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As the new year unfolds, it brings the anticipation of new hires and heightened activity among the hospitality industry gearing up for the bustling spring and summer seasons. But with the promise of busy season comes a looming concern: the widespread labor shortage. Despite offering competitive wages and benefits, the hospitality industry’s struggle to adequately… read more

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Can the food & beverage industry capitalize on a slightly more stable landscape in 2024 and grow volume, not just dollar sales? It may seem like a broken record or some strange rewrite of the movie “Groundhog Day,” but as the food & beverage industry moves into 2024, it does so with a sneakily similar… read more

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The global license agreement will enable JDE to manufacture, market and sell Caribou-branded consumer and foodservice coffee products. JDE Peet’s, which claims to be the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company, inked a long-term global license agreement to manufacture, market and sell Caribou consumer and foodservice coffee products, excluding Caribou coffeehouses. That means JDE… read more

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An expanded deal with a multiproduct manufacturer adds access to warewashing parts, with more to come. Parts distributor Parts Town has expanded an ongoing partnership with Hobart, gaining more genuine OEM replacement parts for the manufacturer’s warewashing equipment than ever before. A greater inventory, competitive pricing, and faster shipping and delivery across North America and… read more

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Tech24, a national industry commercial foodservice equipment repair and maintenance company, has acquired 1-2-3 Equipment Solutions. Based in Chester, Virginia, 1-2-3 Equipment Solutions primarily serves restaurant and hospitality customers across Virginia and North Carolina by offering maintenance/repair and installation/replacement of HVAC, refrigeration, and hot-side kitchen equipment. The company also provides temporary cold storage solutions for… read more

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This coming Monday, Jan. 29, Foodservice Equipment Reports will kick off its Multiunit Foodservice Equipment Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The event will feature two days of education sessions, developed by FER editors and aimed at foodservice equipment and supplies specifiers from commercial and noncommercial operations. Sessions include the following: 2024 State of the Industry,… read more

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– by Ainsley Lawrence – Ainsley Lawrence is a freelance writer with an interest in the way business, technology, and education intersect with the personal. She loves traveling to beautiful places and is frequently lost in a good book.     Resilience should be a priority for all organizations. After all, the current business landscape… read more

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The interview process for tenure-track positions used to be fairly predictable. Not anymore. For decades, the interview process for tenure-track positions was relatively fixed in both timing and format. A department would conduct first-round interviews during its annual disciplinary conference at a hotel, and six to eight weeks later, invite select candidates to second-round interviews… read more

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Kindness is a language that everyone understands. It has a unique way of uplifting others and creating a positive impact. And it’s often the small acts of kindness that make the biggest difference. People who regularly uplift others tend to have certain habits, certain small acts of kindness they perform, often without even thinking about… read more

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A chief executive officer (CEO) is the highest-ranking person in a company. They are ultimately responsible for making major corporate decisions. The CEO drives growth, increases profitability, and handles high-level strategic decisions. Most of the workforce will never become CEO of a corporation or even make it to the C-suite. But everyone can be the… read more