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January 5, 2015
Sustainability Grants Made Available By Hobart
The Hobart Center for Foodservice Sustainability is now accepting applications for its seventh annual $5,000 sustainability grant. HCFS, a nonprofit, industry-wide forum supporting the foodservice industry’s drive for sustainable equipment and design, awards the grant to the individual or organization judged to have the best-executed foodservice or grocery sustainability project of the year. Last year’s…
January 5, 2015
Market Focus: India
Global Chains Target India As Growth Picks Up The foodservice market in India is growing rapidly, thanks to many of the same demographic and economic factors that have driven foodservice growth in other markets: a growing middle class with rising disposable incomes; a surge in two-earner households as more women enter the workforce; rapid urbanization;…
January 5, 2015
McD’s Vet Ed Rensi Steps In As Interim CEO At Famous Dave’s
Famous Dave’s of America has appointed Ed Rensi, the former president/CEO of McDonald’s U.S.A., as its interim CEO. He succeeds John Gilbert, who resigned after 16 months at the Minneapolis barbecue chain. Rensi, who joined the Famous Dave’s board of directors last month, said, “I have been a customer and a fan of Famous Dave’s…
January 5, 2015
Domino’s Reports Record International Openings In `13
Based on unit-count growth, 2013 was the best year in a long time for Domino’s Pizza. Last year, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based chain opened a record 573 new restaurants in its international division, which also marked its 20th consecutive year of positive same-store sales. In the U.S., the chain opened 58 net new locations, marking…
January 5, 2015
Wendy’s Completes System Slimdown
Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy’s has wrapped up its System Optimization initiative, launched in July 2013, with the sale of 104 restaurants to franchisees in Albuquerque, Los Angeles/Palm Springs, Phoenix and Hawaii. In total, Wendy’s has sold 418 company-operated restaurants concentrated in 13 U.S. markets, primarily in the West. The purchase agreements include commitments to reimage about…
January 5, 2015
Brazil Hosts 30th Edition Of Fispal Show In June
The biggest foodservice show in Latin America, Fispal Food Service, more fully known as Feira International Tradeshow of Products and Services for the Out-of-Home Consumption, is set for June 24-27. The 30th edition of the event will take place at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo. More than 60,000 visitors from Brazil as well…
January 5, 2015
Healthcare Foodservice Award Winners Announced
The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has named six winners of its four annual awards, which honor association-nominated individuals who have shown great leadership and achievement in the healthcare foodservice industry. In addition to the recipients below, AHF will be announcing winners for three additional awards—the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Making a Difference Award and the…
January 5, 2015
Heritage Intros Marketing Tools To Hone Focus On Parts Division
Weeks after announcing it had become an exclusive supplier of OEM-only parts, Heritage Foodservice Group has launched a new branding platform to undergird its Heritage Parts business focus and sharpen its strengths and relationships in the E&S industry. The rebranding includes a new logo, a redesigned website and a new marketing campaign in print, digital…
January 5, 2015
Natural Quick-Serve Design Wins IHMRS Pioneering Concept Honors
A quick-service natural foods concept has been named the winning design in the International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show’s 2014 Foodservice Pioneering Concept competition. The Nyman Group, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Las Vegas, and Robert Rippe & Associates of Minnetonka, Minn., are the winning foodservice consultants. Their “BOWLS—Food That’s Good For You!” concept will…
January 5, 2015
In Memoriam: Rep Ken High
Longtime MAFSI member, Ken High, founder of High Sabatino Associates in Jessup, Md., died Aug. 12. He was 80. High entered the foodservice equipment industry in 1959, when he acquired the Lewis J. Andersen Co., a manufacturers’ rep firm. Eight years later, that company became High Sabatino Associates, then High Sabatino Huber, and eventually High…
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