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March 1, 2015
Market Fresh
Foodservice designers create a Whole Foods-inspired Marketplace, ready with display-cooking stations and versatile equipment, around a challenging corridor at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
February 24, 2015
Panel Discussions To Lay Out Ideas At FEDA Convention
FEDA’s 2015 Convention kicks off a month from today at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix. Among the many educational and networking opportunities at the March 25-29 event are two panel discussions. The first will be held during FEDA’s annual members’ meeting on Thursday morning, March 26. The breakfast meeting is…
February 24, 2015
FTC Blocks Sysco/US Foods Merger
Last Thursday, as many in the foodservice industry browsed The NAFEM Show’s exhibits, the Federal Trade Commission sued to block Sysco Corp.’s proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of rival US Foods. The move sets the stage for a major court battle over a plan to combine the nation’s two largest food distributors. In a 3-2 vote, the FTC…
February 24, 2015
A Really Great NAFEM Show
Let me just state it plainly: The just concluded NAFEM Show in Anaheim rates with the best I’ve attended. And I’ve been going to NAFEM since 1981. The optimism on the show floor was palpable. Everyone was upbeat. The quality of the attendance was unmatched. Every single key NAFEM Show demographic—dealers, consultants, commercial and noncommercial…
February 24, 2015
Rapids Names Contract Sales Manager
Rapids Foodservice Contract & Design Co. has hired Steve Grosshans as a new contract sales manager in their St. Paul, Minn., office. Grosshans, who joined Rapids earlier this month, brings 27 years of experience with Superior Products and US Foods in their Minnesota location. Rapids also has offices in Marion, Iowa; Earth City, Mo.; and…
February 24, 2015
Singer Elevates Two Veterans To New Posts
Singer Equipment Co. has promoted Andrew Beauchamp to the newly created position of sales manager. Beauchamp will be responsible for the growth and development of the supply sales division, including all street sales and the dealer’s Wyomissing, Pa., and Bellmawr, N.J., stores. The company veteran formerly served as a store manager and district sales manager…
February 16, 2015
Minnesota Manufacturers Merge
Automated Equipment LLC, a Red Wing, Minn.-based maker of foodservice equipment such as automated French-fry makers and ice-cream-topping dispensers acquired neighboring Acrotech in January. “We are very excited by the addition of Acrotech to our product family. The focus on tools for safety, quality and productivity improvements fit right into our core competencies,” stated Richard…
February 16, 2015
Rodriguez Joins Heritage As U.S. Service V.P.
Carlos “Charlie” Rodriguez, a veteran of the foodservice service industry, has been hired by Heritage Foodservice Group as v.p.-U.S. service operations. Rodriguez will oversee the Fort Wayne, Ind., firm’s service operations in New Orleans, Oklahoma City and South Florida to enhance Heritage’s aftermarket footprint and strengthen relations with critical OEM partners in support of those…
February 16, 2015
Manitowoc Foodservice To Be Spun Off From Parent
Determining that its two divisions will be stronger as separate, autonomous companies, The Manitowoc Co. has announced it is splitting its Cranes and Foodservice businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies. The Manitowoc, Wis., company plans to carry out the separation through a tax-free spin-off of its foodservice business to be completed early next year….
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