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Two senior-level appointments have been announced by Middleby Corp. James K. Pool has been named president of TurboChef, the Carrollton, Texas, oven manufacturer. He’ll oversee…

It will take four years and at least $1 billion, but McDonald’s Corp. is revamping the look—and some of the foodservice equipment—in its 14,000 U.S.…

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…