Industry veteran Damon Childers has taken the reins as President of Accurex/Greenheck, the Schofield, Wis., maker of kitchen ventilation systems. Childers joins Accurex after a 31-year career in the foodservice and retail sales industry, including the past three years as executive v.p. of Heritage Food Service Group. Prior to that, Childers spent 17 years with…
As it marks its 95th anniversary, Edward Don & Company has announced several organizational promotions. Steve Don, President/CEO of the family-owned company, says the moves were made to ensure the company’s future success. “As we approach $1 billion in sales and our 100th anniversary, the senior leadership team made a decision to strengthen Don’s foundation…
EveryWare Global, which recently transitioned to three separate business divisions, has appointed Corrie Byron as president of its Foodservice and International Business Unit, which supplies Oneida, Anchor Hocking, Sant’ Andrea, Buffalo, Delco, and Stölzle tabletop and barware products to chains, hotels, gaming venues, cruise lines, and airlines. In-house promotions fill two other new leadership posts…
Bettcher Industries has tapped Gregory Nolff as Area Sales Manager in the company’s Food Service Equipment Group. In this position, Nolff is responsible for the sale of all Bettcher foodservice equipment to operators and authorized channel partners in states and provinces located in the western part of the United States and Canada. He also is…
Leon Trevino has joined Robot Coupe U.S.A. in the new position of Market Solutions Advisor. He’ll focus on expanding opportunities in multiunit environments, including healthcare, school foodservice, culinary schools, and chains, and work with the company’s reps and dealers throughout the western United States. Trevino has more than 15 years’ experience in the foodservice industry,…
Carpigiani/Ali Group has appointed The YES Group as its new rep firm for Minnesota, western Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. The YES group, based in Mendota Heights, Minn., represents 22 other major brands in the foodservice industry including sister Ali Group companies Champion Industries, Beverage-Air and Moffat. “The YES Group provides a talented and…
It’s the middle of July as I write this and that means I’m neck deep in preparing our annual foodservice equipment and supplies market forecast. We present the forecast August 9 at our annual President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast meeting in Rosemont, Ill. There is still time to register and come to the meeting. Details…
Only one major global foodservice market saw traffic fall in the first quarter 2016, compared with the same quarter year prior, with consumer spending rising in every major market except Russia, according to the latest data from The NPD Group’s CREST consumer research. NPD’s foodservice research practice, based near Chicago, tracks consumer foodservice behavior in…
The University of Michigan’s preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index for mid-July came in at 89.5, a 4.0 point decrease from June’s final 93.5 reading The decrease, which marks the Index’s second-lowest level of the year, is concentrated in growing concern among high-income households, may have reflected stock-market fluctuations and widespread uncertainty in the wake of the…
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 287,000 in June and the unemployment rate rose to by .2%, to 4.9%, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Job growth occurred in leisure and hospitality, healthcare and social assistance and financial activities. After showing little change in May, the leisure and hospitality sector…