Rodney Lomax has joined Heritage Foodservice Group as Business Development Manager-Chain Group Segment. Lomax will be responsible for organizing, directing and interacting with existing and prospective customers to help grow the Heritage Parts retail chain segment business, and support developing strategic and tactical programs that increase the company’s market and brand presence within the U.S. market.…
Foodservice equipment dealer Johnson-Lancaster and Associates, headquartered in Clearwater, Fla., has partnered with Indianapolis-based Schert Foodservice Equipment to form Lancaster-Schert Equipment, LLC. This strategic partnership, announced December 1, will expand Johnson-Lancaster’s presence in the Midwest; the dealership, founded in 1980, already has regional offices in Maryland and Ohio.
The deal will boost Schert’s buying power and capital. The four- year-old firm will continue to manage inventory and service equipment for its K-12 school customers; equipment sales now will go through the newly formed LLC.
Johnson-Lancaster Owner Brad Lancaster will take on a board member role in the newly formed company; Adam Schut will serve as president of Schert and Lancaster-Schert.
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