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May 26, 2015
Wholesale Food Prices Fall Again While Menu Prices Keep Rising
Wholesale food prices fell for the sixth consecutive month in April, but restaurant operators pushed menu prices up yet again. Wholesale food prices dropped 0.9% at the final demand stage last month, according to Producer Price Index data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A drop in pork prices was cited as a factor…
May 26, 2015
Cini-Little’s Bill Eaton Retires
William Eaton, whose 45-year career at Cini-Little Int’l. spans nearly the history of the foodservice, laundry and waste-management consulting firm, has retired. As a Principal, he will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board. Eaton was not just a daily presence at Cini-Little, but active in the industry—most recently seen walking the show floor…
May 26, 2015
Taco Bell To Offer Beer With Its Chalupas
Taco Bell wants to take its “Live Más” motto to a new level and let its customers drink a toast to their tacos. The 6,500-unit chain has applied for a liquor license for a unit soon to open in Chicago. The store will have a completely new, urban design in the city’s north-side Wicker Park…
May 26, 2015
Subway Hits Big In C-Stores/Truck-Stop Units
Subway is getting bigger by thinking smaller. Three weeks ago, it hit another developmental milestone with the opening in Lima, Peru, of its 5,000th c-store and truck-stop location. Subway increasingly has focused its expansion efforts in non-traditional locales because of their flexible space requirements and adaptable floor plans. The Milford, Conn., brand now has 10,498…
May 19, 2015
Unified Brands Appoints Warewashing Product Line Director
Unified Brands has added Shawn McElyea as Product Line Director-Warewashing. He will focus on revenue growth for Unified’s Power Soak and warewashing product family through new product development and support of the sales network. McElyea has previous product line management and market research experience in the foodservice industry. Conyers, Ga.-based Unified Brands, along with its…
May 19, 2015
Sysco, US Foods Antitrust Hearing Extended
Hearings were continued into this week on the federal court proceedings in the government’s antitrust challenge to the proposed merger of rivals Sysco Corp. and US Foods. The Federal Trade Commission, which sued to block the deal in February, and the two companies will return to court after Memorial Day to present closing arguments on…
May 19, 2015
Vollrath Names Eastern Regional Manager
The Vollrath Company has named Jill VanMenxel its eastern regional manager for its foodservice division. She will oversee sales, staffing and market development in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, and northeast Ohio. VanMenxel joined Vollrath in 2005 as district sales…
May 19, 2015
Excell Meeting Honors Four Manufacturers
Excell Marketing, the Denver-based buying group marking its 20th anniversary this year, held its annual conference April 15-18 in Cancun, Mexico. The group, comprised of 125 dealers in 42 states, honored four companies as Vendors of the Year. They were: Nor-Lake Inc.: Partnership and Loyalty Nexel Industries: Strategic Growth Beleco: Customer Focus Middleby Corp.: Education…
May 19, 2015
Standex FSEG Taps Al Santos For New Canadian Sales Post
Al Santos has been appointed to the newly created position of Director-Canadian Sales for the Standex Food Service Equipment Group. He will report to Chuck Dullea, President-Standex Refrigerated Solutions Group, but his focus will be to build on and leverage sales-channel relationships for all Standex FSEG brands including Nor-Lake, Master Bilt, Federal, Bakers Pride, APW,…
May 19, 2015
We’re Sticking With Our E&S Market Forecasts
After much debate, our forecasting partner John Muldowney and I are sticking with our current equipment and supplies market estimates and forecasts for 2014 and 2015. Last July, for our annual President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast, we set 2014 market growth (at the manufacturers’ level) at 4.4% nominal and 2.3% real and forecast growth of…
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