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Twenty-Five Earn UID Scholarships

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FEDA's Education Foundation has awarded 25 scholarships to the 2017 University of Innovative Distribution which will be held March 5-8, 2017 at the JW Marriott…

Our Friend Ira

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How do you write an obit for one of your very best friends? After a lovely, standing-room-only memorial service for Ira Kaplan on Sunday, Nov.…

BRIX Holdings Names New President

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BRIX Holdings has elevated Craig Erlich to President. Erlich will oversee BRIX’s portfolio of franchise brands, which include the franchising companies for Red Mango, Smoothie…

Church’s Chicken Taps New CEO

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Church’s Chicken has promoted Joseph Christina to CEO. He has served as the Texas chain’s executive v.p. of U.S. operations since 2013, overseeing more than 1,150 franchise…

Industry Notes:

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Westerville, Ohio-based Zink Foodservice has hired two new regional account managers to oversee sales activities for healthcare and educational accounts in central and southern Ohio:…

McDonald’s Sees Future In Tableside Service

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McDonald’s is trying on the fast-casual model. The chain announced last week that it is expanding its digital ordering stations and table service to all…

Top Canadian Dealers Russell And Hendrix Combine Forces

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Canada’s two largest foodservice equipment dealers, Hendrix Hotel & Restaurant Equipment and Supplies and Russell Food Equipment, have united into one company: Russell Hendrix Foodservice…

Consumer Confidence Rebounds In Early November While Gas Prices Fall

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The University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers Consumer Sentiment Index jumped back to 91.6 during early November, reversing a drop in the final October reading of 87.2 from 91.2 in September.

Gap Between Menu And Grocery Store Prices Widens

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Wholesale food prices at all three stages of demand fell again in October, according to Producer Price Index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,…

Chain Slowdown Undercuts Public E&S Companies Revenues

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A slowdown in sales to both restaurant and retail chains, combined with divestitures, undermined revenue growth for publicly reporting foodservice equipment and supplies companies in the third quarter of 2016.

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