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January 4, 2011
FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Café
Nearly 100 FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Cafés will be opening in Florida, Portugal and Venezuela over the next few years thanks to a recently signed agreement between parent company Beautiful Brands Int’l. and developers Keiny and Erasmo Gudiño. The first two stores are slated to open the first quarter of this year in Caracas, Venezuela, and…
January 3, 2011
INTERNORGA 2010
Equipment and supplies innovations were on view earlier this year in Hamburg, Germany as 1,105 exhibitors from 28 countries displayed their offerings.
January 3, 2011
Supplies Review 2009: What’s Hot In Smallwares, Tabletop And Serving
Innovative smallwares, functional tabletop items and high-tech temperature monitoring systems offer fresh ways to significantly improve your back- and front-of-house functioning.
January 3, 2011
Baskin-Robbins Hits Four Digits In Japan
Baskin-Robbins is busy with numbers. The chain, now in the midst of its 65th anniversary, just opened its 1,000th store in Japan. The new outlet is located at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo. The Canton, Mass., chain has been in Japan for 37 years. As with the other 999 Baskin-Robbins there, the store is operated…
January 3, 2011
Southern Stainless Completes Purchase Of W.A. Brown
Southern Stainless Equipment Co., a manufacturer of walk-in freezers and stainless steel kitchen equipment, has completed its purchase of former competitor W.A. Brown & Son in Salisbury, N.C. The Waynesboro, Va., manufacturer bought half of the company earlier this year and acquired the rest about a week ago. Southern Stainless Pres. Larry Rouse told The…
January 3, 2011
MAFSI Announces 2010 Officers, Award Winners
It was a busy few days in San Antonio for members of the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry. The group held its 45th annual conference there late last month, where 300-plus attendees saw Michael Turetzky, Chernoff Sales, elected president; Danny Collis, Collis Group, named v.p.; and Mike McGuire, Zink Foodservice Group dba Zink…
January 3, 2011
In Memoriam: Frank D. Stella
Frank D. Stella, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Detroit-based F.D. Stella Products Co., passed away Oct. 3 at age 91. In addition to his eponymously-named E&S dealership, he was also the chairman and CEO of Stella Int’l., a New York consulting, joint-venture and importing firm. A longtime member of the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association,…
January 3, 2011
Korea’s Dipo Induction Establishes HQ In Ohio
Dipo Induction, a Korean maker of induction cooking and warming equipment, has established North American operations in Troy, Ohio. “We believe that there are great growth opportunities for induction products in this industry as our country tries to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels,” said Kurt Wacker, president of the new entity, Dipo Induction USA…
January 3, 2011
Wholesale Food Prices Fell Again In June As Menu Prices Inched Higher
Food prices fell at the wholesale level for the third consecutive month in June, according to producer-price data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meanwhile, food prices at the consumer level also were down overall, with grocery-store prices off 0.1% and menu prices up a mere 0.1% for the third consecutive month. Overall wholesale food…
January 3, 2011
Capital Spending Measures Rise As NRA Performance Index Treads Water
The two capital expenditure measures that are part of the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index rose in July, even while the overall index fell slightly. The worrisome issue is the continuing decline in operators’ expectations about business over the next six months. The overall RPI fell 0.1 point to 99.4, the fourth-consecutive monthly decline,…
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