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December 4, 2012
NRA Seeks Nominations For Operator Innovations
The time has come again to recognize commercial and noncommercial operators who drive innovation and excellence in the restaurant industry. The National Restaurant Association is accepting nominations for its 2013 Operator Innovations Awards, which celebrate “operators who are transforming the industry with extraordinary creativity and commitment to innovation and excellence in execution.” Self-nominations are welcomed….
December 4, 2012
Dec. 7 Deadline Is Last Call For Kitchen Innovations Awards
There are a few days left to submit products, technologies and equipment for the National Restaurant Association’s Kitchen Innovations Awards. While next year’s NRA Show is still months away (May 18-21 at Chicago’s McCormick Place), the association needs manufacturers to submit cutting-edge equipment, technologies and supplies for the 2013 edition of the KIAs. Award recipients…
December 4, 2012
Surprisingly, MAFSI Barometer Rose In Third Quarter
The MAFSI Business Barometer unexpectedly improved in the third quarter, as overall sales for manufacturers’ reps climbed to 4.3% in the quarter versus sales in the same quarter last year. The number beat advances of 4% in the first quarter and 3.6% in the second quarter and was the best performance since a 4.7% gain…
December 4, 2012
NRA’s Performance Index Signals Operator Pessimism
The looming fiscal cliff appears to have given restaurant operators a case of vertigo. The prospect of rapidly rising prices for key proteins may be adding to the swoon. For the first time in 14 months, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index fell below the 100 level the index uses to separate industry expansion…
December 4, 2012
Join Us At FER’s Industry Awards Event Feb. 8
Have you saved the date for FER‘s evening honoring 17 organizations and individuals? The new industry awards event Friday evening, Feb. 8, during The NAFEM `13 Show, includes dinner and awards presentations at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Fla. Among the winners are operators Subway and the foodservice operations at the Wexner Medical Center at The…
December 4, 2012
TriMark USA Grows To 12 Divisions With Purchase Of Federighi Design
Two months after it strengthened its presence in the South by acquiring Georgia-based Century Concepts, distribution giant
December 4, 2012
FEDA Education Foundation Awards 33 UID Scholarships
Seventeen dealers can boast about hardworking employees who have earned scholarships from the FEDA Education Foundation. The foundation recently awarded 33 scholarships to help cover some of the costs associated with attending the University of Industrial Distribution program, March 10-13, 2013 at the JW Marriott Indianapolis. Participants create their own curriculum to help them earn…
December 4, 2012
Diversified Foodservice Acquires Franklin Machine Products
Diversified Foodservice Supply, the parent company of AllPoints Foodservice Parts and Supplies, Tundra Specialties, and other brands in the parts, supplies, equipment and accessories distribution industry, has acquired Franklin Machine Products. Better known as FMP, the 94-year-old Lumberton, N.J., company is a leading distributor of foodservice repair parts and accessories. Current FMP Pres. Joe Grato…
December 4, 2012
It’ll Be A Bumpy Few Months
We now have seen all the third-quarter equipment and supplies market data, as well as the October Restaurant Performance Index, the November consumer confidence measures, and the like. The pols are in full strutting posture as they peer over the fiscal cliff or slope or whatever you call it. It all adds up to a…
November 27, 2012
Bob Evans Ramps Up Remodel Schedule, Puts Mimi’s Under Review
The to-do menu at Bob Evans Restaurants is on overdrive. The company is speeding up its Bob Evans’ store-remodeling program, known as “Farm Fresh Refresh” and will complete re-dos of all 565 units by the first half of 2014. That’s a year ahead of schedule. Forty-five stores were revamped during the recent fiscal ’13 second-quarter…
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