Smokey Bones opened its first all-digital drive-thru lane at one of its fast-casual restaurants in Bowling Green, Ky.
Culinary Depot continued its expansion in the Southeastern U.S. with the acquisition of Restaurant Warehouse, a Florida-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer with three locations. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Former CKE Restaurants executive Ron Coolbaugh was appointed chief executive officer for Fresh Brothers, a Los Angeles-based pizza chain with 22 units.
Panera Bread opened its first unit dedicated solely to off-premises customers. Known as Panera To Go, this digital-only location features a reduced front of the house with no seating; guests and delivery drivers can pick up orders from dedicated shelves.
Fast-casual Indian chain Curry Up Now tapped Abhijit Kamath to serve as director of culinary and flavor.
Thermodyne Foodservice Products hired Mark Espy to serve as shipping and receiving coordinator at its headquarters plant in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Sales of foodservice equipment and supplies increased 15.2% in the first quarter of 2022, per the latest data from the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry.
TriMark USA, a Massachusetts-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer, made two executive appointments.
Alto-Shaam made a series of changes to its commercial team.
Lorne Deacon was promoted to president of Milwaukee-based foodservice equipment manufacturer Hatco Corp.
Chrane Foodservice Solutions, Lund-Iorio and Pecinka-Ferri add talent to their rosters while Spaceman updates its rep network.
Multiconcept operator WOWorks created two chief brand officer positions to oversee its two groups of six restaurant brands, as well as handle the day-to-day operations for these concepts. Two company veterans were appointed to fulfill these roles.
The Middleby Corporation appointed Danielle Mason to the newly created position of director of consultant services.
Gwen Bialas was promoted to president of foodservice equipment lines Carter-Hoffmann, Doyon and Nu-Vu, all of which are a part of the Middleby Corp.
Aaron Bremer has rejoined Thermodyne Foodservice Products as national sales representative and corporate chef. He previously served as Thermodyne’s corporate chef from 2017 to 2021.
Multiconcept operator Inspire Brands tapped Daniel Sasso to serve as director of equipment innovation and automation, a part of the Inspire Equipment Innovation Team.
Polar King Mobile named Dominic Tippmann as national sales representative.
BradyIFS has acquired Camden Bag and Paper Company, a distributor of foodservice and janitorial and sanitation products serving New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
TriMark SS Kemp added Eric Dey to the newly created position of senior director of construction services.
Tracy Kim was named chief operating officer for DIG, a vegetable-centric, multi-format restaurant group.
