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April 25, 2016
Nestle´ Adds Nearly Two Dozen New Locations
A March opening at the San Diego Zoo caps a string of 23 new domestic locations for Nestlé Toll House Café By Chip. The Dallas-based dessert concept recently opened a two additional stores in Canada and eight in the Middle East. Eight new units are currently under construction, with a total of 30 North American…
April 25, 2016
National Service Co-op Creates Advisory Board
The National Service Cooperative, the nationwide network of companies providing service, repair and maintenance for commercial foodservice equipment, has established its first Advisory Board. The new leadership team will hold its first formal meeting in Chicago on May 20. Six industry executives sit on the Advisory Board: C. Wayne Best, CEO of NSC, and President/Owner-BEST…
April 25, 2016
A.J. Antunes & Co. Rebrands As Antunes
A.J. Antunes & Co. has announced a corporate rebranding and has changed its name to Antunes. The name still honors the founder, Augie J. Antunes, while elevating the company’s family values and vision and positioning it for strategic growth. “For more than 60 years, our company has built a reputation for innovative products, industry-leading expertise…
April 25, 2016
AHF Announces 2016 Award Winners
Creative and innovative work has been recognized with awards from the Association for Healthcare Foodservice. The AHF honors facilities and foodservice directors in five categories ranging from excellent leadership to improved operations and recognition for new managers. Partnership In Leadership Award, demonstrating a strong commitment to self-operation and currently supports the foodservice director or foodservice administrative director: Angela O’Neill,…
April 25, 2016
Gambling Gambit No Panacea For States Seeking Non-Tax Revenue
A recent study by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government shows that states that turned to gambling as a fix for revenue woes have usually been disappointed with the results. And that may mean an end to the flurry of new casino building that has helped keep some segments of the foodservice equipment and…
April 25, 2016
NRA’s DC Meetup Focuses On Overtime Rule
Nearly 600 members of the National Restaurant Association joined tourists enjoying Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossoms to attend the NRA’s 2016 Public Affairs Conference and meet with lawmakers on issues affecting their businesses. The April 12-13 conference included a keynote speech by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a seminar on how advocacy is changing in a digital world, and…
April 25, 2016
Wholesale Food Prices Fell Again, But Operators Keep Raising Menu Prices
One of the factors that has fueled the growth of foodservice equipment and supplies purchasing during the past year has been dropping food prices at the wholesale level. The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Restaurant Association reported another 1.2% decline in March, based on data from the Producer Price Index. It was the…
April 25, 2016
Growth Of State Tax Receipts Slows, Local Tax Receipts Improve
The growth of state tax receipts slowed in the third quarter of 2015, according to data from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany, N.Y. Year-over-year tax-receipt growth for the third quarter rose 3.8% following increases of 6.9% in the second quarter ’15 and 5.1% in the first quarter. What’s more, the Institute expects…
April 25, 2016
Roy Hook, Wendy’s Equipment Guru, Retires
Roy Hook, Manager of Equipment Development at The Wendy’s Co. and a pioneer in quick-service cooking equipment engineering and design, has retired after 35 years with the chain. Over his career, Hook worked closely with a broad spectrum of foodservice equipment manufacturers and vendors. He invented the Dublin, Ohio, chain’s current hamburger cooking system and…
April 25, 2016
In Memoriam: Rep Joseph Byrne
Longtime member MAFSI member Joseph Byrne, founder of Byrne & Associates, has died. He was 87. Byrne founded his manufacturer’s rep firm in 1970, and remained an active member of MAFSI until his retirement from the Fairfield, Ohio, company in the late 1990s. Survivors include two sons and three stepchildren. Services have been held. In…
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