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Franke Foodservice Systems has named Terry Hoelle, CFSP, as its new v.p-sales and marketing. Hoelle, a 20-year industry veteran, will focus on extending the Smyrna,…

Jan and I went to Paris in mid-November for Equip’Hotel, a big foodservice show we’ve been involved with since the early 1990s. Folks sometimes ask…

Tom Greenwald, of Top O’ The Table/Zink Foodservice Group, in Columbus, Ohio, died unexpectedly on Nov. 8, while cheering on his favorite football team, Notre…

Gary Simpson has been promoted by ITW FEG to v.p.-dealer sales. He now has responsibilities for North American dealer sales for Hobart, Traulsen and Baxter,…

The Sysco-US Foods deal might be closer to regulatory approval than we thought. Sysco, the country’s biggest food distributor, is closing in on a deal…

Registration materials should be in member’s mailboxes this week for the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association’s Annual Convention, March 25-29, 2015, at the JW Marriott Desert…

The Boelter Cos. has acquired Orland Park, Ill.-based Robert Gill & Co., expanding the Waukesha, Wis., giant’s presence in the Chicago-area healthcare and hospital foodservice…

The Business Barometer from the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry improved modestly in the third quarter 2014. Overall sales rose 3.9% compared to…

The lowest gasoline prices in five years have restaurant operators feeling bubbly. The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index jumped nearly two full points in…

Robert Perlick, the former president of Perlick Corp., died Nov. 29 at age 92. After serving in U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the…