Notch raises $10 million to digitize restaurant supply chain
Canadian restaurant supply chain technology company Notch has closed a $10 million funding round led by Accomplice and BDC, bringing its total funding to date to nearly $20 million. MATH Venture Partners, Golden Ventures, The Yield Lab, Garage Capital and Plexo Capital also participated, as did several angel investors. The Toronto-based company wants to use […]
How to shop at restaurant supply stores to outfit your kitchen on the cheap
First of all, yes, it’s called a “restaurant supply store”, but you don’t necessarily have to work in the restaurant industry to shop there. (Although some require you to be part of a real food business to shop, many are also open to home cooks.) A simple Google search can help you find if there […]
Restaurant supply chain startup Choco secures $100 million in funding
Diving brief: Tech startup Choco secured $100 million in Series B funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $171.5 million since its inception in 2018, according to a press release. Choco’s technology enables efficient food procurement processes and reduces operational expenses between restaurants and suppliers by providing inventory management and live stock updates, the company […]
Barrie restaurant manager faces new charges as more girls come forward
Breadcrumb Links Toronto and the GTA Ontario criminality Subway canceled a franchise agreement with the restaurant owner following the charges Publication date : Jul 17, 2021 • July 17, 2021 • 2 minute read • 40 comments Stephen Lemmond, 47, manager of a Subway restaurant in Barrie, faces 16 charges of alleged sexual assault. Photo […]
Things You Should Buy at Restaurant Supply Stores
1 / 11 Taste of home When it comes to kitchen equipment, I seek above all to combine form and function. After all, who doesn’t love practical yet pretty tea towels or adorable recipe cards? However, when it comes to kitchen workhorses – you know, the products you use every day – beauty doesn’t always […]
Justin Skinner: Mellow Mushroom rallies behind Raleigh restaurant manager who was robbed, beaten
RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — In an industry rocked by the pandemic where restaurants and restaurant workers have been hit particularly hard — a well-known Raleigh restaurant manager is on furlough again. This time, violent thieves are to blame. Raleigh restaurant insiders will say that if you’ve eaten at the Triangle in the past decade, you’ve […]
Why You Should Just Buy Your Cookware From The Restaurant Supply Store
Photo: MSPT (Shutterstock) I’m not above a social media-fueled impulse buy. I bought the “TikTok” booty leggings (and a young man yelled at me from his car while I was wearing them), and I bought an exfoliating scrub (also for my butt), but I never bought kitchen utensils because I saw it on Instagram. However, […]
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Starbucks, restaurant supply stores are all facing shortages, and it’s going to cost you – KIRO 7 News Seattle
Supply chain issues are rocking nearly every industry, from Starbucks to cars — just about every industry you can think of. If you open your Starbucks app, the first thing you get is a pop-up that reads: “Sorry for the inconvenience, some items are temporarily unavailable”. But that’s just a sign of the depth of […]
Remove fax machines from restaurant supply
On the one hand, restaurants have become much more digital since the start of the pandemic. Mobile ordering has moved from the realm of early adopters to the mainstream, and digital technologies are being integrated into restaurants online and in the physical world. However, for all the tabletop QR codes and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled drive-throughs, […]
Rent for apartments built in the Smith Restaurant Supply building will be customized based on each tenant’s income
SYRACUSE, NY (WSYR-TV) – Construction is underway to transform the longtime home of Smith Restaurant Supply into luxury apartments inside the red brick building through which more than 70,000 cars pass on the I- 690 daily. Last year, Smith Restaurant Supply moved to Erie Boulevard in DeWitt so that developer Matt Paulus could take over […]
Texas homeless man lands job with help from restaurant manager and community
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nine months ago, Kenneth Smith lay outside an Outback Steakhouse using his yellow backpack as a pillow. He was starving and “on the verge of giving up on life”. That was until he met Laura Hodges, the restaurant’s managing partner in Fort Worth, Texas. It started after […]
Restaurant manager calls for help when two women refuse to pay: Lyndhurst Police Blotter
LYNDHURST, Ohio Customer Issue: Cedar Road At 11:40 a.m. on May 23, police were called to the Cheesecake Factory, 24265 Cedar Road, in Legacy Village. The restaurant manager reported two customers refusing to pay their food and drink bill. The restaurant waived the food portion of the bill, leaving customers — the Cleveland Heights women, […]
Police arrest south Delhi restaurant manager and 3 others for black market oxygen concentrators
Delhi police said on Thursday they had seized the largest number of oxygen concentrators in the city so far after raiding a restaurant in South Delhi’s Lodhi settlement on Wednesday. Four men have been arrested at Nege Ju restaurant and bar after police found 419 oxygen concentrators in the restaurant as well as a warehouse […]
