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January 5, 2015
Carbon-Monoxide Detectors Get New Scrutiny In New York
Last month’s fatal carbon-monoxide leak in a Long Island restaurant has prompted a push by city and state lawmakers to make carbon-monoxide detectors mandatory in foodservice operations. A Legal Sea Foods restaurant manager was killed and 27 others were sickened in the carbon-monoxide leak on Feb. 22. Investigators say a faulty flue pipe in the…
January 5, 2015
Wage Protests Roll Up To Golden Arches’ HQ
Quick-service workers calling for higher wages were galvanized into action last week. Thirty-two busses filled with an estimated 1,500 protesters rolled up to the corporate headquarters of McDonald’s Corp. in Oak Brook, Ill. The protestors came from across the country; many were members of the newly formed Fast Food Forward, a movement of New York…
January 5, 2015
NAFEM Urges Members To Speak Out On SNAP Regulatory Changes
NAFEM members have until Oct. 6 to leave a comment on the proposed rule, issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which seeks to phase out all refrigerants currently used in commercial refrigeration equipment by Jan. 1, 2016. The EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy Program requires the agency to identify and approve climate-friendly chemical alternatives…
January 5, 2015
Affordable Care Act: January 2015 Is Key Time To Track Data
The Affordable Care Act mandates employers with 100 or more full-time-equivalent employees to offer healthcare coverage to full-time employees in 2015. While foodservice operators and other businesses with 50-99 full-time employees have until 2016 to offer coverage, they must start tracking healthcare-coverage-related employee data in January 2015 for reports that must be submitted to the…
January 5, 2015
MUFES And 2014 Top Dealer Survey
We just finished our seventh biennial Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium, held in Austin, Texas, over the weekend. More than 150 attendees, including 68 chain and multiunit operators, leading manufacturer and dealer suppliers, spent three days together discussing the changing operator environment, technical and process topics. It was the largest MUFES we’ve staged since 2008—a sign…
January 5, 2015
In Memoriam: Frances Gustafson
Frances Gustafson, the matriarch of San Antonio’s family-owned Ace Mart Restaurant Supply empire, died Feb. 27. She was 85. She was preceded in death by her best friend and husband of 58 years, Norm “Gus” Gustafson. Ace Mart was founded in 1975, and currently is run by the three Gustafson children, Carl, Norma and Paul….
January 5, 2015
Best Practices Seminar Planned For Manufacturers
The Manufacturers’ Representatives Educational Research Foundation, a charitable education foundation sponsored by rep associations in diverse industries, is holding a two-day seminar next month. Manufacturers wanting to strengthen or create a rep network are invited to attend MRERF’s Manufacturer’s Best Practices May 7-8 in Atlanta. The seminar’s format of an interactive dialogue will focus on…
January 5, 2015
In Memoriam: Inez Ellingson
Inez Ellingson, the matriarch of the Ellingson family, owners of Tacoma, Wash.-based Bargreen Ellingson, died May 11 at age 87. She was the mother of Paul and Rick Ellingson and the grandmother of Eric and David Ellingson. She is survived as well by her husband of 67 years, Byron; two other sons; 11 grandchildren; and…
January 5, 2015
Ace Mart Announces Annual Rep Award Winners
Ace Mart Restaurant Supply recently unveiled its annual Factory Representative of the Year Award. The winners, DJ Marketing’s David Miller, Jeff Miller and Ryan Miller, and True Mfg.’s Randy Bates and Lee Elliott, were honored during a Houston event. They were selected by Ace Mart associates from each of the San Antonio dealer’s 15 Superstore…
January 5, 2015
Singer Debuts New Jersey Facility
Singer Equipment Co. has opened a new branch in Bellmawr, N.J. The new 78,000-sq.-ft. facility includes a store, state-of-the-art test kitchen and training facility, sales office and warehouse to help the Elverson, Pa.-based dealer support its expansion in the greater Philadelphia marketplace as well its national chain division. Singer is the country’s sixth largest dealer,…
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