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January 5, 2015
Buffalo Wild Wings’ Store Count Hits 1,000
The Minneapolis chain celebrated a milestone in late January. Over the span of four days, Buffalo Wild Wings opened new units in Mexico, California, Illinois and West Virginia to take its store count to 1,001 restaurants. The chain’s new Monterrey location is its second store to open in Mexico in a month; the country’s first…
January 5, 2015
NRA Beefs Up Focus on Safety, Members With New Appointments
The National Restaurant Association has added two executives. Sherman Brown is now senior v.p.-business and financial strategy for the association’s ServSafe Food Safety Program, and Thomas Wojno has been hired as president of member value and strategy. Brown, who previously served as the NRA’s v.p.-finance and strategy, will oversee the strategic direction, financial management and…
January 5, 2015
Yum! Opens Up Sandwich Store in Texas
Yum! Brands has opened Super Chix, a one-off test unit in Arlington, Texas, that bears more resemblance to a Chick-fil-A than a KFC outlet. Not only does it look different from any KFC store, there is no reference in the signage or on the website that the concept is from that chain’s parent company; the…
January 5, 2015
Foodservice Traffic Surged In Russia In Q4 While Visits In China Fell 4%
Ironically now—in view of recent events—traffic in the still-developing Russian restaurant market jumped 7% in the fourth quarter compared with the prior year quarter, according to the latest global consumer CREST data from The NPD Group. In a remarkable change of fortune, visits in China during the quarter fell 4%, although surging menu price increases…
January 5, 2015
Graham Tillotson Announces Retirement
Graham Tillotson, a presence across five decades in the E&S industry, retired May 16 from Manitowoc Foodservice. Tillotson entered the E&S industry in 1973 when he joined The Delfield Co. and has spent his entire 41-year career—through mergers and acquisitions—at the company. He eventually rose to president of Delfield after serving in posts including v.p.-sales…
January 5, 2015
In Memoriam: Rep Larry Jaeck
Longtime MAFSI Member Larry Jaeck, of Kirkland, Wash.-based Pro-Pacific Agents, died June 5 while on a business trip to the Midwest. He was 64. Jaeck spent his entire career in the foodservice equipment industry, beginning with Miracle Maid Cookware, then moving on to the Lang Co. and Bill Miles Co. In 1996, he became a…
January 5, 2015
Pie Five Inks Deal For Deep South Expansion
Weeks after announcing an 18-unit franchise deal for the Tampa, Fla., area, Pie Five Pizza Co. has announced agreements to open a string of restaurants in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The fast-casual Dallas chain has awarded 26 franchise units to Birmingham, Ala.-based Quality Restaurant Concepts, which will introduce the brand throughout Alabama, Mississippi and Chattanooga,…
January 5, 2015
Ali Group Elevates Brad Willis To CFO Post
Brad Willis will take on the office of CFO for Ali Group North America on Oct. 1 after transitioning from his role as CFO at Beverage-Air, a division of parent Ali Group. Willis will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing general financial matters throughout the Group companies within North America, namely Aladdin Temp-Rite, ACP/Amana, Belshaw/Adamatic,…
January 5, 2015
SHFM Announces Directors’ Award Winners
The Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management has announced the six winners of its Directors Awards, which recognize those individuals who go above and beyond in serving the association and the industry. Marcia Austero, senior v.p./senior supplier manager with Bank of America, receives SHFM’s Community Service Award, recognizing an individual who supports the corporate foodservice…
January 5, 2015
Most Blue Chip General Economic Forecasts Rise
Much stronger than expected third-quarter growth in U.S. gross domestic product and better than expected consumer spending helped lift most 2014 forecasts of the macroeconomic indicators that drive foodservice, according to the latest survey from Blue Chip Economic Indicators. The Blue Chip consensus forecast for 2014 real GDP jumped to 2.8% in the survey conducted…
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