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February 3, 2015
Freight Rate Update: No Change For Air Curtains, Warewasher Debate Continues
We’ve been keeping you updated on proposals to change shipping rates for warewashers and air curtains and doors. Both kinds of equipment have been targeted for shipping classification upgrades by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association’s Commodity Classification Standards Board. At the board’s Jan. 27 meeting, the CCSB voted to withdraw its rate proposal for…
February 3, 2015
Pie Five Pizza Carves Out New Markets
The 4-year-old chain opened “individually handcrafted pizza” stores in Chicago, Houston and Minneapolis in the past few months, and now Denver and Lexington, Ky., will be seeing Pie Five Pizza outlets. The first of up to 10 franchise units will open this summer in Lexington, while franchisees in the Centennial State begin introducing the brand…
February 3, 2015
Consumer Confidence Hits Highest Point In Decade, Gas Prices Finally Stop Dropping
On the consumer-confidence and gasoline-price watch: The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index jumped another four and a half points in the final January reading to 98.1 from 93.6 in the final December measure. It now stands at its highest level in the past 10 years. As for gasoline prices, they finally quit falling…
February 3, 2015
Strong Gains In Capital Spending Markers, Current Sales And Traffic Drive NRA’s RPI Higher
The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index jumped back to its highest level since 2004, reaching 102.9 in the December 2014 survey. The RPI hit 102.8 in October, its highest level since December 2004 and easily a post-recession high, before falling back slightly in November to 102.1. Strong gains in the survey’s two capital-spending indicators…
February 2, 2015
A Robust Drink From A Robust Brewer
The UNIC Tango ST superautomatic espresso machine produces specialty coffee drinks that taste like they were crafted by a professional barista on a traditional machine. Designed for high-volume commercial capacity, it has a 6.5-L boiler, precision grinders with 80-mm burrs, a full-size rotary pump, metal piping and valves surrounded by a welded steel frame, an…
February 2, 2015
Speed Up Waste Processing With Waste Xpress
The Waste Xpress high-performance food waste reduction system helps foodservice operations increase kitchen productivity and profitability by reducing food waste volume by up to 85%. Compact and easy to operate and clean, the system is comprised of a pulper/dewatering unit combined with a food waste disposer to grind and compact food waste. The Waste Xpress…
February 2, 2015
Clearly Efficient Showcasing
Designed to meet the newer demands of servery and quick-service convenience stores, Hinged Glass Lid Sandwich Units offer a flexible smart design that allows for showcasing product during off-peak hours while eliminating the need for a night cover. Easy-to-clean clear glass lids are energy efficient, with dual-pane Low-E glass, aluminum glass frame, satin finish and…
February 2, 2015
Retherms Without The Germs
Warming equipment that consistently maintains desired temperature, even as product is depleted, is critical to ensuring food quality and safety as well as reducing food costs. NSF listed as rethermalizers, Server food warmers quickly heat food to serving temperature before bacteria has an opportunity to grow. Hinged, moisture-capturing lids stay upright during ladling and return…
February 2, 2015
Hestan Offers Off-Site Tours During NAFEM
After years of listening to and collaborating with chefs, we’re proud to unveil the Hestan kitchen Feb.19-21 during NAFEM 2015. We hope you can make the time for a special tour of our new manufacturing facility, test kitchen and showroom. Hestan Commercial is a premium appliance manufacturer specializing in high-end stainless commercial appliances. We have…
February 2, 2015
Cool Lighting For Cold Spaces
Component Hardware’s line of LED lights for walk-in coolers and freezers offer the highest lumens per watt of any LED for walk-ins available today. The new Keil LED48X762N delivers 50 foot-candles at 5 feet–enough light for foodservice staff to work safely and efficiently in the walk-in. With that much light output, fewer fixtures are required,…
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