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January 6, 2014
PRODUCTS: April 2013
KEEP WINE FRESHER LONGER This keg wine dispenser has two dedicated temperature zones: one for white wines (45°F) and one for red wines (55°F). Keg wine offers sustainable packaging, and with no corkage or oxidation, keg wine stays fresher longer. An inert gas pumps the wine through the tap and protects the wine from spoiling….
January 6, 2014
Chicago Metallic Buys Lockwood Mfg.
Chicago Metallic Bakeware has acquired Lockwood Mfg. and has assumed management of the Brantford, Ontario, company’s stock pan business. Both the Chicago Metallic and PanGlo operations will be overseen by Robert Bundy, who has been appointed managing director for the Canadian plants. Gil Bundy, president of Chicago Metallic, stated, “We are thrilled with this new…
January 6, 2014
IFMA Unveils Silver Plate Award Winners
The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association has announced the recipients of the 2013 Silver Plate Awards, which recognize individual excellence in eight segments of foodservice operations. From among these recipients, one will be honored as the Gold Plate Award winner at the 59th Annual
January 6, 2014
AHF Unveils New Officers
The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has elected new officers to serve on its 2014 board of directors. President-Elect: Lisette Coston, Exec. Director-Support Services, Saint Francis Health System, Tulsa, Okla. Treasurer-Elect: Julie Jones, Director-Nutrition Services, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Directors: Tony Almeida, Director-Food & Nutrition, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,…
January 6, 2014
NRA, LED Lighting Supplier Team Up
Call it a light bulb of an idea. The National Restaurant Association has allied itself with North American LED to offer light emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions, to its members at discounted prices. Through the partnership, members will be able to purchase highly energy-efficient lighting at a reduced price, said David Matthews, exec. v.p. of…
January 6, 2014
CFESA Announces New Executive Director
The Commercial Food Equipment Service Association has appointed Heather Price as its new executive director. Price assumes the association’s first in-house position, created last month when CFESA’s board of directors elected to take more direct control over the group’s management. “We are one step closer in aligning CFESA with its long-term vision,” stated CFESA V.P….
January 6, 2014
Manitowoc Names Company Vet Robert Hund To Helm Foodservice
Robert Hund has been named president of Manitowoc Foodservice, effective August 1. He will report to Glen Tellock, chairman and CEO of The Manitowoc Co. Hund is a veteran of Manitowoc’s Crane division. He most recently served as an executive v.p.in the Crane Care division, overseeing a global network of service and distribution centers for…
January 6, 2014
Eggers Takes Marketing Reins For Cooper-Atkins
Bill Eggers has been promoted to the position of chief marketing officer for Cooper-Atkins Corp. The company veteran has held various responsibilities at the Middlefield, Conn., maker of time- and temperature-measurement devices, including developing marketing strategy; managing the marketing team; overseeing the domestic sales teams for the foodservice and industrial divisions; and most recently assisting…
January 6, 2014
Starbucks To Open Stores in Colombia
While it’s not quite the same as selling ice to the Eskimos, Starbucks Coffee has announced plans to open its first café in a renowned home of the coffee bean: Colombia. After 42 years of buying coffee beans from the country with South America’s second largest economy, Starbucks will finally start selling its Colombian brews…
January 6, 2014
Leadership Changes, Expansion At Darden
Drew Madsen, who led Darden Restaurants to a 71% increase in store counts and a nearly 80% rise in annual revenues, announced his retirement as president/COO late last month. Gene Lee, president of Darden’s Specialty Restaurant Group, will succeed Madsen at the Orlando, Fla., company. Madsen joined Darden in 1998 as exec. v.p.-marketing at Olive…
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