Floor mixers can do just about every kind of prep under the sun, if you size them properly and match the machine to the job.

The Foodservice Consultants Society Int’l. announced new officers to its board of trustees during its FCSI The Americas’ Conference, April 19-21 in Kansas City, Mo. They are:Chair: James Petersen, FCSI, C.i.i. Food Service DesignChair-Elect: William Taunton, FCSI, A.I. Gastrotec Ltd.Secretary & Editorial Board Liaison: James Camacho, FCSI, Camacho AssociatesTreasurer: Harry Schildkraut, FCSI, S20 ConsultantsImmediate Past…

Sandstone Foodservice Group has added Terry Hoelle as v.p.-sales and promoted Kevin Vigeant to executive v.p. of

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Involved in educational foodservice? Take a break during this week’s National Restaurant Association Show and stop by the member reception hosted by the

In spite of worries about rapidly rising gasoline prices during the month, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index moved moderately higher and matched its post-recession high of 102.2, according to the March tracking survey. In addition, both capital-expenditure markers moved higher, with the component tracking operators’ intention to make a purchase in the next…

In spite of tepid general economies in most of the 10 major foodservice markets tracked by The NPD Group’s CREST research, all but Spain saw restaurant spending rise at least slightly in the fourth quarter 2011, versus the fourth quarter ’10. Traffic was up in all markets except Spain, Australia and Italy. Growth in China…

We heard last week that the United Kingdom fell into a second recession based on first quarter 2012 gross domestic product numbers. And we saw the weak fourth-quarter restaurant traffic (0.2%) and sales (0.6%) numbers for the U.K. from The NPD Group. So, we thought we’d check with Peter Backman, principal at Horizons FS Ltd.,…

As has been clear from much first-quarter foodservice data, the very mild winter and other factors have boosted consumer spending. This was mentioned as the U.S. Commerce Department released its “advance” estimate of growth of the economy on April 27. The top line number: real gross domestic product rose 2.2% in the first three months…