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December 29, 2021

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop Names Franchise Veteran COO

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop has named restaurant industry veteran Scott Shotter, who comes with more than 20 years of experience leading franchise brands, COO.

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December 28, 2021

5 Hospitality Trends Forecast for 2022

With this year wrapping up, AF & Co. + Carbonate got back to it, making predictions for the hospitality industry for 2022. In the 14th annual trend report, the consulting firms explored the food, beverage, sustainability and design trends that they expect will shape the year ahead.

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December 28, 2021

Study Says More Diners Are Willing To Eat Out Despite Heightened Omicron Concern

While heightened concern for the omicron variant is adding new requirements for dine-in restaurant customers in certain areas, consumers overall may not be as nervous about dining in as they once were, according to a recent study by Datassential.

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December 27, 2021

Do Customers Want Robots Working in Restaurants?

A new Technomic study says consumers find robots less appealing than they did two years ago.

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December 27, 2021

Breakfast, Lunch Business Picks Up As More Return to School, Work, Activities

The NPD Group says traffic is picking up for breakfast, morning snack and lunch dayparts as more people are leaving their homes for school, work and activities.

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December 27, 2021

Chicago Metallic Taps New National Account Manager

Jeramiah Stocksdale will be tasked with bringing in new business from national chain restaurants. In addition, he will work with the company’s outside representative groups and grow relationships and sales with multiunit foodservice operations.

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December 21, 2021

Ali Group Acquires The Montague Co.

Ali Group closed on an agreement to acquire The Montague Co., a manufacturer of high-volume, heavy-duty cooking and refrigeration equipment.

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December 21, 2021

Foodservice Industry Performance Dips Again Slightly, Says Technomic

The foodservice industry has seen two months of deceleration, according to the consumer trends and research company Technomic.

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December 21, 2021

Customers Prefer the Drive-Thru for Mobile Order Pickup, Says Report

Bluedot’s “State of What Feeds Us” report explores customer preferences amid a steady rise in mobile ordering.  

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December 21, 2021

A Look at Top Manufacturer Acquisitions of 2021

This year brought about some serious foodservice equipment manufacturer M&A activity from some of the industry’s top players. As the year comes to a close, FER is taking a look back at the top equipment manufacturer acquisitions of the year.

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