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Freight Rates And Shipment Times Show Mixed Signals

While some assessments of freight movements and prices have been showing signs of improving, others...

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Covid Lockdowns In China’s Cities, Especially...

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Covid Lockdowns In China, Including Shanghai, Will...

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Good News, Bad News On Supply-Chain Front; Shanghai’s...

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Registration Open For The Ashton Report E&S Market Forecast...

Registration is now open for this year’s Ashton Report E&S Market Forecast. The annual seminar...

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Numbers that Really Matter: Restaurant Profit Struggles, the...

I know fun with numbers is my schtick, but this issue of my newsletter has a lot of them. Before...

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E&S Market Sales And Prices Slowed Again In 2Q-26, Results...

Suppliers of foodservice equipment and supplies reported revenue growth slowed to just 0.8% 2Q-26...

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Cooking And Prep Equipment Prices Rose Slightly In June...

Cooking and warming equipment and food machine makers posted slight price increases in June...

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NRA Revised 2026 Sales Forecast Lower, Issues Preliminary 2027...

The National Restaurant Assn., in a blog post issued July 22, revised its forecast for restaurant...

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Restaurant Retail Sales Rose Just 0.1% In June

Sales at “food services and drinking places” inched up just 0.1% in June, according to the advance...

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Louisiana Dealer The Kitchen Guys Acquires Alabama-Based Dealer...

The Kitchen Guys, the dealer based in Slidell, La., announced it acquired Hawk Inc., the...

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Smart Care Solutions Names Two C-Suite Executives

Smart Care Solutions, the nationwide provider of foodservice and HVAC equipment maintenance, repair...

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Franke Foodservice Forms Hospitality Group

Franke Foodservice Systems, the Smyrna, Tenn.-based manufacturer and distributor, announced that it...