Bargreen Ellingson To Acquire The Restaurant Source

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Bargreen Ellingson, the country’s seventh largest E&S dealer, has acquired The Restaurant Source, the Denver-based foodservice equipment, supply and design company that serves customers across Colorado. The deal, announced by Bargreen Ellingson President David Ellingson, brings together two family-owned companies.The Restaurant Source was founded in 1951 and purchased by the Schatz family in 1976; its…

Kellogg’s Launches Cereal Café In Big Apple

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McDonald’s has a winning formula with all-day breakfast, and now Kellogg’s is joining the competition for the popular daypart. Kellogg’s NYC, a new café featuring dishes made entirely from the company’s cereals, launched this week in the heart of Times Square. It is the brand’s first-ever permanent restaurant. The menu features 10 items, priced between…

Ritley Elevated To Helm Manufacturing At Tomlinson

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Tomlinson Industries has promoted Michael Ritley to V.P.-Manufacturing. Ritley, who previously served as Tomlinson’s director of materials management, will continue those responsibilities as he takes on oversight of manufacturing operations at all of Tomlinson’s facilities in Cleveland. “Mike brings over four decades of experience with our company, and we look forward to optimizing Tomlinson’s manufacturing…

Three Earn New Posts At Emerson

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Three appointments have been announced in Emerson’s Commercial Solutions Group. Drew Carmichael has been named Director-Product Planning & Innovation; he joins the Racine, Wis., company from Johnson Controls, where he was Director-Enterprise Innovation. At Emerson, he will manage all commercial product and research efforts, and be responsible for new product introductions/market entry strategies based on…

Wendy’s Enters Brazil

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Just weeks ahead of next month’s opening of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Wendy’s is making its debut in the Brazilian market. The chain will open two stores in Sao Paulo through a partnership between Brazil’s Infinity Services and the Starboard Group, one of Wendy’s largest U.S. franchisees and a subsidiary of the Dublin,…

Did You Comment? Energy Star Refrigerators And Freezers Update

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Comments to the EPA were due by July 5 on the agency’s new guidelines on of its product development page for Energy Star Commercial refrigerators and freezers contains further details. Specification information is available csouhrada@nafem.org.

Chicago City Council Approves Paid Sick Leave

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Chicago has joined more than two dozen other U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, in requiring employers to provide paid sick leave. The ordinance, which guarantees nearly every worker in the city up to five days of paid sick days each year, will take effect in July 2017. The new paid sick leave rules will increase…

R.W. Smith Acquired By TriMark

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TriMark USA, which acquired Maryland-based Adams-Burch less than a month ago, has made a second major acquisition, this time on the West Coast, purchasing San Diego-based R.W. Smith & Co. Smith, which got its start selling bar supplies in 1935, ranks 16th on FER’s Top Dealers with verified sales of $101.8 million in 2015. “Our…