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Two appointments have been announced by Manitowoc Foodservice. Robert Wonder has joined the New Port Richey, Fla., company as senior v.p.-global accounts. He will be…

Summertime is no vacation from paperwork, especially some very important forms due soon to the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association. Members need to fill out and…

Virginia "Ginny" Heil, 54, who worked in the E&S industry for nearly 40 years, died June 24. She joined Moccia Enterprises in Riverton, N.J., in…

There’s still time to register for Foodservice Equipment Reports’ E&S Market Forecast President’s Preview meeting, scheduled Wednesday, July 27, at the Hotel Orrington in Evanston,…

LoneStar Restaurant Supply announced July 1 that it has acquired CPAPC Restaurant Design and Supply; both are based in Dallas. The combined company will now…

Value-pricing and special deals are helping profit margins for at least a few chains. Crowd control has seldom been an issue, though, except when it’s…

Gas prices have continued to fall since early May, when the national average neared $4 a gallon. According to the latest read from the Energy…

One of the reasons Technomic cut its forecast for operator sales in May is because its consumer research showed a distinct deterioration of consumer confidence…

The surge in gasoline and food prices and the resulting dampening of consumer confidence (see article below) led Technomic Inc. to revise downward its forecast…

The only surprising thing is that it didn’t happen sooner. The surge in gasoline prices from February through May finally caught up with the restaurant…