We hope you saw that we announced the dealer winners of Foodservice Equipment Reports’ biennial Industry Excellence Awards a couple weeks ago. (For a complete list of all 17 winners in all categories, see the article above.) I just want to add my congratulations to the winners. Clark Associates and Birmingham Restaurant Supply are the…
MOREDeclines in both same-store sales and customer traffic pushed the NRA’s Restaurant Performance Index below 100 in August. The RPI stood at 99.6, down 1.0 point from its July level of 100.6. It’s the first time the RPI has fallen below 100 in eight months. “Restaurant operators reported soft sales and traffic in August, along…
MORECres Cor has promoted three key managers. Greg Baggott has been elevated to the position of V.P.-Operations, and now oversees the engineering, manufacturing, purchasing and quality control departments. Baggott, who most recently served as central regional sales manager, has been with the Mentor, Ohio, company for 10 years. Michael Capretta has been promoted to V.P.-Sales…
MOREDiversified Foodservice Supply has acquired Lundco Supply, a Houston-based replacement parts and supplies distributor, adding scale to the organization and boosting its distribution footprint in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. DFSI will complete the transaction, announced September 30, through its AllPoints Foodservice Parts & Supplies brand and merge Lundco with AllPoints into a new, 25,000 sq.ft.…
MORETabletop and food prep maker EveryWare Global has appointed Michael J. Sullivan to serve as Senior Vice President of Product Supply and Technical Innovation. Prior to joining EveryWare Global, Sullivan held a number of progressively responsible supply chain positions with Berkshire-Hathaway and Procter & Gamble. Most recently, he was Director of Global Supply Chain Operations…
MOREPRIDE Marketing has moved its Denver office to a new location. As of September 19, the group is located at 6377 S. Revere Parkway, Suite 100, Centennial, CO 80111. Phone numbers and email contact info remain the same. The PRIDE accounting team is NOT relocating and will still be located in Metairie, LA. Contact PRIDE’s…
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MOREManitowoc Foodservice has announced a number of leadership shifts in its overseas business executive team. Gary Dykstra, V.P. Sales-Buying Groups, will retire from his post at the end of the year, and continue with Manitowoc as a consultant to the business. Chris Karssiens, newly appointed Senior V.P. Sales-USA Buying Groups, will replace Dykstra in the…
MOREMore than 30 companies display their latest equipment or service offerings in our debut Worldwide Buyers Guide advertiser product showcase.
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