Just Falafel is going for a new look and back-to-basics menu to match its new identity as JF Street Food. The UAE-based quick-serve chain announced at the end of 2014 that it would rebrand itself in an effort to boost its sales and operations. The company also has launched a global design competition to redo…
In the latest private equity buyout in Britain’s restaurant sector, the casual-dining chain TGI Fridays has sold its U.K. franchise business to Electra Partners. Texas-based TGI Fridays, itself sold last year to investment firms Sentinel Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners, operates 66 venues in Britain; it has more than 900 restaurants in 60 countries.…
Strong jobs growth and falling gasoline prices are among the factors driving sales and customer traffic growth in the U.S. restaurant market during the last four months of 2014. And the improved consumer environment also underlies an upward revision of Technomic Inc.’s 2015 forecast of foodservice operator sales, released to the firm’s customers in mid-January.…
With futures prices for Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude oil well below $50 a barrel on Jan. 27, and U.S. prices for regular gasoline/petrol approaching $2.00 a gallon, the plunge in petroleum prices has become a major factor in the outlook for foodservice growth in most of the world. The impact has already been…
With the exception of meat-based proteins, prices for many foods and feedstuffs fell across the world during the second half of 2014, according to data from the United Nation’s Food & Agriculture Organization. Both the FAO’s global food consumption price index, based on a market basket of foods at the consumer level, and its food…
Choices are difficult, but UBERT Gastrotechnik has rendered it unnecessary to choose between a rotisserie and a combi-oven. Its new Convex Combi-Tower CKT2000 combines both appliances into one eye-catching, glossy-black merchandising unit. The rotisserie rotates and cooks food to perfection while the combi-oven gently cooks and regenerates side dishes. Both units are self-cleaning. The dual…
It takes more than a motor and a fan blade to move hot air. Putting high-performance ventilation in a small package takes smart engineering and design. Hanning Elektro-Werke provides high efficiency and variable speeds within small dimensions in its line of Haventic Varicon fans. The fans, featuring electrically commutated (EC) synchronous motors, excel through engineering.…
Winterhalter’s PT Series warewashers, already impressive when it comes to cleaning results, speed and economic efficiency, now set a benchmark for a better kitchen climate and lower operating costs. Its rack pass-through warewashers are the first to offer the newly developed, highly efficient ClimatePlus heat pump, which takes the thermal energy from the machine and…
It was a very busy five days in Paris last November while Equip’Hotel 2014 was going on. The five-day show at Porte de Versailles welcomed more than 111,000 foodservice professionals to its aisles; more than 19% of visitors came from outside France, an increase of 5% over the previous show. International buyer delegations represented countries…
A wide range of foodservice equipment and supplies for food prep, cooking, storage and table service and new products with a focus on innovation, as well as a vibrant community of foodservice professionals await those heading to California next month for The NAFEM Show. The NAFEM Show, Feb. 19-21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in…