Thomas Moseley, 58, died suddenly March 16 while traveling for business in Saudi Arabia. Moseley was founder and president of The Moseley Group, a Franklin, Mass.-based strategy and design consultancy to multiunit chains.He was a leader in transforming the way restaurants operate today. In the early 1980s, he was among the first to move some…

Danu Investment Partners, an Irish company, has acquired Boston-based Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, which include the upscale steakhouse chain and the 2-year-old Wollensky’s Grill concept. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. New owners Dublin-based Danu first licensed the Smith & Wollensky name for a London restaurant in June 2015. Now, with the acquisition,…

Franke Foodservice Systems has engaged Luciano Delpozzo as Vice President and General Manager of its Solutions business. He will report directly to CEO Thomas Campion and work to accelerate growth opportunities for Franke’s general market products in the foodservice industry, including the Smyrna, Tenn., company’s products in the beverage, sanitation, automation and facilities management categories.…

The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has named David Reeves, Director-Hospitality Services for Edward-Elmhurst Health, as President-Elect of its board of directors.  His term as President-Elect begins in August; he will assume the presidency of the McLean, Va., group in August 2017.  Reeves, who co-chaired last year’s annual conference, has previously served as AHF’s treasurer-elect, and…

A deal to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 was reached Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislators. The deal makes the nation’s largest state the first to lift base earnings to that level. The increase will boost the wages of about 6.5 million California residents, or 43% of the state’s workforce, who earn less than…

The public has spoken and the agency in charge of inspecting food facilities in Los Angeles County is listening. Proposed changes include a new A, B, C grade card allowing the public access via smartphone to restaurants’ inspection histories. The changes were prompted by an five-question online survey asking the public about restaurants’ food handling practices…

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has announced its final rules allowing dogs to dine in restaurants’ outdoor eating areas. Restaurants that welcome canines will have to post signs advising owners that dogs in outdoor dining areas must be “licensed and currently vaccinated against rabies.” The rules, however, don’t require restaurant…

AMERICAN RANGE MEDALLION SERIES American Range’s Medallion Series 34-in.-wide, 6 open-burner range sports stainless front and sides and your base options include a standard oven or convection oven. The 30,000-Btu/hr. burners have lift-off heads; easily remove the cast-iron grates over each burner section. A 1-piece aluminized steel drip tray covers all burners. The 40,000-Btu/hr. oven…

Christine Palmer just sent Beth Lorenzini, our editor-in-chief, and me an update on our annual Top Dealer survey. Only about half of you who verified your sales last year have submitted your forms. Get on the stick! Don’t make us chase you! Don’t make us beg! Just go to fermag.com/research/dealer-survey.html, download and fill out the…

Spring meetings are busting out all over, and the season is only half over. NAFED, NESA, NISSCO and R.E.D. already hosted meetings in February and March. Still coming up, in addition to FEDA’s March 30-April 3 Annual Convention in Tucson, Ariz., are: ABC Spring Conference, May 2-5, San Antonio.      Excell Annual Conference, May 16-19, Palm…