Dallas-based Bennigan’s Franchise Co. has 20 locations under development and plans to add its third corporate store in its hometown. Its other corporate stores will be in Chicago and Appleton, Wis.; the latter’s contemporary neighborhood bar look is the chain’s template for all new units. The 80-unit chain has seen same-store sales increases in Chicago…
MOREA month after opening its first Red Lobster in Dubai, Darden Restaurants has entered into a formal area-development agreement to build and operate Olive Garden, Red Lobster and The Capital Grille brands in Mexico. The agreement calls for CMR, Mexico’s leading casual-dining company, to open some 37 restaurants in the country over the next five…
MORESarah Krol has been appointed general manager-foodservice equipment and consumer products at NSF Int’l. She will work with Mike Kohler, foodservice equipment technical manager and Mark Holloway, operations manager. Krol succeeds Joe Phillips as G.M., who is retiring after 32 years; also retiring is Nancy Culotta, NSF’s v.p.- food safety product certification and consumer products.
MOREJose Nicho has joined SCOTSMAN INDUSTRIES as v.p.-sales and marketing for Latin America. Nicho, a 20-year industry veteran, will oversee sales and business development of all Scotsman brands in the region. He will report to Kevin Fink, managing director-Americas. Scotsman, based in Vernon Hills, Ill., sells ice machines in more than 100 countries.
MOREACCUTEMP PRODUCTS has appointed Diane White and Michael Teders as vice presidents-national accounts, overseeing sales and customer support for key multi-unit customers. White’s resume include national accounts management posts at BKI Worldwide/Bevles, The Delfield Co., and Winston Industries. She was most recently v.p.-multi-unit foodservice with Power Soak; Teders was national sales manager for Intek Mfg./Unified…
MOREDoug Goare has been named president of McDONALD’S EUROPE. Goare, currently exec.v.p.-McDonald’s Global Supply Chain and Real Estate Development, succeeds Steve Easterbrook, who is joining Gondola Group as CEO of the Pizza Express chain. Goare will oversee more than 7,000 restaurants in 40 European countries. Jose Armario, current group president of McDonald’s Canada and Latin…
MORERob August has assumed the presidency of BEVERAGE-AIR, an Ali Group company, succeeding Filippo Berti, who will be company chairman and continue as president of Ali North America. Tom Hotard, who previously was v.p.-operations and development at Beverage-Air, succeeds August as exec. v.p. Hotard will continue managing the Brookville, Pa., facility and engineering department. Beverage-Air…
MOREA wish for later hours and wider menu choices is not an unexpected response to a foodservice survey of college students. But according to new market data from Technomic Inc., the nation’s 16 million college and university students are less than satisfied with their healthy food options on campus. “Despite the fact that 62% of…
MOREHarold Hamilton, founder of one of the first manufacturers’ rep firms in Quebec and a leader in establishing the Canadian division of Manufacturers’ Agents for the Foodservice Industry, died Aug. 28 in Ottawa, Ontario. Hamilton’s career started in 1945, when he joined Bell Rinfret Co. in Montreal. His resume includes posts with Moffatt’s commercial appliance…
MORENeal Robinson, senior v.p.-global projects at Bunn-O-Matic Corp., passed away Aug. 22. He was 62. The Louisiana native worked for more than 25 years at Bunn-O-Matic and played a key role in expanding the coffee equipment supplier’s international business. Robinson joined Bunn in 1986 as a southeast district sales manager and moved steadily upward to…
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