Black man enslaved by restaurant manager owes $546,000
A restaurant manager who is serving a prison sentence for effectively enslaving a black man with an intellectual disability should pay $546,000 in restitution, a court has ruled. Bobby Paul Edwards is already serving a 10-year sentence for forcing John Christopher Smith to work 100-hour unpaid weeks under abusive conditions at a South Carolina restaurant, […]
Restaurant manager who forced black man to work without pay owes him more than $500,000 in restitution, court rules
But that initial amount was too low, an appeals court ruled in April. The man should have received more than double that amount – closer to $546,000 – from the director to account for federal labor laws, according to judgment. John Christopher Smith was forced to work in a cafeteria in Conway without pay for […]
10 Good Buys at Ideal Restaurant Supply Company in Carle Place
The expansive Carle Place showroom of Ideal Restaurant Supply Company, founded in 1911, is stocked with professional catering equipment and cookware. The public is also invited to shop there and amateur cooks will find treasures they never knew they needed. Here is a small sampling of great buys that will pay culinary dividends for years […]
Shop Big Think Small: Big Plate Restaurant Supply Has Plenty Of Options For All Your Kitchen Needs | KLBK | KAMC
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Remembering Alan Green of E&A Restaurant Supply
The last news The Editors January 29, 2021 Alan Green, a longtime member of the restaurant industry, died on January 22, 2021. He was 81. Green has held various positions in the restaurant industry, but spent most of his career at E&A Restaurant Supply, a Plainfield, NJ equipment and supply dealership he founded. Green retired […]
Thousands raised for Florida restaurant manager who rescued boy from abusive home
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A restaurant manager whose intuition told him a child was in danger has received a huge tip for helping rescue the boy from an abusive home. Flaviane Carvalho has been hailed as a hero for acting quickly to intervene at Mrs. Potato in Orlando, Florida on New […]
‘It was torture’: Alert restaurant manager uses hidden sign to help save abused boy, police say
Orlando Florida — A manager of a restaurant here noticed that a boy in a family of four sitting down on New Year’s Day had bruises on his face and arms. Police say the man at the table did not let the waiter order food. Flavaine Carvalho decided to intervene. She wrote a note that […]
40 Under 40 Knoxville News Sentinel Charley Bible, KaTom Restaurant Supply
Introducing the Knox.Biz 40 under 40 class of 2020 Here’s a look at the Knox.Biz 40 under 40 class of 2020. Angela M. Gosnell, Knoxville News Sentinel Charles Bible, 35, Vice President of Business Development, KaTom Restaurant Supply Charles Bible has metrics to show the substantial impact he has had on the business development of […]
Growing Local Catering Business | News
CUMBERLAND – A local restaurant equipment supply company has acquired space in Frostburg to expand its operations in Allegany County. WebstaurantStore, a seller of commercial restaurant supplies and equipment, currently operates a facility in the North Branch Industrial Park at Mexico Farms in South Cumberland, where it employs nearly 500 people. Allegany County Economic Development […]
How to hire a good restaurant manager
Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest challenges facing the restaurant industry was finding good restaurant managers. At the time, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted the position would see 11% growth over the next 10 years, more than double the typical rate across all industries. But since March, when […]
Jamaica Plain restaurant supply store unveils plans for housing and a summit restaurant
BMS Paper and Market, 3390 Washington St. in Jamaica Plain, this week filed plans with the BPDA to complete its current brick building with 151 residential units and add a restaurant and expand its existing store. The expanded six-story building on the approximately 2-acre site would have two levels of parking with spaces for 109 […]
KaTom Restaurant Supply completes office expansion and plans to expand further
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Restaurant supply business more than doubles with DFW airport lease
One catering supply and products company – Dot It Restaurant Fulfillment – is more than doubling its local footprint with a move just south of DFW International Airport. Dot It has leased 134,272 square feet of space at 4200 Empire in CentrePort Business Park, just south of DFW Airport. The company moved from 2001 E. […]
What does a restaurant owner do?
One profession, several hats Restaurant managers oversee the smooth operation and efficiency of restaurants. They seek to provide customers with enjoyable dining experiences that live up to the brand’s standards. Their efforts, which include effective employee management, are ultimately aimed at keeping the restaurant profitable. Indeed, an RM encompasses general management, administration, customer services, human […]
Cheetah restaurant supply app pivots like everyone else – J.
