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March 30, 2015
Eisenbarth Succeeds Farrand At Cini-Little
Two major appointments have been made at Cini-Little Int’l., the foodservice consulting firm. Richard Eisenbarth, FCSI, has been named President and COO, succeeding Theodore Farrand, FCSI, who assumes a new post as Director of Management Advisory Services. Both promotions were announced late last month by Cini-Little Chairman Bill Eaton, FFCSI, who praised the skills of…
March 30, 2015
Consumer Confidence Remained Strong In March
In spite of a small retreat in March, attributable mostly to harsh winter weather, consumer confidence for the first quarter of 2015 averaged 95.5, its strongest reading since 2004, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The UM Consumer Sentiment Index was 93 in the final March reading, down slightly from 95.4 at…
March 30, 2015
Slumping Crude Pushes Gas Prices Lower Again; Menu Prices Continue to Rise
Just when it seemed the drop in gasoline prices had reversed itself, another drop in prices for crude oil has pushed gas prices down again. Crude oil prices reached a 6-year low in mid-March and have remained flat or lower since. According to data from the AAA Fuel Gauge Report, the average price for a…
March 30, 2015
U.K. Foodservice Posting Healthy Growth
As in the U.S., positive employment trends and low inflation in the U.K. are helping foodservice record the strongest growth since before the Great Recession, according to Horizons, a London-based foodservice research firm. Speaking at the firm’s Annual Briefing March 10, Horizons Managing Director Peter Backman said nominal foodservice growth for 2014 was 3.8% with…
March 30, 2015
Public E&S Companies Growth Slowed In Fourth Quarter, Rose 5.5% For All 2014
Pulled down by a very weak quarter from Manitowoc Foodservice, eight publicly reporting equipment and supplies companies saw combined revenue growth slow to 2.9% in the fourth quarter of 2014 vs. the same quarter in 2013. It was the slowest quarter since the third quarter 2012 and follows four consecutive quarters during which growth exceeded…
March 30, 2015
Utah Bans Bikes In Drive-Thrus
While bike-riding McDonald’s customers in Denmark are enjoying a test run of “cycle-thru” lanes for patrons on two wheels, burger-loving cyclists in Utah now are banned from drive-thru lanes. On March 25, Governor Gary Herbert approved a bill that would overrule Salt Lake City’s local mandate that restaurants allow cyclists in drive-thru lanes. The state…
March 30, 2015
Labor Group Claims Chains Are Liable For Worker Safety
A labor group that has been organizing worker protests for higher wages and better workplace conditions is calling for McDonald’s Corp. to be held accountable under federal rules for worker-safety violations at its franchised restaurants. Fast Food Forward, backed by the Service Employees Int’l. Union, last month filed a series of complaints to the Occupational…
March 30, 2015
L.A.’s QSR Ban Falls Flat In Cutting Obesity Rates
A 2008 ban on new QSRs in South Los Angeles not only failed to cut the obesity rate, according to a Rand Corp. report released in March, but the presence of new QSRs continued to grow. The problem could have originated with the very specificity of the zoning rule, which applied only to stand-alone restaurants…
March 30, 2015
Freshii Eyes Big Growth
The health-focused fast-casual chain Freshii will open three Chicago-area restaurants in the next three months, continuing a fast-paced expansion that could bring to 30 the number of local locations by the end of the year. There are 18 Freshii outlets in the Chicago area now. The 10-year-old Toronto-based chain hopes to open 120 stores this…
March 30, 2015
Chick-fil-A To Hit Manhattan
Chick-fil-A is making good on its vow of “urbanization” and will debut its first New York franchise this summer. The privately owned chain will open a 5,000-sq.-ft. store on Sixth Avenue, not far from the Empire State Building. The unit joins a small Chick-fil-A that has operated for years on the campus of New York…
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