George Hohl Jr., CEO ofUnited Way, 1080 Washington St., Kansas City Mo., 64105 or

Edward Herbst, longtime manufacturer’s representative and owner of The Ed Herbst Co., in Chicago, died Dec. 17. He was 91. During his career, Mr. Herbst was an active member of the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Food Service Industry. Services were held Dec. 22. George Hohl Jr., CEO of United Way, 1080 Washington St., Kansas…

We’ve reported a number of stories on restaurant grease and used fryer oil: clogged drains in Seattle, overflows in New Jersey,

A year before celebrating its centennial anniversary in business,

There will be no decision, and thus no clarity, in the long-running California case of Brinker Int’l. v. Superior Court, until spring at the earliest. A ruling by the California Supreme Court had been expected by February in the class-action suit that involves standards setting timely and realistic meal and rest breaks. Oral arguments were…

That sticky wicket of regulating what people put in their mouths is rearing its head again in Cleveland. The city is suing the state of Ohio for the right to ban the sale of prepared foods that contain artery-clogging trans fat. The city’s suit seeks to invalidate the state law blocking the ban. Cleveland Mayor…

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Restaurant operators reported their strongest net positive same-store sales results in more than four years in November, while customer traffic levels also grew. The positive numbers pushed the Restaurant Performance Index maintained by the National Restaurant Association higher for the month. One capital expenditure indicator in the index was up, the other fell slightly. The…

Foodservice traffic during the third quarter 2011 rose in only four of the 10 major country markets tracked by The NPD Group, according to a Jan. 4 report from the Port Washington, N.Y., consumer research firm. Visit activity continues to be affected by depressed consumer confidence, high unemployment and other economic uncertainties in Europe, the…