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January 3, 2011
Traffic Jumps 2.3% In Canada First Quarter, Reports NPD
The Canadian foodservice market has consistently been in "less bad" shape than the U.S. market throughout the Great Foodservice Recession. We’ve seen that consistently from the MAFSI Business Barometer, which tracks reps’ equipment and supplies sales in Canada. Now it appears Canada will beat the U.S. to foodservice recovery, too. The NPD Group recently reported…
January 3, 2011
Consumer Confidence Rises Slightly in August
The battered American consumer has apparently absorbed the reality that things are going to get better only very slowly. Thus, despite the recent negative news on growth of the U.S. economy, jobs, consumer spending and declines in the financial markets, both major measures of consumer confidence ticked up slightly in August. The Thomson Reuters/University of…
January 3, 2011
Jobs Growth Mixed In September
Jobs growth remained sluggish in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Oct. 8. Total nonfarm payroll employment fell by 95,000, as government employment dropped by 159,000. The private sector added 64,000 jobs. The unemployment rate held steady at 9.6%. One of the bright spots in the report was continued growth in foodservice sector jobs….
January 3, 2011
NRA’s Performance Index Rose Again In October And Reached Three-Year High
The Restaurant Performance Index maintained by the National Restaurant Association rose for the third month in a row in October, stayed above the 100 level that signals market expansion for the second consecutive month and reached its highest level since September 2007. In other words, it was a pretty good month for the restaurant industry…
January 3, 2011
California Grilled Chicken War Presses On
Grilled chicken with a side of carcinogen? Wording similar to that is being debated in California. An Appellate Court ruling last week reversed a ruling and reignited a case that alleges that the chicken-grilling process used by chains including McDonald’s, T.G.I. Friday’s, Applebee’s, Chick-fil-A, Chili’s and Outback Steakhouse creates a cancer-causing chemical, and that state…
January 3, 2011
L.A. Goes With Letter Grades For Food Trucks
It’s been years of diner beware for food truck fans left questioning the literal meaning of roach coach. Now, it looks as though health-department letter grades are coming to food trucks in Los Angeles County. Last week, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors took the first step toward approving a similar system for food trucks….
January 3, 2011
A Burger On Every Corner No More In South L.A.
It’s official. As we reported might happen back in
January 3, 2011
Master-Bilt/Standex
Commercial refrigeration systems supplier MASTER-BILT/STANDEX, New Albany, Miss., has added a new sales-rep group. Dynamic Equipment Solutions, based in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., will represent Master-Bilt in the Southern California and Southern Nevada markets.
January 3, 2011
New Energy Star Procedures Causing Sparks
Energy Star has been in flux lately, and the foodservice industry needs to watch closely. Already new procedures are causing concern. As first covered in our May issue, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy have begun revamping the Energy Star program. Execution of the new plan, which traces to a Memorandum of Understanding…
January 3, 2011
McDonald’s Corp
Talk about busy. McDonald’s invested nearly $1.2 billion in 2010 in remodeling some 1,800 systemwide restaurants, according to a third-quarter investors’ report. In the United States, the Oak Brook, Ill., burger giant has completed renovations at about 40 restaurants, with an additional 300 units expected to be finished in the next few months. Preliminary sales results…
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