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January 6, 2014
AHF To Mark Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week Oct. 7-13
The Association for Healthcare Foodservice is marking Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week Oct. 7-13 with the theme, “Where Healthcare Meets Hospitality.” The weeklong annual tradition honors healthcare foodservice and nutrition professionals in self-operated facilities that help ensure employees and patients stay well-nourished and healthy. Additional information regarding Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week, including details for AHF’s video…
January 6, 2014
Somat/Stero Launches TragenFlex
Somat Waste Reduction Technology and Stero Warewashing Systems have inked an exclusive supply source agreement with Aerowerks to help launch a new line of TragenFlex conveyors and handlers. The agreement with Aerowerks boosts the companies’ goal of providing complete dishroom and waste-management solutions. Pete Michailo, who spearheaded the effort for Somat/Stero, said securing the agreement…
January 6, 2014
Upcoming Shows, Meetings And Exhibitions
Jan. 13-16: Horecava 2014-Amsterdam RAI Exhibition Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contact: Amsterdam RAI, horecava@rai.nl; horecava.nl Jan. 22-25: ANFAS Hotel Equipment Exhibition-Antalya Expo Center, Antalya, Turkey. Contact: ANFAS, info@anfas.com.tr; anfashotelequipment.com Jan. 23-25: Food Hospitality World-MMRDA Grounds, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Contact: Pallavi Tyagi, The Indian Express Ltd., Express Hospitality, pallavi@fieramilano.in; fhwexpo.com Jan. 25-27: MUFES 2014:…
January 6, 2014
NRA Releases Operations Report Focused On Optimizing Efficiency, Profitability
The National Restaurant Association has released the 2013-14 edition of its Restaurant Operations Report. The report, produced in collaboration with Deloitte & Touche LLP, offers restaurateurs operational comparisons to better detect potential problems, manage costs and become more efficient. The report, based on financial data from more than 630 restaurants, provides data on cost of…
January 6, 2014
Older Americans Increase Restaurant Visits, While Younger Consumers Cut Back, Says NPD
It really just comes down to money. A new report from The NPD Group details how older Americans, those 55 and older, have increased their visits to restaurants of all kinds since 2008, while younger Americans have rather dramatically cut back. What NPD calls “older boomers,” those 55 to 64, now have the highest per…
January 6, 2014
Top 500 Chains Grew 4.9% In 2012, Reports Technomic, While Noncommercial Segments Show Signs of Life
Restaurant chains’ sales rebounded in 2012, according to preliminary data from Technomic Inc.’s annual “Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report,” released March 21. Combined system-wide sales for the 500 concepts rose 4.9%. The year was a marked improvement over 2011, when sales for the Top 500 managed only a 3.5% gain. In comparison, Technomic released a…
January 6, 2014
You’ll Need To Know: FER’s E&S Forecast Seminar Aug. 7
Registered yet? How are you going to plan for next year if you don’t know the outlook? Foodservice Equipment Reports’ 2014 E&S Market Forecast President’s Preview will be held Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Westin O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. This annual one-day event provides manufacturers, operators, dealers and others in the industry an in-depth…
January 6, 2014
All Markers In NRA’s May Performance Index Were Positive For First Time Since 2006
The restaurant business may have finally fully recovered from the Great Foodservice Recession. It took nearly six and a half years. Strong gains in current restaurant same-store sales and traffic in May led to a nearly full point jump in the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index, pushing the overall index to 101.8, its highest…
January 6, 2014
Public E&S Companies Post Best Results Since 1Q/12
While the results were mixed from company to company, seven publicly reporting foodservice equipment and supplies companies reported a combined second quarter revenue gain of 4.1%, compared with 2Q/2012, the strongest increase since the first quarter of last year. Sales of the five equipment-oriented companies rose 4.7% while the two supplies oriented companies managed a…
January 6, 2014
Jobs Growth Mediocre In September As Foodservice Jobs Shrink
Nonfarm payrolls grew by a sluggish 148,000 jobs in September, according to the delayed federal employment report, released Oct. 22. Private-sector jobs growth was 126,000. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which produces the reports, revised jobs growth downward for July, but boosted it for August, leading to a 9,000 job gain over previous reports. The…
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