Bizerba North America has announced a new Foodservice Division that will place emphasis on consultants and dealers, and offer continued customer support of corporate and franchise chains.The changes are designed to meet consumer-driven trends in foodservice and transform how Bizerba interacts with the North American foodservice industry.“The organizational change will drive innovative solutions to the…
More than a year after The Boelter Cos. acquired the Gainesville, Ga., dealer, Boelter Direct South has officially changed its name to simply Boelter. The change was announced to employees and suppliers by the companies’ presidents, Nick Adams and Eric Boelter. The two companies have worked closely together under the Boelter umbrella since the April…
The deadline is near for FEDA’s 2016 Profit Survey. The survey, free to members, presents a wealth of financial and operating guidelines to participating dealers and provides direct comparisons between a dealer’s firm and his or her competitors. The questionnaire can be found on
Parts Town has undergone a major recapitalization led by Boston-based investment firm Berkshire Partners. Summit Partners, an existing shareholder in Parts Town, will remain a significant investor in the company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Parts Town possesses a customer-centric and innovative culture, which has driven remarkable growth,” states Kevin Callaghan, a managing…
One month they’re up, the next they’re down. The components that track current same-store sales and customer traffic exhibited wild swings once again in the National Restaurant Association’s May Restaurant Performance Index survey—this time downward. These indicators have been whipsawing wildly month to month since December 2015, when a steep drop helped drive the overall…
With the global turmoil of the June 23 referendum in the United Kingdom to pull out of the European Union playing out worldwide, FER Fortnightly asked Peter Backman, principal at London-based foodservice firm Horizons FS Ltd. for his views on the potential impact on foodservice in the U.K. The key word is “uncertainty,” and as…
The restaurant industry continued to grow net units in 2015, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as reported by NRA Chief Economist Bruce Grindy in his “Economist’s Notebook” June 9 blog on the association’s website. The restaurant industry added a net 9,877 establishments in 2015, an increase of 1.7%. The 2015 increase…
On the state level, restaurant unit growth trends were mostly positive in 2015, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As reported by NRA Chief Economist Bruce Grindy in his June 10 “Economist’s Notebook” blog, 45 states and the District of Columbia added eating and drinking place locations in 2015, while only five…
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;…
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…