New Ownership Official For P.F. Chang’s

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Investment firm Centerbridge Partners and its Wok Parent acquisition arm has successfully completed its tender offer for the outstanding shares of P.F. Chang’s. The company now owns more than 83% of the Scottsdale, Ariz., chain, which will become an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Wok Parent. P.F. Chang’s owns and operates more than 200 upscale…

T&S Brass Opens New Hands-On Training Center

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T&S Brass has opened an on-site training facility to allow customers, consultants, sales representatives, distributors, contractors and engineers to experience hands-on education and training. The 40,000-sq.-ft. training center can accommodate small and large groups and offers fully integrated assistance and a large selection of training and professional development that can be customized to a group’s…

SPECIAL REPORT: Energy To Burn

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Equipment makers are starting to build waste-heat recovery strategies into their products, saving energy and potentially saving you money.

SHOW REPORT: 2012 HOTELEX Products

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Open Fryers, Salamanders, Heated Counter Warmers and More!

SPECIAL REPORT: 2012 NRA Kitchen Innovations Award Recipients

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GREASE COLLECTION Developed for a supermarket that had 20 rotisserie chickens cooking at a time all day long, Alto-Shaam’s patent-pending Combitherm Automatic Grease Collection System discharges grease and by-products from a holding area into an external collection container. The pump is electronically activated during cooking. A series of baffles separates grease from water in the…

July 2012 Tools of the Trade

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Check Out These Fryers, Countertop Chillers, Display Cases And More!

The Sky Isn’t Falling, Most Likely

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Scoping the real trends as we head toward our annual E&S forecast.

BK Plans 1,000 Stores In China Within Seven Years

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Burger King is setting its sights, and its crown, on China. On June 15, the burger chain announced that it will open 1,000 restaurants in the world’s most populous country during the next five to seven years. There are currently just 63 Burger King restaurants in China, compared with more than 1,400 McDonald’s outlets there.…