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January 5, 2015
Orange County Stalls On Restaurant Grading System Overhaul
Despite requests from Orange County, Calif.’s health agency to replace its existing pass/fail restaurant-inspection system with a letter-grading or color-coding program, there will be no change made to the county’s current health-inspection program. On Sept. 29, the county’s Board of Supervisors refused to support the changes recommended by the health agency, which included a three-year…
January 5, 2015
How To Sell Efficiency As Value
I tell you, you can make money selling energy- and water-efficient equipment. I can prove it. I spent last week in California, presenting our latest market forecast update at Pacific Gas & Electric’s Food Service Technology Center and at Southern California Edison. Richard Young, senior engineer and director of education at the FSTC, and I…
January 5, 2015
Hockenbergs Buys Grand Restaurant Equipment
Hockenbergs Food Service Equipment & Supply, the Omaha, Neb., dealer, has acquired Grand Restaurant Equipment and Design. Tom Schrack Jr., president of Hockenbergs, stated that his 106-year-old firm is excited to welcome Eric Skogrand and the Grand team’s 150-plus years of industry experience, adding that Grand’s design and equipment supply operations will integrate seamlessly with…
January 5, 2015
Bargreen Ellingson Acquires Wyoming Dealer
Bargreen Ellingson, one of the country’s biggest E&S distributors, has acquired Knapp Supply & Equipment Co., a restaurant and janitorial supplier based in Casper, Wyo. The acquisition gives the Tacoma, Wash., firm its 22nd facility as well as a presence in its ninth state. Bargreen Ellingson reported 2012 sales of nearly $158.3 million, ranking it…
January 5, 2015
Duke Promotes Marvel To Presidency
Duke Manufacturing Co. promoted David Marvel to president from chief operating officer. In addition, the manufacturer has hired Tom LaMantia to serve as executive v.p.-global operations, and Kathy Veder to serve as v.p.-strategic national accounts. As president, Marvel will manage the St. Louis company’s day-to-day business activities and work with the executive team to achieve…
January 5, 2015
New Facility Openings:
Advance Tabco recently opened a new manufacturing and distribution center in Dawson Springs, Ky., which provides the Edgewood, N.Y., manufacturer the ability to offer same-day shipping to the Midwest and surrounding states. It is the firm’s eighth location in the U.S. “Our multistate family of employees is each dedicated to supporting the Advance Tabco brand,…
January 5, 2015
New Moniker For Alliance
Alliance Paper and Food Service has changed its name to Alliance Paper & Foodservice Equipment. The 60-year-old dealership says it made the change in July to more accurately describe the company, the markets it serves and its future direction. Alliance, headed by Pres. Brian Flynn, is based in Franklin Park, Ill.
January 5, 2015
Bev-Air Taps Motes As Sales Director
Erica Motes has been named director of sales at Beverage-Air. Motes has been with the Winston-Salem, N.C., company since 2009, most recently as western regional sales manager. She previously served as an outside sales rep for Lund-Iorio. In her new post, she will be responsible for managing and growing sales through Beverage-Air’s manufacturer representatives and…
January 5, 2015
Unified Brands Brings In David Herring As President
David Herring has been named president of Unified Brands. The appointment, effective Nov. 17, was made by Bill Johnson, president/CEO of UB’s parent company, Dover Corp., to whom Herring will directly report. Herring joins the company from Avery Dennison Corp., where he spent 14 years, most recently as v.p./g.m. for the general retail and industrial…
January 5, 2015
FEDA Lets Members Pay It Forward To Fight Interior Design Legislation
Check it out, check it off: Membership dues invoices recently sent to FEDA members include a line item to donate $250 to help combat interior design legislation. Over the past few years, a number of bills that would significantly impede dealers’ ability to perform interior design functions have been introduced on a state-by-state basis. FEDA…
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