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January 6, 2014

FER News Exclusive: Middleby’s Bassoul Discusses Viking Plans, Operator Needs

Shortly after Middleby Corp. announced Dec. 31, 2012, that it purchased Viking Range for $380 million in cash, FER Publisher/Research Editor Robin Ashton called Middleby Chairman and CEO Selim Bassoul to check on the thinking behind the deal. The phone call turned into a broad discussion not only of the rationale and plans for Viking,…