It wasn’t all talk last week at the National Restaurant Association’s 26th annual Public Affairs Conference. In addition to serious conversations with legislators, the April 17-18 conference in Washington saw the unveiling of a new interactive advocacy tool.More than 500 operators from 45 states attended “America Works Here,” a theme emphasizing the industry’s role as…

Psst! Toasters and waffle irons and cone dispensers are in the clear! Foodservice equipment—and the operators who want to use it—is no longer skirting the law in San Francisco. Restaurateurs there whose menus were defined by the dictates of the city’s decades-old permit system can breathe freely, start installing and get to cooking what their…

If you’re coming to Chicago for the May 5-8 2012 Kitchen Innovations Award recipients, Kitchen Innovations judges, FEDA members and FER magazine representatives to network and celebrate the dealer and manufacturing communities. And remember to stop by the FER exhibit booth #5223 and say hello!

Is every dealer buying group heading into or just finishing its spring meeting? Among those groups whose members have collected or will rack up frequent flier miles during meetings this winter and spring: NAFED       Vendor/Principal Conference, April 11-13, St. Charles, Mo. NISSCO     Buying & Networking Conference, March 14-17, Orlando, Fla. SEFA          Annual Partnership…

John Rhodes has been appointed president of

Information on the Revit presentation featured at last month’s Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association 2012 Convention is now available online, exclusively for

Something that really struck me at last month’s Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association Annual Convention was how many young people were not only in attendance, but also how the young guard have stepped up and taken over the association. Maybe I perceive this because I’m the old guard now—my first FEDA convention was in 1983—but that’s…

You’re back from the FEDA Convention, finished shuttling to buying group meetings, and perhaps heading to Chicago next month for the NRA Show. Add one more event to your calendar: The