G.E.T. Enterprises, the Houston-based tabletop company, has completed its merger with servingware maker Bugambilia International. The deal was official March 20.G.E.T. Enterprises manufactures dinnerware, drinkware and displayware crafted from melamine and alternative materials. Irvine, Calif.-based Bugambilia, founded by Paul Segal, specializes in resin-coated cast aluminum displayware and biodegradable bamboo dinnerware.In a statement on the merger,…

Premier Restaurant Equipment, the Minneapolis-based foodservice design and equipment firm, has added industry veteran Jim Palm to its team as director of sales for its new West Coast division. Palm began his career in the foodservice industry 36 years ago at Palm Brothers, the family-owned design and equipment company based in Minneapolis. Palm will be…

Chuck Quinn has been appointed director of broadliner and redistribution sales at EveryWare Global. His purview at the Lancaster, Ohio, company includes the Anchor and Oneida brands. Quinn’s resume includes sales and national accounts roles at the Vollrath Co. and Cambro Manufacturing.

Tom Walter has joined Whaley Foodservice as the business development manager for the firm’s new Orlando, Fla., location. Walter brings extensive industry knowledge to Whaley; he owned and operated NASS Parts & Service in central Florida for many years before selling the business in 2009 and serving as business development director there until ’12. The…

FEDA might be busy convening in sunny Phoenix this week, but the dealer association has planned ahead for future events. A two-day session on inventory management for distributors will be offered May 7-8 in Chicago. The seminar, produced by Jason Bader and the Distribution Team, aims to shows dealers how to find hidden cash inside…

Hestan Commercial debuted last month in Anaheim, Calif., opening its new state-of-the-art 70,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant. The company’s “purpose-built” stainless cooking lines include freestanding ranges, island suites, countertop equipment, convection ovens, griddles, char broilers, French tops, hot tops, planchas, salamanders, cheesemelters, fryers, pasta cookers and refrigerated bases. Hestan Commercial partnered with Chef Thomas Keller, founder of…

Three new appointments at Electrolux Professional North America include Dave Hinton as v.p. of business unit-chains focused on Tier 1 strategic account business development. Sam Lopresti has been hired as a field-service manager, and Albania “Ally” Carvajal has joined the Charlotte, N.C., company as a customer-service and sales-support specialist and will be working closely with…

Franke Foodservice Systems has acquired Easi-Serv Products, a Canadian maker of conveyor systems that transport food orders from prep areas to a remote point of sale. Easi-Serv, based in Burnaby, B.C., also manufactures drive-through windows. Its customers include a number of the world’s biggest quick-serve chains. Easi-Serv’s food-order transporter systems, based on a continuous track…

Levy Acquisition Corp., the merger-minded offshoot of Chicago restaurateur Larry Levy, plans to acquire Del Taco Inc. for about $500 million, including debt, from its private equity owners. The country’s No. 2 quick-serve Mexican chain will be renamed Del Taco Restaurants. According to the agreement, Levy’s family and other investors will inject $120 million in…