It’s a big year for service agents in the foodservice equipment industry. The Commercial Food Equipment Service Association is celebrating a half-century since it was incorporated in 1963 by founders and charter members.CFESA started celebrating its 50th anniversary in February at its Spring Conference in Orlando, Fla., just prior to NAFEM ’13. Keynote speaker and…

You should be done or close to done with your dealership’s taxes by now. Which means that it’s time for Foodservice Equipment Reports’ annual “Top Dealer Report” survey. Those responsible for submitting the data should receive the form via e-mail sometime this week or early next. You will also find the form on our website…

NAFEM 2013 in Orlando, Fla., included a slew of awards and special recognition for more than four dozen industry professionals. Industry veterans Steven Cobb and David Ek received NAFEM’s highest honors. Steve Cobb, CFSP, chairman/CEO of Henny Penny Corp., Eaton, Ohio, was given the 2013 William W. Carpenter Award, which honors an industry professional who…

Edward Don & Co. has new digs. The nation’s largest E&S distributor has moved its national headquarters and distribution center to a new 362,500-sq.-ft. facility in Woodridge, Ill. The move from the former location in North Riverside, Ill., was completed in November. The move continues Don’s continuing modernization of its facilities. Since 2003, the 92-year-old…

The Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association continues to announce more details on the speakers, sessions and seminars planned for its 2013 Annual Convention, April 3-7 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio. The meeting, themed “Vision and Courage to Create Your Own Profitable Future,” will bring together the country’s…

Like many of you, we’re just back from the whirlwind week that is The NAFEM Show. NAFEM was even more intense than usual for us, as we hosted more than 400 of our closest friends for our Industry Awards event on Friday, Feb. 8. We had an absolutely wonderful time. Congratulations again to Management Excellence…

The Manitowoc Co. announced on Jan. 28 that it has sold its Jackson MSC warewashing business to Hoshizaki USA Holdings. Specific terms of the asset sale were not disclosed. Jackson, based in Barbourville, Ky., manufactures a broad line of warewashing equipment systems, including conveyor, flight-type and undercounter units. Hoshizaki makes it headquarters in Peachtree City,…

Pack up your plane tickets, comfortable shoes, Parrothead gear, FER Exhibitor Pocket Guide, and notes on who to see and what to see at The NAFEM Show. It’s only a week away. The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers’ biennial show, Feb. 7-9, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla., will unroll the…

Ronald Snyder has joined Robot Coupe U.S.A as the Jackson, Miss., company’s market solutions adviser. Snyder, a degreed culinary chef, has spent the last 11 years working as a regional sales manager or manufacturer sales representative for Rational USA, Jay Mark Group and Mirkovich & Associates. At Robot, he’ll focus on expanding multiunit business—including in…

Hillcrest Capital Partners, a Minneapolis-based private investment group, is pleased to announce it has made an investment in Premier Restaurant Equipment. Minneapolis-based Premier is a full-service foodservice design and equipment firm specializing in casinos, health care, specialty restaurants, hotels/lodging, multiunit operations, sports bars, entertainment facilities and cafeterias. It was founded in 1989 by Jim Hara…