Myers Restaurant Supply, the Santa Rosa, Calif.-based dealership, has acquired J.M. Design and Associates, a Manteca, Calif., commercial kitchen design and consulting firm. Jeff Melton, the sole proprietor of J.M. Design, has joined Myers as general manager of the newly dubbed Myers’ subsidiary, J.M. Design Group. Melton brings to Myers a 15-year portfolio of projects, ranging…

Many of you have been asking if we’re sticking with our July forecasts for the equipment and supplies market for 2012 and 2013, released during our annual President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast meeting. We then predicted 4.7% current dollar growth and 2.6% real growth for this year, numbers pretty close to 2011. Our forecast for…

Curtis Restaurant Equipment, Oregon’s largest foodservice equipment dealer, has won 2012 Vendor of the Year honors from the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association. “This award recognizes the exemplary service and professionalism that set the high standards for the entire industry to achieve,” stated Steve McCord, ORLA president and CEO. “Curtis has shown dedicated service to…

Thomas L. Redditt Sr., a manufacturers’ rep and past-president of the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry, died Oct. 20. He was 96. Redditt founded the Tom Redditt Sales Agency, based in Littleton, Colo. He’d learned the industry by working for his uncle’s rep firm in El Paso, Texas, after leaving the Army in…

If you’ve been too busy to fill out the paperwork, there is a little more time to apply for one of the 20 FEDA Education Foundation scholarships for the University of Industrial Distribution. The association has extended the application deadline to Nov. 2 for the UID program, March 10-13, 2013, at the JW Marriott Indianapolis.…

NexGen Procurement Group has updated its meeting schedule. The Greenville, S.C.-based buying group will hold NexGen Leadership Meetings Oct. 14-17, 2013, in Chicago and Feb. 3-7, 2014, in Dallas.

Sewer bills won’t be scary for operators in Portland, Ore., if their kitchens have a grease trap, and if they rely on composting rather than a garbage disposal to keep fats, grease and oils from going down—and clogging—the drain. In 2011, Portland spent just over $12 million to clear clogged sewer lines and remove fats,…

The California Restaurant Association is alerting its members to some unwanted deliveries. Some operators in the state have been served notices alleging they violated the California Health and Safety Code, under Proposition 65. The 60-day notices of violation are being sent by Whitney Leeman, an air-resources engineer from Sacramento. Over the past few years, she…

The National Restaurant Association has released "Americans with Disabilities Act: Toolkit for Restaurant Operators," an 80-page toolkit that helps restaurateurs comply with updated federal accessibility guidelines. The requirements, officially known as the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, are the first major changes to the federal design standards since the ADA was signed in 1991.…

The lawsuit to save big beverages on the streets of New York was filed Oct. 12 in Manhattan. Plaintiffs, including soft-drink companies, the American Beverage Association and the National Restaurant Association, filed the suit seeking to block New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s upcoming ban on large sugary drinks. The suit claims that the mayor’s Board…