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March 14, 2011
No-Smoking Ban Expands To L.A.’s Sidewalks
The natural ventilation afforded by a fresh breeze isn’t enough to protect a restaurant’s outdoor patrons from secondhand smoke in Los Angeles, according to city officials there. Last week, the city enacted an ordinance that makes it illegal to light up in outdoor dining areas. The prohibition makes Los Angeles the nation’s biggest city with…
March 14, 2011
After Two Years Of Declines, Foodservice Traffic Begins To Pick Up
We’ve said again and again that the recession in foodservice has been unprecedented in our lifetimes. It’s within that context that a milestone was achieved in the fourth quarter 2010: Overall foodservice traffic was flat, according to the NPD Group. It was the first quarter in two years in which traffic had not declined. In…
March 14, 2011
Domino’s Pizza Opens First New Store in Poland
Domino’s Pizza has been spreading its dough in some European markets the past few months, including its debut stores in Russia, Bulgaria and Romania. Now it has opened its first store in Poland, in Warsaw’s bustling Mokotow district. DP Polska SA is the master franchisee for Poland, and is wholly owned by DP Poland Plc….
March 14, 2011
Economists Foresee GDP Growth Averaging Above 3% Through 2014
In spite of commodity price increases, turmoil in the Middle East and now an earthquake and tsunami in Japan, macroeconomic forecasters of the U.S. economy remain relatively upbeat about growth prospects. In the March issue of Blue Chip Economic Indicators, the consensus forecasts of U.S. real gross domestic product were down slightly for 2011 at…
March 14, 2011
AHF Announces Board Election Results
The Association for Healthcare Foodservice has elected four members to its board of directors. President-elect is Beth Yesford, MS, FACHE, FMP, sr. dir.-food and nutrition/environmental services at Laundry Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C. Treasurer-elect is Randy Sparrow, dir.-food, nutrition and environmental services at Indiana University Health Bloomington, Bloomington, Ind. Two new directors join them on the…
March 14, 2011
Cambro Gives Schurch New Post
Greg Schurch, Cambro Mfg.’s national healthcare manager, has a new title as v.p.-sales planning and development at the Huntington Beach, Calif., company. In his new position, Schurch will oversee Cambro’s field sales team and market segment specialists. Schurch had spearheaded the development of Cambro Healthcare and directed the Hatfield, Mass., division’s rapid growth. He has…
March 7, 2011
SCHURCH NAMED V.P.-SALES PLANNING AT CAMBRO
Greg Schurch, Cambro Mfg.’s national healthcare manager, has a new title as v.p.-sales planning and development at the Huntington Beach, Calif., company. In his new position, Schurch will oversee Cambro’s field sales team and market segment specialists. Schurch had spearheaded the development of Cambro Healthcare and directed the Hatfield, Mass., division’s rapid growth. He has…
March 7, 2011
EDLUND APPOINTS FERA NAT’L ACCOUNTS V.P.
Edlund Co. has promoted Joe Fera to v.p.-national accounts. He’ll focus on growing the company’s chain-account business in the U.S. and Canada. Fera had served as director of national accounts since joining the Burlington, Vt., manufacturer in 2006. “Since joining Edlund five years ago, Joe has been an instrumental part of our success, especially during…
March 7, 2011
WHY FILL OUT OUR DEALER SURVEY?
The survey form for Foodservice Equipment Reports’ Top 50 Dealers ranking was emailed to you last week. If you missed it, you can download it here: fermag.com/media-library/research.html. It’s very straightforward. But it does have one requirement no other dealer ranking survey has ever had: We are requiring you verify your volume data. A signature from…
March 7, 2011
REGISTER NOW FOR CFESA TRAINING CLASSES
The Commercial Food Equipment Service Association has two training classes slated this month. The sessions, Electric, Gas & Steam and Refrigeration, are running concurrently at the Duke Power Customer Resource Center in Charlotte, N.C. The EGS class is March 21-26; the refrigeration class is March 21-24. The registration deadline is March 14. The four-day refrigeration…
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