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A name familiar to many has returned to the E&S industry. Scotsman Industries has appointed Rich Gleitsmann as interim president of

The staff at Foodservice Equipment Reports will be packing its bags in two weeks and heading South. We will play host to the expert and inquisitive industry professionals at our sixth biennial Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium, Jan. 28-30 at the Barton Creek Resort in Austin, Texas. The agenda is jam-packed, and we’ve got a host…

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…