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January 5, 2015
AHF Unveils 2015 Board
The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has elected members to serve on its 2015 board of directors. They’ll begin their terms on Aug. 1 of this year. President-Elect: Randy Sparrow, system director-food and nutrition services and environmental services, ProHealth Care, Waukesha, Wis. Secretary: Joanne McMillian, director-food and nutrition, Saint Clare’s Health System, Denville, N.J. Treasurer-Elect: Jacqueline…
January 5, 2015
France’s Quick Counters U.S. Competitors With New Small Concept
In the face of McDonald’s continued dominance in France and Burger King’s recent return with the splashy opening of a unit in Paris’s Gare Saint-Lazare, the country’s No. 2 burger chain Quick has unveiled a new small-space concept. The first Burger Bar by Quick is expected to open this summer in Paris. The new brand…
January 5, 2015
Beaverson Named Director Of Foodservice Sales At Winholt
Mike Beaverson, Winholt Equipment Corp.’s foodservice business development manager, has been promoted to director-foodservice sales. Beaverson is now responsible for the Syosset, N.Y., company’s initiatives to expand sales and market share for its prep, storage and shelving products. He will report to Kevin Yates, v.p.-sales, and work closely with Winholt’s regional sales managers, foodservice sales-rep…
January 5, 2015
In Memoriam: Jay Jabas
F.H. “Jay” Jabas, the founder of Nu-Vu Foodservice Systems, died March 30. He was 81. Jabas got his start in the foodservice equipment industry as an engineer for Ansul and went on to acquire MJR Industries and Roilgard in Menomonie, Mich., where he was owner/president for 25 years. He is survived by his wife of…
January 5, 2015
Food Management Partners Buys Furr’s Fresh Buffet
In its second acquisition in six months, Food Management Partners announced this week that it has purchased the 25-unit Furr’s Fresh Buffet chain and its Dynamic Foods foodservice distribution company in a bankruptcy court transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In January, the privately held company acquired the 35-unit Don Pablo’s Tex-Mex casual-dining…
January 5, 2015
Russia Says Goodbye To Wendy’s, Investigates McDonald’s
Where’s the beef? Not in Russia. After three years, The Wendy’s Co. is leaving the Russian market, after a change in the local franchisee’s management left the chain without strong leadership there. Wenrus Restaurant Group, a former unit of Moscow-based Food Service Capital, agreed in 2010 to open 180 Wendy’s units across Russia within a…
January 5, 2015
Taco Bell Takes On A New Persona In U.K.
Taco Bell unveiled its new U.S. Taco concept in Texas earlier this year, and for its full-scale debut in the U.K. last month, the chain has reimaged its own brand. The new Sheffield, England, store’s open-kitchen design concept, with customers watching their meals made to order from locally sourced ingredients, might seem familiar but is…
January 5, 2015
McDonald’s Entering Kazakhstan, Reopens Moscow Stores
McDonald’s will enter its 120th global market next year when it opens restaurants in Kazakhstan. The Oak Brook, Ill., chain is working with a local developmental licensee, Kairat Boranbayev, a Kazakh businessman with what the chain called a proven track record of running successful business ventures in the Central Asian country. The first McDonald’s outlet…
January 5, 2015
NRA’s “Plan To Buy Equipment” Marker Hit Post-Recession High In December
Inclement weather and a short holiday shopping season battered restaurant operators same-store sales and traffic counts in December, according to the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index tracking study. But the indicator that tracks restaurateurs’ intention to make a capital purchase during the next six months surged 1.3 point to 102.2, its highest level since…
January 5, 2015
Sales Growth Slowed in 2013 For Top 500 Chains, Reports Technomic
Sluggish growth from several of the largest U.S. restaurant chains helped push combined growth for the 500 largest chain brands lower last year, according to Technomic Inc.’s preliminary results from its annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report, released March 24. The Top 500 grew combined sales 3.5% in 2013, compared with growth of 4.9% in…
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