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November 24, 2015
New Owners For Houlihan’s Restaurants
York Capital Management has signed a definitive agreement to buy the parent company of Houlihan’s Restaurants, the Leawood, Kan.-based chain, from a subsidiary of Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison. Terms were not disclosed, but the transaction was expected to close in December. Restaurant veteran Michael Archer is investing along with York and will become the…
November 22, 2015
In Memoriam: Henny Penny’s Jack Cobb
Jack Cobb, the former owner and long-time president and CEO of Henny Penny Corp., died November 20. He was 83. When he joined Henny Penny in 1959, Cobb was the Eaton, Ohio, manufacturer’s fourth employee. By 1970, he was vice president, and four years later, he became Henny Penny’s president when he and a business…
November 17, 2015
Tomlinson Adds Marketing, Business Development Managers
Melissa Figas has joined Tomlinson Industries as its new Marketing and Advertising Manager. She previously worked in sales and finance roles at McMaster-Carr Supply, a national distributor of industrial supplies, and in web content development at Midwest Retail Services, a Columbus, Ohio, distributor of retail fixtures. Also new to Tomlinson is Matt Figas, the Cleveland,…
November 17, 2015
Champion Names New National Service Manager
Champion Industries/Ali Group has tapped Brent Blanton as its new National Service Manager. Blanton will replace Gary Tuttle, who is retiring from the position at the end of 2015 after 44 years with the Winston-Salem, N.C., warewashing manufacturer. Blanton began his career in foodservice in 1995 as the managing partner and branch manager of Raleigh,…
November 17, 2015
Boelter Direct South Teams With Restaurant Outfitters
Boelter Direct South has hired Rusty Skaggs, Owner of Bethlehem, Ga.-based Restaurant Outfitters. Skaggs has more than a decade of experience working in the foodservice industry with particular expertise in foodservice design, equipment purchasing and installation. Nick Adams, President of Boelter Direct South, stated, “We are honored to have someone with Rusty’s experience, talent and…
November 17, 2015
Irinox Appoints New President
Ronald van Bakergem has been named the new President of Irinox USA. Van Bakergem, who has worked in the U.S. foodservice industry for about seven years, joins Irinox from Miami-based Infrico USA, where he was G.M. Infrico imports, distributes and sells commercial refrigeration equipment. He also served as North American sales director during his three-year…
November 17, 2015
Curtis Sells To Employees
Curtis Restaurant Equipment, the family-owned dealer, has been sold to its employees. The Springfield, Ore., company, founded in 1963, sold 100% of its stock to employees in an ESOP transaction; Dan Curtis and Mike Curtis were majority shareholders. Under the deal, effective November 16, all 54 Curtis employees will participate in company ownership. The company,…
November 17, 2015
Franke Appoints 4-Star Reps
Franke Foodservice Solutions, the Smyrna, Tenn., manufacturer, has selected 4 Star Representatives for its network of independent marketing agencies. The firm will provide full marketing and sales support throughout eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. The six-person firm is owned by Karen VanPelt-Higgins, a registered dietitian with more than 20 years of multiunit foodservice management…
November 17, 2015
Globe Expands Staffing
Globe Food Equipment has added two members to its offices in Dayton, Ohio. Kari Fulton is the firm’s new Food Retail Business Development Manager. She joins Globe from Alto-Shaam, where she served as v.p.-retail sales. Fulton started her foodservice career at The University of Iowa, where she spent 13 years in restaurant, club and institutional…
November 10, 2015
New York Nixes NRA’s Sodium Delay Request
Call it salt in the wound. The New York City Department of Health has denied a request from the National Restaurant Association to delay implementing a new sodium regulation set to take effect Dec. 1. The health department stated it could not put off enacting an “important rule that will help New Yorkers make healthier…
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