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September 30, 2016
PRODUCTS: October 2016 – Special Advertiser Bonus
More than 30 companies display their latest equipment or service offerings in our debut Worldwide Buyers Guide advertiser product showcase.
September 26, 2016
Marmon Buys Italy’s Dominioni, Pasta Equipment Maker
Three months after acquiring Angelo Po, Marmon has added a second Italy-based foodservice equipment manufacturer. The assets of Dominioni Punto & Pasta S.r.l., a leading Italian supplier of commercial pasta equipment, have been purchased by Marmon Pasta Solutions S.r.l. Terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1968 by Pietro Dominioni, the family-run business designs and produces…
September 26, 2016
Component Hardware Buys Food Service Parts
Lakewood, N.J.-based Component Hardware Group has acquired the hardware and related business of Food Service Parts (aka John S. Dull and Associates), the Garden Grove, Calif., supplier of CHG’s branded parts to the commercial foodservice and plumbing markets throughout the western regions of the United States. The company—now known as Component Hardware Group West—will service…
September 26, 2016
In Memoriam: Vollrath Company Steward Terry Kohler
Terry Kohler, CEO of Windway Capital Corp., the parent corporation of Vollrath Co., died September 20. He was 82. Kohler, the great-great grandson of company founder Jacob J. Vollrath, joined the Sheboygan, Wis., foodservice equipment manufacturer in 1963 and became its seventh president in 1976. He would later serve as chairman of the board of…
September 26, 2016
Seventeen Earn FER’s Industry Excellence Awards
Seventeen recipients have been announced in Foodservice Equipment Reports’ biennial 2017 Industry Excellence Awards. Honorees included six organizations for Management Excellence; six to individuals near or under the age of 40 selected as Young Lions; and five Industry Service Award winners. Management Excellence Awards recognize excellence in the management of unit and facilities development, design,…
September 26, 2016
NYC Eyes Reform On QSR Work Scheduling Policies
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is working on legislation that should help curb the unpredictable schedules of the 65,000 hourly workers in NYC. Two weeks ago, in front of a Brooklyn McDonald’s, the mayor announced the Fair Workweek legislation, which would require employers to release employee schedules a minimum of two weeks in…
September 26, 2016
Growth Of Top 100 Manufacturers Slowed In 2015
Last year was a very unusual year for Foodservice Equipment Report‘s Top 100 E&S manufacturers. For the first time since the magazine began this annual ranking in 2008, combined growth of the largest 100 equipment and supplies manufacturing companies in the U.S. was slower than total market growth. The Top 100 grew combined revenues 3.5%…
September 26, 2016
Seattle Gets Hands-On About Work Schedules
The labor force is getting legal force on its side in Seattle. New scheduling rules for hourly retail and foodservice workers are going into effect after the City Council unanimously approved a new law September 19 requiring employers to schedule shifts 14 days in advance and pay workers extra for certain last-minute scheduling changes. Seattle,…
September 26, 2016
Gap Between Grocery And Menu Prices Continue Growing While Wholesale Food Prices Keep Falling
One factor that many analysts believe is contributing to falling restaurant traffic and same-store sales is the divergent trends in grocery store and restaurant menu prices. In August, that gap reached its widest spread in nearly seven years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Restaurant Association. And with wholesale food prices…
September 26, 2016
Texas And Nevada Take Lead Against DOL Overtime Rules
Twenty-one states have joined forces in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rules. The attorneys general of Texas and Nevada filed the suit September 20 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, calling the overtime regulations “illegal.” The lawsuit challenges the legal basis of the rules’ automatic update…
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