Ketchup and monkey bars are a potent mix for germs. Widespread publicity about allegedly unsanitary slides and tunnels at some of the nation’s fast-food playgrounds has led the California State Assembly to approve a bill expanding food-safety laws to cover the indoor and outdoor playgrounds.Under the bill, restaurants would be required to post signs informing…
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MORECKE Goes Public Pollo Tropical and its other Latin-themed brands and created a new publicly traded company, Fiesta Restaurant Group. Carrols is already Burger King’s largest U.S. franchisee; it nearly doubled its size last March by buying another 278 restaurants from the burger chain. At Fiesta, the strategy focuses on the growth potential for Pollo…
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MOREThe ServSafe program; he’ll focus on sales strategies for diversifying that portfolio, leveraging partner products, and expanding restaurant- chain programs. Walters also will be responsible for creating the strategic direction and executing a comprehensive sales program for non-traditional channels, including grocery stores, convenience stores, and hotel and lodging operations. Previously, Walters was client services manager/food…
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MOREWe’re very excited to announce that Foodservice Equipment Reports will bestow both some new and some “old” awards on dealers. We’ll present the awards at a new event Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 during The NAFEM Show in Orlando. NAFEM gave us permission for the event on Friday evening, as the association is moving its All-Industry…
MOREFoodservice Equipment Reports’ annual President’s Preview 2013 E&S Market Forecast meeting will be held Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at the Westin O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. This one-day, comprehensive look at data and trends in foodservice and the foodservice equipment and supplies markets includes the magazine’s hard-number forecasts of E&S market growth for ’13 and…
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