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. When Na’ama Moran’s company launched an app for restaurants that streamlines the ordering and delivery of wholesale supplies, it was in 2015 – long before anyone knew what was to come by 2020. The goal, Moran said, is and always has been […]
St. Petersburg restaurant blog acknowledges food delivery scam
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Popular local restaurant reviews website and Facebook group Saint Petersburg Gourmets received a strange email on July 30. In it, someone named Linda Alvorado requested that the site update its listing for St. Pete’s hangout. Salt Creek Big Fishing with a new link to the site. The only problem was that […]
Eric Wasserstrom, President, Wasserstrom Restaurant Supply, Columbus, OH
Eric Wasserstrom, President, Wasserstrom Restaurant Supply, Columbus, OH The national equipment and supply dealer community faces a unique set of challenges as its restaurant and food service operator customers deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. They are faced with finding new ways to support operators trying to survive through creative take-out and delivery strategies and putting […]
Fein Brothers Leads Restaurant Supply Activities and Customers During Pandemic
Panel Discussion: Todd Minkin Kristine M. Kierzek | Special for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel When Fein Brothers opened in 1929, America was heading into the Great Depression. Since 1967, the restaurant and food service supply store has been located at 2007 N. King Drive, in what had been the former home of Schuster’s department store, […]
Restaurant supply company Sysco gets creative during COVID-19: pop-up sale | NewsRadio KFBK
–Sysco Sacramento, a food distributor to the foodservice, education and healthcare industries, will deliver food directly to consumers on May 15, 2020, at its Pleasant Grove warehouse through the launch of a Will Sale. -Call Pop-Up Truck. Consumers can shop from the comfort of their own home, purchase a range of restaurant-quality food items as […]
Katom Restaurant Supply produces hand sanitizer during coronavirus
PostModern Spirits Bulk Hand Sanitizer Bottles PostModern Spirits Bulk Hand Sanitizer Bottles Knoxville News Sentinel After most hand sanitizer products went out of stock, East Tennessee company KaTom Restaurant Supply began manufacturing its own with the help of some Tennessee partners. So far, they’ve sold 20,000 gallons of liquid hand sanitizer in about four weeks, […]
“Moments like this show how interconnected we are”
Behind every restaurant dish are dozens of people who brought it to life. There is the diner who will dig into it. A waiter to take an order and a back waiter to remove the plate from the table when all is said and done. A chef creates the dish and a line cook cuts, […]
KaTom Restaurant Supply inaugurates massive expansion
KaTom Restaurant Supply is growing again, both physically with expansion and with associates, adding 100 new jobs. “Our goal is to pursue significant growth each year,” said Founder/CEO/President Patricia Bible. “We are still planning to expand to accommodate this growth.” Bible runs the family business with daughter Paula Chesworth and son Charley Bible. Land was […]
How delivery services are impacting restaurant supply chains | modern restaurant management
The delivery service revolution is having a huge impact on the restaurant industry. While food delivery isn’t new, breakfast services like Uber Eats and DoorDash have capitalized on what customers want most: convenience. As the restaurant industry continues to evolve, we see the emergence of concepts like dark kitchens to meet demand. Dark kitchens, also […]
Smith Restaurant Supply, 126, of Syracuse, is moving to a new home
Syracuse, NY – Smith Restaurant Supply, which has sold housewares and restaurant supplies since its founding by Polish immigrant Hyman Smith 126 years ago, leaves its longtime Syracuse home. Owner John Kuppermann, Smith’s great-grandson, said the business would move to Empire Plaza at 3140 Erie Blvd. E. to DeWitt in late February or early March. […]
2020 Excellence in Management Award Winner: KaTom Restaurant Supply – Restaurant Equipment Reports, Articles & News
DEALERSHIP (over $40 million in sales) Headquarter: Kodak, Tennessee. Based: 1987 Number of employees: 182 employees Company motto: “Destination Excellence” Nineteen years ago, Patricia Bible made a choice. When her husband Tim died suddenly, she could have sold KaTom Restaurant Supply, the business the couple started out of their garage in 1987. With two young […]
Union Row demolition kicks off with Lit Restaurant Supply building
Demolition begins on Union Row Demolition begins on Union Row Max Gersh, Memphis Trade Call More than a year after the project was announced, the first visible sign of the change that will come to Union Avenue is clear in the yellow and red bricks, shattered glass and splintered wood of the former home in […]
The historic Smith Restaurant Supply building will be transformed into affordable apartments
Syracuse, NY — Developer Matthew Paulus announced plans on Tuesday to redevelop the historic Smith Restaurant Supply property on Erie Boulevard East into 37 affordable apartments. Paulus, who remodeled the former RE Dietz Co. lantern factory in the Park Avenue neighborhood of Syracuse into 92 upscale apartments two years ago, said he hopes to begin […]
KaTom Restaurant Supply expands and will hire 100 people
