonette Wylie was my friend. She was friends with many, many folks in the foodservice equipment and supplies industry. So, it was a rude shock when we all heard she’d passed away Nov. 8. Very few of us knew she was ill.Jonette broke ground in this industry, and not just because she was one of…

Jonette Wylie was my friend. She was friends with many, many folks in the foodservice equipment and supplies industry. So, it was a rude shock when we all heard she’d passed away Nov. 8. Very few of us knew she was ill. Jonette broke ground in this industry, and not just because she was one…

A couple of decades ago, I was working on an industry forecast story at another publication, Foodservice Equipment & Supplies Specialist. I’d called a prominent Southeast dealer and asked him what he expected in his region for the year ahead. “How would I know?” he laughed. “That’s what I read you guys for!” That irony…

Tom Donovan has been promoted to the post of v.p.-sales for Unified Brands. Donovan will manage dealer, national chain, retail and international business for the manufacturer’s A la Cart, Avtec, Groen and Randell product lines. Donovan has been in the industry for 15 years, including the past five years managing Unified Brands’ national chain, retail…