Covering 21 halls and 15 themed hospitality sectors, Shanghai’s Hotelex 2015 attracted nearly 100,000 visitors.
MOREEditorial recognition and hard data prove FER is the preferred source for E&S information.
MOREThe Legacy Companies, the owner of brands including Blakeslee and Kold-Draft, has acquired Bevles, the Allen, Texas-based maker of proofers, cabinets and racks, from Standex Int’l. The sale was effective June 30.Bevles equipment is found in chains including Taco Bell, Cinnabon, and Tim Hortons. According to Neal Asbury, President/CEO of The Legacy Companies, “We are…
MOREThe National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index was off slightly in May, with five of the index’s eight components softening. Current same-store sales and traffic fell 0.9 and 0.8 point respectively in May. While the overall index was down 0.4 point, the reading of 102.3 marks the 27th consecutive month the index has been above…
MORESometimes, my job as unofficial historian of the foodservice equipment and supplies business really, really sucks. In the past two weeks, we’ve heard about the passing of four men, all of whom were major industry figures: Henry Coletti, Jim Little, Paul DeLorenzo and Wayne Martin. I won’t repeat what Jan has written in the obits…
MOREDays after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block the proposed $3.5 billion Sysco Corp.-US Foods merger, Sysco terminated the merger agreement. The action also terminated an agreement with Performance Food Group to purchase US Foods facilities in 11 markets. Under…
MOREWayne Martin, whose career in sales spanned half a dozen prominent E&S manufacturers, died June 22. He was 66. Martin’s 43-year foodservice career began at General Electric Commercial Food Service, and spanned Hobart, Hussmann, BIH Food Service and W.A. Brown before he joined Muskegon, Mich.-based Structural Concepts. He retired from his self-described “dream job” there…
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