Leading U.S. and European equipment manufacturers will be in China next month exhibiting at HOTELEX Chengdu 2014. The show, Aug. 8-10 at Chengdu Century City Int’l. Convention and Exhibition Center, provides a one-stop ordering and information platform for hospitality and food industry professionals in seven themed sectors: Catering Equipment & Supply, Bakery, Tableware, Textile, Appliance…

Although the 100 exhibitors at Foodex Saudi 2014 skew heavily toward food rather than equipment and supplies, there might be no better place to learn about the Middle East foodservice market and halal dietary needs than at this Nov. 17-20 show. More than 15,000 visitors and buyers from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Coast countries…

Improving economies and consumer confidence in Northern Europe helped push restaurant traffic higher, while the young Russian foodservice market continued to boom during the first quarter 2014, according to the latest data from The NPD Group’s CREST research. Harsh weather impeded traffic in the U.S. and Canada during the quarter. Traffic rose 2% in the…

Technomic Inc., the Chicago-based foodservice research firm, released its new 2014 and 2015 operator forecasts to customers before the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show held May 17-20 in Chicago. The new predictions take into account this winter’s brutal weather on foodservice sales and the run-up in wholesale food prices since the first of the…

Casual-dining chains, while still a small segment of the Australian foodservice landscape, have been posting above-average growth rates, according to a study of the market from research firm

Picard has unveiled The Revolution, an oven which embodies precision and efficiency while breaking away from the austerity of its predecessors. The influence of high-end home appliances is apparent in its refined ergonomics and straight, sleek lines. The unit has one of the smallest footprints in its class and boasts state-of-the-art technologies such as energy-saving…

It’s harder to get from here to there by a straight line, and a buffet is a great example of how people move around and how operators need service flexibility. Hatco Corp.’s Portable Modular Heated Black Glass Shelf keeps food hot through direct surface contact, offering greater buffet-line flexibility. The shelves have a thermostatically controlled…

Pizza Express, the iconic British restaurant chain with only a small presence outside of its own shores, has been bought for £900m ($1.5 billion) by a Chinese firm that plans to roll out the fast-casual concept in the world’s most populous country. Hony Capital won the chain in an auction process ahead of CITIC (formerly…

About a week after 100 Montaditos opened its newest restaurant in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Spanish fast-casual chain appointed Francisco Javier Cernuda as CEO of its American restaurants. Montaditos has 16 locations in the U.S., all but four of them in South Florida. Cernuda will direct marketing development plans in the U.S. and Latin…