A National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge in San Francisco has ruled that Jack in the Box’s arbitration agreement, which is required as an employment condition, violates workers’ rights to pursue class-action law suits.The judge recommended the arbitration agreement be revised or removed, saying it violated employee rights under sections of the National Labor…

Add Quiznos to the growing list of QSR chains moving to the grown-up table. Its new Quiznos Grill prototype in Denver features wine and beer on tap, and offers a smaller but more adult-geared menu with items such as kale salad and sandwiches prepared on the kitchen’s grill top and fryer. The unit also will…

Restaurant Technologies, a provider of cooking-oil management to more than 23,000 operators nationwide, has acquired Pure Fill Solutions, which services more than 300 bakeries, grocery stores and independent restaurants throughout the St. Paul, Minn., region. The sale was finalized December 7. Pure Fill has served the Twin Cities metro area for 17 years; its customers will…

With the holidays drawing near, the next few months will pass quickly, and the official industry association meeting season will be upon us. Register now for NAFEM’s 2016 Annual Meeting & Management Workshop, Feb. 19-22, at the InterContinental San Juan Resort & Casino, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The three-day meeting allows unrivaled networking for

TPG Growth, a San Francisco-based private-equity firm, has acquired Taco Bueno Restaurants from Palladium Equity Partners, the New York firm that had owned the quick-service Tex-Mex chain since 2005. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Taco Bueno has 177 restaurants in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Farmers Branch, Texas, chain, founded…

Champion Industries/Ali Group has tapped Scott Cherevaty as the new V.P. and General Manager for Moyer Diebel Ltd. Canada. Cherevaty will be head up sales, service and administration as well as help develop and implement strategic plans for Champion Moyer Diebel and Bi-line brands in the Canadian market. He began working for the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based…

Irene Hodge Sykes, who with her husband Thomas founded Authorized Commercial Equipment Service in Charlotte, N.C., in 1950, died December 4. Sykes took over the business when her husband passed away, and became one of the first female owners of a service company member of the Commercial Food Equipment Service Association. The company joined CFESA…

Kevin Keith, a 16-year veteran of Robot Coupe U.S.A., has been named the Jackson, Miss., company’s National Project Manager, responsible for creating and promoting all of its marketing and promotional items. Keith will be the internal point of contact for field testing and coordinating sales projects, as well as working to develop programs for multiunit…

Aquion Inc., the Chicago-based manufacturer residential and commercial water treatment and air purification equipment, has acquired Procam Controls, maker of OptiPure line of water filtration products for the foodservice industry. Plano, Texas-based Procam will operate independently, with Roy Seibert continuing as business unit president and general manager. He will work with Aquion Executive V.P.-Business Development…

TriMark USA, the nation’s largest equipment and supplies distributor, has restructured into four regions with an executive vice president in place to oversee their respective region. Starting January 1, the South Attleboro, Mass., company’s management structure comprises: Kim Gill Rimsza, TriMark Gill Marketing President: EVP Western Region (TriMark Economy Restaurant Fixtures, TriMark Federighi Design, TriMark…