In Brief, April 2008

By the Editors -- Foodservice Equipment & Supplies, 4/1/2008

AFC Enterprises Inc., the franchisor and operator of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, appointed Ralph Bower as chief operations officer and Richard Lynch as chief marketing officer ... The Vollrath Co. appointed David Hogan as its new regional sales manager for the Central region ... Edward Don & Co. joined Network Services Co., an international organization of independent member-distributors of janitorial supplies, foodservice disposables, industrial packaging products and printing materials ... The Middleby Corp. won the national Emerging Growth Award presented by The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) ... Wendy's appointed Paul Kershisnik senior vice president of marketing strategy and innovation ... Culver's presented Parts Town, a supplier partner, the Circle of Excellence Award ... Newell Rubbermaid signed an agreement to acquire Technical Concepts Holdings LLC, a global provider of restroom hygiene systems ... Frymaster, an Enodis company, was among 21 Louisiana employers nominated by state guard and reserve personnel for consideration in the 2008 Secretary of Defense Employment Support Freedom Award given by the federal government ... Enodis announced the acquisition of key intellectual property from Robert Almbad, an independent entrepreneur with cutting-edge developments on cold side beverage preparation and dispensing ... Morton's Restaurant Group appointed Roger Drake to chief communications officer.