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Subway is getting bigger by thinking smaller. Three weeks ago, it hit another developmental milestone with the opening in Lima, Peru, of its 5,000th c-store…

Unified Brands has added Shawn McElyea as Product Line Director-Warewashing. He will focus on revenue growth for Unified’s Power Soak and warewashing product family through…

Hearings were continued into this week on the federal court proceedings in the government’s antitrust challenge to the proposed merger of rivals Sysco Corp. and…

The Vollrath Company has named Jill VanMenxel its eastern regional manager for its foodservice division.  She will oversee sales, staffing and market development in Connecticut,…

Excell Marketing, the Denver-based buying group marking its 20th anniversary this year, held its annual conference April 15-18 in Cancun, Mexico. The group, comprised of…

Al Santos has been appointed to the newly created position of Director-Canadian Sales for the Standex Food Service Equipment Group. He will report to Chuck…

After much debate, our forecasting partner John Muldowney and I are sticking with our current equipment and supplies market estimates and forecasts for 2014 and…

Ray Peden has been elevated to the office of President-Franke Coffee Systems North America. When he takes office June 1, Peden will be responsible for accelerating…

The number of total restaurant units in the U.S. is finally back to pre-recession levels, according to CHD Expert, the Chicago-based foodservice database and analytic…

Two reports from The NPD Group paint a picture of the global and U.S. foodservice markets finally showing some positive traffic trends. NPD’s CREST foodservice…