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Potbelly Sandwich Shop has taken its first steps into franchising. In a freshly inked deal, the Chicago-based restaurant chain will celebrate the opening of the…

Globe Food Equipment Co. has acquired Commercial Pro International’s line of countertop cooking equipment. The line acquired by Globe includes an electric soup kettle; conveyor…

ITW has appointed Chris O’Herlihy president-Food Equipment Group Worldwide, a post which includes responsibility for all Food Equipment Group operations globally.  "We are consolidating leadership…

The news was all over the papers last week: Burger King was for sale. Once the smoke cleared, it was announced that the world’s No.…

Howard Veldhorst, a 36-year veteran of The Vollrath Co., has died. He was 74. Veldhorst was v.p.-national sales accounts at the Sheboygan, Wis., manufacturer; he…

The Commercial Food Equipment Service Association will gather in Savannah, Ga., next month for its fall meeting. The meeting, Oct. 18-20, at the Westin Savannah…

The King and the Colonel are back–the U.S. military has lifted a seven-month ban on fast-food restaurants and retail stores at American bases in Afghanistan.…

And some chains are still busy taking the plunge across our northern border. Buffalo Wild Wings has announced plans for more than 50 company-owned and…

The appetite for American fast food continues to grow in Asia. In May, Carl’s Jr. debuted as the first Western fast-food hamburger chain in Ho…

ITW continues to make news. Just days after announcing an organizational restructuring (reported in the last Fortnightly), the multinational conglomerate has acquired Elro Group, a…