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January 6, 2014
Beus Takes CEO Reins At Blendtec
Reed Beus, an experienced technology and private equity executive, has been appointed as Blendtec’s new chairman and CEO. He succeeds company founder Tom Dickson, who has stepped down from his role as chairman/CEO to focus on engineering new products. He remains on the board of directors of the Orem, Utah, blender manufacturer. Beus joins
January 6, 2014
Deadline Nears For FER’s Top Dealer Survey
We’re inching closer to the deadline for Foodservice Equipment Reports’ annual “Top Dealer Report” survey. Those responsible for submitting the data should have received the form several times via e-mail. If your form has gone missing, you can find a fresh one on our website at fermag.com/media-library/research. We do need it by the April 1deadline….
January 6, 2014
Myers Opens Southern California Branch
Myers Restaurant Supply is expanding outside of its northern California base. The Santa Rosa, Calif.-based dealer has opened a sales office in Costa Mesa to service the company’s growing Southern California business. Twenty-year industry veteran Shelley Spear will head up the new MRS-South location as general manager. Myers has been operating in Santa Rosa for…
January 6, 2014
Love Your Reps
We note the passing in this issue of three well-known reps: Ed McCarthy, who owned North Star Agency in Minnesota; Joe Sabatino who founded High Sabatino in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area, and Gary Bowker with Denver-based Redstone Group. Jan, who writes all our news, asked if we should run them again in this issue of…
January 6, 2014
Tomorrow’s The Deadline for FEDA Profit Survey
The deadline for Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association members to return the questionnaire for the group’s Annual Profit Survey is Thursday, August 1. The survey delivers a wealth of financial and operating guidelines and provides direct comparisons between participating dealer firms. However, this valuable information is only available to firms that participate in the study. The…
January 6, 2014
Personnel News:
Tondelli Joins FMP: Industry veteran Phil Tondelli has been appointed director business development at Franklin Machine Products. Tondelli’s resume in the foodservice E&S industry spans more than 25 years and includes sales, marketing and national account management positions with Edward Don, Keating, Hatco, Prince Castle, Ready Access and R.F. Technologies. At FMP, he will be…
January 6, 2014
Meiko USA Enhances Sales Force
Meiko USA has added Susan Prusack as segment specialist for the Northeast market. Prusack joins Meiko from U.S. Foods, where she was the equipment and supply specialist for southern New England. She also served as a re-therm specialist at Carlisle/Dinex and as a manufacturer’s rep with Dave Swain Associates. She will report directly to David…
January 6, 2014
Despite Government Shutdown, NRA’s RPI Rose In October
Go figure. In spite of the partial shutdown of the federal government for half of October and the threat of a debt-ceiling default, consumers apparently thumbed their noses and went out to eat anyway. Strong gains in current same-store sales and traffic propelled the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index to 100.9, up from 100.2…
January 6, 2014
Mirage Induction Rethermalizer: Seeing Is Believing
For the first time, Vollrath has brought to market a soup rethermalizer with induction technology. The revolutionary combination of induction and rethermalizer technology brings an array of benefits to foodservice operators. The Mirage doesn’t require water for heating, eliminating the need to fill and refill the unit with water. Faster retherm times and precise temperature…
January 6, 2014
Light Show With A Purpose
The Silent Alert System from Power Soak Systems illuminates a floor or ceiling surface in the kitchen with highly visible but unobtrusive color-coded light patterns. The system is language neutral and completely silent yet it garners the attention of the staff to deliver a variety of important messages to the operator. The Silent Alert System…
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