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Massimo Giussani has assumed the post of chief operating officer at Ali Group. In his new role, Giussani will continue reporting directly to Ali Group…

Server Products has added quality control expert Jodi McMahon to its operations. As the manufacturer’s new director-quality and business improvement, McMahon will lead Server’s ongoing…

Not much more than a year or so ago, Dunkin’ Donuts had no stores west of the Mississippi River. The landscape has changed. The Canton,…

Taco Bell is making no small plans. Or rather, its parent company, Yum! Brands, is not. The Louisville, Ky., company has announced several strategic leadership…

Among other economic news of significance to foodservice and foodservice equipment and supplies: Both major indexes of consumer confidence and expectations recovered sharply in December…

Thanks in part to tax-law changes that accelerated capital-gains taxes, overall state tax revenues in the second quarter 2013 surpassed previous peak collections in real…

The NPD Group’s foodservice practice said in a release Dec. 17 that it expects restaurant visits will come in flat for all of 2013, though…

The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index rose again in November, hitting a five-month high at 101.2. The Index declined over the summer, prompted in…

It’s been almost a month since our last FER Fortnightly and a great deal of new economic data has been released. All of it’s good.…

Food prices at the wholesale level fell in two of the three stages of processing again in December, while menu prices rose only 0.1%, according…