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California Pizza Kitchen will be acquired for $470 million by private-equity firm Golden Gate Capital. The deal was announced May 25. San Francisco-based Golden Gate…

It’s a year of anniversaries for many manufacturers and dealers. Among the celebrants is U.S. Cooler, now marking its 25th year manufacturing walk-in coolers and…

How often have you heard people talk about “leading from the front”? The idea pops up all the time, a popular platitude among consultants and…

Penn Jersey Paper has begun operations in its newly built 255,336 sq.-ft. headquarters and distribution center in northeast Philadelphia; the company says the building will…

Thermo-Kool has named two new marketing agents. Carolina Foodservice Solutions, Raleigh, N.C., will represent the walk-in refrigeration maker in the Carolinas. Two-decade industry vets Frank…

PRIDE Marketing & Procurement hosted its annual marketing and sales conference in Denver in April. There, it presented its Dealer of Year Award to one…

Fred “Biff” Bearden, a partner with E-Source Inc. of Irving, Texas, passed away on March 17. He was 58. Bearden worked for his father’s business, Fred…

Two long-standing New York foodservice consulting firms, Beer Associates and Jacobs/Doland Associates, have merged their businesses. The new firm, to be known as Jacobs/Doland/Beer, will…

Tina Reese has been appointed v.p.-operations at Commercial Appliance Parts and Service. She will be directly responsible for Commercial’s headquarters in Tampa, Fla., and will…

Tundra Specialties, a distributor of restaurant parts, supplies and equipment, has purchased the assets and liabilities of Cen Tex Supply Co., a neighboring dealer which…