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According to Technomic Inc.’s annual study,  the “Power Distributor Report: The Top 15,” while the foodservice industry as a whole barely managed to grow in…

Unfortunately, the one-month moderation in October of increasing wholesale food prices—and overall producer prices—didn’t hold. Wholesale food prices at the “finished” stage jumped another 1%…

Visits to restaurants in the United States have remained essentially flat for the first three quarters of 2011, NPD Group reported Dec. 6, though small…

Foodservice Equipment Reports has revised it forecasts for growth of manufacturers’ sales of foodservice equipment and supplies in North America for 2011 and ’12. The…

Kevin Vigeant has joined the Sandstone Group as v.p.-business development-foodservice. Vigeant brings 20 years of senior-level sales experience at equipment manufacturers and distributors to the…

The Jordan Co. II, L.P., a New York-based private investment firm. As a result of this transaction, Heritage will have an enhanced capital base, but…

Industry veteran Steve Willoughby has filled the v.p.-marketing post at

After 17 years in a variety of posts at

Eighteen foodservice industry professionals have been named scholarship recipients by the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association’s Educational Foundation. The scholarships are for the 2012 University of…

The giant North American foodservice distributors, dominated by broadliners, have been increasing their share of the overall foodservice distribution market for years. A new study…