After a banner year in which the company celebrated its most new-unit openings—194—in 15 years, AFC Enterprises has officially changed its corporate name to Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. “The Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen name has been used in our restaurants since 2008. This name is among the most visible expressions of our Louisiana heritage and differentiates…

Middleby Middle East opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last month. The grand opening coincided with the Feb. 23-27 Gulfood Show at Za’abeel Hall in Dubai. The new location serves the Middle East with technical support, design services and a test kitchen for customers while covering all three Middleby platforms: commercial foodservice, food processing and…

Hy-Vee Inc., a grocery retailer with 235 stores in eight states, plans to expand its Minnesota operations—including foodservice—into the Twin Cities market. Hy-Vee, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, has been a fixture in Minnesota since 1969 and currently has 17 employee-owned stores statewide. The proposed expansion would add several new stores, each approximately 90,000…

Easy Ice LLC has signed an exclusive distribution partnership with Ecolab’s Equipment Care division. Under the terms of this expanded sales and service partnership, Ecolab will offer Easy Ice’s commercial ice machine subscription program to its customers throughout all major markets in North America. The partnership enhances Equipment Care’s end-to-end solutions, according to Mike Goede,…

Globe Food Equipment Co. recently introduced a new company logo. The new logo, originally unveiled to Globe’s sales reps and dealers, is the Dayton, Ohio, firm’s first update since 1991. Along with the new logo, Globe has officially launched a new domain name and a website at GlobeFoodEquip.com.

The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers elected a new slate of officers and enhanced its board of directors during the group’s annual Meeting and Management Workshop Feb. 7-10 in New Orleans. President: Michael Whiteley, CFSP, Hatco Corp. President-Elect: Kevin Fink, CFSP, Ice-O-Matic Secretary/Treasurer: Joe Carlson, CFSP, Lakeside Mfg. Eva-Marie Fox, T&S Brass &…

A new executive board emerged from a record-breaking winter meeting of the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry. More than 530 attendees were at the group’s 47th Business Development Conference and Sales Management Forum in West Palm Beach, Fla., last month. Among the business at hand was the election of new officers for the…

Unified Brands has appointed Scott Turbeville as its new chain account manager-southeastern territory. In his new post, Turbeville is responsible for cultivating relationships with Unified’s channel partners while focusing on growing sales of the Jackson, Miss., company’s Groen, Randell, Avtec, A la Cart and Power Soak product lines to national and regional chains. Turbeville is…

Rob Geile, director of consultant services and education for Hobart, is joining the Hobart Center for Foodservice Sustainability. Geile will assist in judging applications for the 2014 HCFS grant. HCFS, a nonprofit, industry-wide forum supporting the foodservice industry’s drive for sustainable equipment and design, awards the grant to the individual or organization judged to have…

For the eighth year in a row, Middleby Marshall has received the 2013 Business Partners Award from Domino’s Pizza India Ltd. “We are thrilled to continue our great partnership with Middleby Marshall, who provides excellent service and support to Domino’s India every year,” said Ajay Kaul, CEO of Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd. Middleby Marshall has partnered…