APP OF THE MONTHManaging a campus foodservice operation is no small task, especially when it’s academic powerhouse Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Yale Dining serves approximately 14,000 meals per day in 23 residential and retail dining locations.In fall 2013, the university began construction on a new 16,000-sq.-ft. culinary support center, which houses the campus bakery,…
MOREEmotions already were running high in the 16th-hole dining tent during the PGA Tour 2015 Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio. Top chefs from a national restaurant chain were bustling away, preparing food for hundreds of spectators attending the event. But the pleasant hum of an efficient mobile-kitchen operation was disrupted when…
MOREAs we’ve written often during the past few months, the general economy and operator fortunes currently are as good as they’ve been in years. We’re not the only ones seeing things that way. In May, Technomic Inc. dramatically boosted its operator forecast for 2015. The research firm took up total industry nominal growth more than…
MOREMichelle Wibel, CFSP, has been named President of Nemco Food Equipment, the Hicksville, Ohio, maker of merchandising and countertop equipment. She succeeds Stan Guilliam, CFSP, who retired after 30 years with the company. Wibel has led sales and marketing efforts at Nemco for the past 18 years. In addition to overseeing Nemco’s strategic plan and…
MOREThe Manitowoc Co. has appointed Hubertus Muehlhaeuser chief executive officer of Manitowoc Foodservice. Muehlhaeuser’s appointment was announced July 29; he will join the Manitowoc, Wis., company on August 3. “Hubertus is a dynamic leader with a demonstrated ability to drive strategic transformation throughout an organization. He has also established a proven track record of building…
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