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March 17, 2015
New Parent For Romano’s Macaroni Grill
Romano’s Macaroni Grill will be under new ownership by mid-April. Its parent company, Ignite Restaurant Group, has announced a definitive agreement to sell the chain to Redrock Partners, a Phoenix investment group. Houston-based Ignite, which also owns the 138-unit Joe’s Crab Shack and 21-unit Brick House Tavern + Tap brands, said it will receive about…
March 17, 2015
Chicago-Based Levy To Buy Del Taco For $500 Million
Levy Acquisition Corp., the merger-minded offshoot of Chicago restaurateur Larry Levy, plans to acquire Del Taco Inc. for about $500 million, including debt, from its private equity owners. The country’s No. 2 quick-serve Mexican chain will be renamed Del Taco Restaurants. According to the agreement, Levy’s family and other investors will inject $120 million in…
March 17, 2015
Franke Acquires Canadian Conveyor Maker, Easi-Serv
Franke Foodservice Systems has acquired Easi-Serv Products, a Canadian maker of conveyor systems that transport food orders from prep areas to a remote point of sale. Easi-Serv, based in Burnaby, B.C., also manufactures drive-through windows. Its customers include a number of the world’s biggest quick-serve chains. Easi-Serv’s food-order transporter systems, based on a continuous track…
March 10, 2015
A Winning NAFEM Show 2015
Last month’s edition of The NAFEM Show in Anaheim, Calif., boasted a strong turnout with more than 20,000 foodservice professionals on the show floor during the Feb. 19-21 exhibition. The NAFEM Show’s attendance totaled 9,940; the biggest segment of attendees was dealers, who comprised 44% of the total. Operators made up 29% of those attending,…
March 10, 2015
In Memoriam: Vera Jenkins, Pioneering Rep
Vera Jenkins, who was given the title “First Lady of Foodservice” through her long and varied career as a dietitian and manufacturers’ rep, passed away Feb. 21 at the age of 95. After receiving her degree in home economics, Jenkins was one of six students admitted into Duke University’s graduate program for dietetic studies. During…
March 10, 2015
NRA Announces 2015 Kitchen Innovations Award Honorees
The Kitchen Innovations Class of 2015 has been unveiled. The class is comprised of 23 recipients of the National Restaurant Association’s KI Awards, which honor equipment and technologies that increase productivity for back-of-house operations and benefit restaurant operators through advancements in food safety, cook-time efficiency and energy conservation. The KI Award recipients reflect the trends…
March 10, 2015
FER Top Dealers Survey Forms Due By April 3
Don’t forget April 3. That’s the deadline to complete and return the survey forms emailed to past participants and other dealers for Foodservice Equipment Reports’ annual Top Dealers listing. The survey data on sales volumes and service offerings will be published in FER’s June issue. It’s the fifth year for this annual listing. The survey…
March 10, 2015
Rep News
Winchester, Mass.-based Concept Equipment Corp. has become the rep and stocking distributor for LoLo, the Byram, Miss., division of Unified Brands, in the New England market and upstate New York. Brad Clancy heads up the 35-year-old rep business.
March 10, 2015
Why You Should Be An FER Top Dealer
We sent out the forms for our fifth annual FER Top Dealers Report last week. If you don’t see the form—they can get stuck in spam filters—just click on this link, fermag.com/media-library/research.html, download the form, complete it and get it back to Christine Palmer as directed. While in that section of our website, you can…
March 10, 2015
FEDA Scores With Box Lunch Seminars
There were no empty seats at FEDA’s presentations during The NAFEM Show in Anaheim, Calif. Nearly 450 dealer personnel attended “The SELL Process—Your Offense” at FEDA’s Box Lunch sales seminar. The program, led by speaker Don Buttrey, included techniques on how to prepare and execute highly effective customer interactions. Additionally, NAFEM President Mike Whiteley of…
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