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January 5, 2015
USDA Serves Notice: Reviews Are Nearly In For Menu Labeling
It’s the final review process, finally, for the menu labeling requirement already pro forma in many foodservice chains. After several postponements and delays, the federal government has moved that piece of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to the final step in the review process. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,…
January 5, 2015
NYC Soda Ban Fizzes Out
New York City’s ban on big sodas officially is dead. The state’s highest court has refused to reinstate the city’s controversial limits on sales of jumbo (more than 16 oz.) sugary drinks. The New York State Court of Appeals ruled on June 26 that the city’s Board of Health “exceeded the scope of its regulatory…
January 5, 2015
FTC Considers Challenge To Sysco, US Foods Merger
The Federal Trade Commission is considering a possible antitrust lawsuit to block the planned merger of Sysco Corp. and US Foods. The FTC, which has been investigating the merger for several months, is concerned that combining the nation’s two biggest food suppliers to restaurants, schools and other institutions could threaten competition. Sysco announced plans in…
January 5, 2015
In Memoriam: Mark Ottenheimer
Mark Ottenheimer, president of Baltimore-based Ottenheimer Equipment, died Dec. 12, 2013, after a long illness. He was the fifth generation of Ottenheimers on the Baltimore foodservice scene; the family began in the 1880s as butchers to what was then called the restaurant trade. They evolved into commercial millwork manufacturers; during World War I, their expertise…
January 5, 2015
Midwest Expo Offers Free On-Site Commercial Training
The Energy Center of Wisconsin once again is teaming up with the expertise of the West Coast-based Food Service Technology Center to offer on-site commercial training and advice during the March 10-12 Midwest Foodservice Expo in Milwaukee. The program, “Operating an Energy-Efficient Restaurant,” will be led March 12 by Richard Young, the FSTC’s lead engineer…
January 5, 2015
FEDA Convention Reports Great Turnout, New Board Members Take Seats
Close to 400 E&S dealers and manufacturers convened last week in Indian Wells, Calif., for FEDA’s annual convention. In addition to well-received speakers, seminars and workshops, the convention included the election of new officers and board members during the dealer association’s annual members meeting. Officers: President-Brad Pierce, Restaurant Equipment World Vice President-Joe Schmitt, Rapids Wholesale…
January 5, 2015
Upbeat Mood At NRA
Today, May 20, is the final day of the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago. I am heading downtown in a few minutes to man the booth and chat up the remaining customers and readers. Though Jan and I missed Saturday and Sunday—our daughter Emma graduated on Saturday from the University of Iowa—everyone I saw…
January 5, 2015
In Memoriam: Robot Coupe Founder Bill Gilmore
Bill Gilmore, 90, one of the three founders of Robot Coupe U.S.A., died June 15 at his home in Raymond, Miss. He started his 50-year career in the foodservice industry with Durnin-Rentzel, a manufacturer’s rep firm in Oklahoma City. In 1960, he became a founding partner in Marketing Agents South in Jackson, Miss., where he…
January 5, 2015
TriMark Sale Is Official
The sale of TriMark USA to Warburg Pincus is complete. Audax Group, which purchased TriMark in 2006 and led it through six acquisitions, announced it has wrapped up final details of the sale of the South Attleboro, Mass., company. TriMark is the nation’s largest distributor of equipment, supplies and design services to the foodservice industry.
January 5, 2015
FEDA Offers Dealers Inventory Management Program
Forty of FEDA’s dealer members will be able to reserve seats for next month’s Inventory Management Seminar for Distributors in Chicago. The Nov. 6-7 seminar, limited to the first 40 participants who sign up, provides dealers an opportunity to focus on net profit by zooming in and learning more about inventory management—the largest cash asset…
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