M&A Update: Zink Buys Furniture Specialist, Kason Buys UK Components Company, Smith & Wollensky’s Owner Buys Strega Restaurants

We noted several foodservice deals last week:   –Zink Foodservice, the employee-owned manufacturers’ rep firm based in Columbus, Ohio, has acquired furniture and tabletop-oriented Chicago-based rep firm JMA Marketing, formerly John Manson & Associates. JMA sells furniture and table in Illinois and Wisconsin. Managing Partner Jim Zink said the acquisition “lays the foundation for a…