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The Hobart Center for Foodservice Sustainability has awarded a $5,000 grant to Georgia Tech Dining Service (Sodexho) for its comprehensive energy- and water-savings initiatives, intensive…

Brats and beer are making room for doughnuts and coffee in Wisconsin. Dunkin’ Donuts has signed a multi-unit development agreement with the Milwaukee Coffee Brewing…

Kold-Draft has appointed Jack Antell as v.p. of sales, giving him responsibility for guiding the Erie, Pa., manufacturer’s overall sales strategies. He will lead the…

The Foodservice Consultants Society Int’l. has named Ian Hopper to a two-year term as its new Worldwide president. Hopper, a principal of consulting firm McCartney…

AllPoints Foodservice Parts & Supplies, the Mount Prospect, Ill., parts and supplies distributor, is under new ownership. Denver-based private-equity firm KRG Capital Partners has acquired…

Tom Stundza, former executive editor at Purchasing magazine and a leading authority on metals and materials pricing trends, will provide exclusive materials-price forecasts as a…

After the greatest foodservice recession in decades, the market is finally beginning to show signs of recovery. That was the word from the researchers and…

In the opening presentation of the Technomic Restaurants 2010 conference, Paul Kasriel, chief economist for Northern Trust (and whose family owned a foodservice equipment dealership)…

The Canadian foodservice market has consistently been in "less bad" shape than the U.S. market throughout the Great Foodservice Recession. We’ve seen that consistently from…

Wholesale food prices fell for the second consecutive month in May, easing concerns that the run-up in the key cost component for most operators other…