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January 5, 2015
U.S. Restaurant Traffic Was Flat For 12 Months Ended May, Says NPD
Sluggish growth in employment and wages, particularly among young adults, continues to undermine growth in restaurant traffic. Overall restaurant traffic was flat for the year ended in May, the NPD Group’s foodservice practice announced July 23, continuing a trend that has been apparent since the Great Recession. U.S. consumers made 61 billion visits to restaurants…
January 5, 2015
State Tax Revenues Fall For Second Consecutive Quarter, Reports Rockefeller Institute
State tax revenues fell 1.7% in the second quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in 2013, according to preliminary data compiled by the Rockefeller Institute of Government based in Albany, N.Y. The decline follows a 0.3% drop in overall state revenues in the first quarter, the first consecutive declines since the recession hit…
January 5, 2015
Mulling FER’s 2015 E&S Market Forecast
As we wrote after our annual FER President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast meeting in late July, we are quite optimistic about growth of the foodservice equipment and supplies market next year. John Muldowney (our forecasting partner and a marketing executive at The Boelter Cos.) and I forecast current dollar growth of 4.8% for the E&S…
January 5, 2015
A Colorful Debate In Orange County
Sixteen years after neighboring Los Angeles County began posting letter grades to indicate the outcome of restaurants’ health inspections, Orange County is considering whether it should update how it publicizes a restaurant’s status. But instead of shifting from its longtime orange decal system to the more distinctive and easy-to-spot letter grades found in many major…
January 5, 2015
Uniform Tax Rates For Alcohol Enacted Across Canada
Canadian bar and restaurant owners are applauding a budget announcement last week that standardizes the country’s specific tax on alcohol. The change will be official Aug 1. Currently, the specific tax on beer, wine and spirits varies according to where the product is consumed: at home via the c-store or grocery or in restaurants and…
January 5, 2015
One Month To Go: Comment On EPA Refrigeration Proposal
NAFEM members have until Oct. 6 to leave a comment on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal phasing out all refrigerants currently used in commercial refrigeration equipment by Jan. 1, 2016. Under the requirements of the EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program, the proposal suggests that hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants be phased out in compliance with…
January 5, 2015
More Menu-Labeling Talk, But This Time In Canada
Now that the U.S. has gone to uniform menu-labeling regulations—final regulations were announced last month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—there are plans elsewhere for similar statutes. A proposal just announced by the Ontario government to require calorie posting in restaurants is getting a mixed reception as Canadian operators watched the long process and…
January 5, 2015
MAFSI Welcomes New President, Says Goodbye To Fraga
There are changes afoot at Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry. Last month, MAFSI elected Joe Ferri, CPMR, CFSP, as its 58th president. Ferri, a 32-year industry veteran, is COO of Pecinka Ferri Associates, Little Falls, N.J. Ferri’s new post was announced during the association’s 47th Business Development Conference and Sales Management Forum. Also…
January 5, 2015
FEDA Convention Kicks Off Today
Although the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association staff has decamped to California this week for its annual convention, the association is assuring members that its phones will be answered and messages relayed until the staff returns to its offices next week. FEDA members who did not make the trip to Indian Wells, Calif., for the March…
January 5, 2015
FEDA Plans Webinar On Value-Added Selling
It’s easy to lead with price when trying to make a sale or competing with another firm. What is more difficult is selling value, a less cut-and-dried, more subjective aspect of any purchase. The Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association will be hosting a webinar on the topic of “Value-Added Selling” next month. The program, led by…
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