The NPD Group has some interesting insights on how the increase in wholesale food prices may not only affect the actions of food retailers and foodservice operators, but also consumers. In a recent release citing its more than three decades of research into consumer eating behaviors, both at- and away-from-home, the research firm noted the…

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…

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…