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Equipment manufacturers—and everyone else, for that matter—watch your calendar. Enhanced testing and new verification requirements for equipment wearing the Energy Star label go into effect…

From our always busy file on California regulations comes the widely discussed news that San Francisco has officially banned toys from meals that contain more…

The member breakfast at the March 30-April 2, 2011 Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association meeting in Phoenix is a crucial one for talking insider—or more specifically,…

We’ve got two items of interest to report from the National Restaurant Association, including an alert to its members about proposed changes in the Americans…

Chains are seeking to be “green” and are looking for ways to cut costs not quality; equipment manufacturers are aiming for energy efficiency. Both can…

Operators in the Big Apple say they need a little lobbying help to represent their interests and address complaints about the business environment. The New…

A new public-private partnership supported by First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to fight childhood obesity might be a boon to the makers of…

The Food Safety & Modernization Act awaits a possible cloture vote in the U.S. Senate, but improving food safety remains at the forefront for government…

Officials in New Jersey, Oregon and Massachusetts say they will not implement state menu-labeling rules set to take effect Jan. 1 and will follow the…

The second phase of California’s ban on artificial trans fats in most foodservice facilities and retail bakeries takes effect Jan. 1. California is the only…