Kodak KaTom Restaurant Supply plans to create 100 jobs as well as a 40,000 square foot expansion, fueled by loans of $12.6 million, the company announced Wednesday. Construction is expected to begin in two months and be completed by the end of 2020. “2019 will be our best year ever,” said Patricia Bible, founder, president […]
Lit Restaurant Supply closes downtown store to make way for Union Row
When Scott Blen, the owner of Lit Restaurant Supply, learned that the downtown building his business occupied was under contract to be sold, the thought of moving after nearly 50 years was daunting. The building at 309 Union Ave. is part of what will become Union Row, the $950 million project that will bring new […]
Huge restaurant supply store going up in Earhart and Broad | Economic news
Construction is set to begin this week on a first big-box restaurant supply store at the corner of Earhart Boulevard and South Broad Street, with developers hoping to capitalize on the city’s booming food and hospitality sectors. town. Artist’s rendering of a Restaurant Depot restaurant supply store to be built on the site of the […]
Meeting the new challenges of catering supply chains
The continued diversification of consumer lifestyles and tastes is leading to increased variation in demand across all industries, and the restaurant sector is no exception. Diners want to see local, organic, vegan, gluten-free and other options on the menu. Additionally, off-site online ordering capabilities introduce more supply chain issues in the background as restaurants attempt […]
‘Everything has changed’: Gusti family transfers longtime catering supply business to Henrico
Matt, Joe and John Gusti own and operate Gusti Restaurant Equipment & Supply, which relocates to 1901 Dabney Road in Henrico County after nearly 30 years in the Museum District. (Photos by J. Elias O’Neal) Joe Gusti remembers what the neighborhood looked like when he opened his Gusti Restaurant Equipment & Supply at 2923 W. […]
Move over, target. Here’s why you should shop at restaurant supply stores.
When the non-stick surface of my frying pans started chipping, I knew it was time to replace them. They hadn’t lasted long, so I wanted something different. There weren’t many choices at Target, and my closest IKEA is almost an hour away (sigh). Then I remembered – there’s a restaurant supply store, The Restaurant Store, […]
Myers Restaurant Supply in Santa Rosa acquired by Edward Don & Company
Myers Restaurant Supply, a 68-year-old Santa Rosa-based foodservice equipment dealer that has expanded its reach far beyond North Bay in recent years, is now expanding nationwide with its acquisition by an even older Chicago-area family business. Myers announced on May 1 that it had been purchased by Edward Don & Company, a Woodbridge, Illinois-based company […]
Six Ways to Reduce Food Waste in the Restaurant Supply Chain | modern restaurant management
About a third of all the food harvested and produced in the world is wasted. It’s a sobering statistic, especially with so many people going hungry around the world. But new technological innovations are helping businesses reduce food waste so they can increase their bottom line and put food to good use before it ends […]
Use Restaurant Supply Stores to Save Money in Your Home Kitchen | My money
One of the strongest frugal strategies is to cook most of your meals at home, but going this route can be an expensive proposition. You need bowls, pots, pans, containers and other tools. Worse still, the selection at most big box stores is limited and prices are high at most stores that cater to home […]
Hold the Rye: Promotions Stretch Restaurant Supply Chains
First, Subway restaurants ran out of rye bread. Then the corned beef started to decline. Just three weeks into an 8-week Reuben sandwich promotion last fall, Subway’s supply chain hasn’t been able to keep up. Coupons and advertising attracted more traffic than expected in some regions. And customers added rye bread and other Reuben ingredients […]
The Top 5 Restaurant Supply Store Essentials, Ranked
I recently moved to Philadelphia after 10 years in Portland, Oregon, and the adjustment was a breeze for two reasons. First and foremost, Philly has bones. Second, with the obvious exception of my friends and family, the only things in Portland that I deeply miss are the grocery stores: Winco, Sheridan Fruit on SE Grand, […]
As one Bowery restaurant supply company goes bankrupt, another takes over
AAA quality restaurant supply – a well-known equipment supplier at 272 Bowery – went bankrupt late last year. The child of three and a half Sunrise Rainbow Kitchen Supplylocated two doors down at 276 Bowery since 2013, recently signed the lease and took over (and dropped the Sunrise). This small section of the Bowery – […]
Inside Jetro, a truly intense restaurant supply store
The glamorous side of running a restaurant. Photo: Chris Crowley New York restaurateurs face a huge number of headaches: managing constant staff turnover, comforting overly demanding diners, battling rising rents, hoping ConEd doesn’t turn off the gas, and navigating the terrifying shopping experience from Jetro Cash & Carry, a massive restaurant supply store in Gowanus, […]
Restaurant Florence Refueling loaded with equipment, customers | Local News
Florence General Manager David Ball stands in the Florence showroom Thursday, November 13, 2014, at Florence Restaurant Services. FRS offers a wide variety of cookware and is also open to the public on Thursday, November 13, 2014, […]
Restaurant Supply Stores Are A Home Cook’s Dream | Food and cooking
For those who like to cook, it’s like Disneyland. We walk through the aisles, eyes wide, mouths hanging open. As with children, our hands reach out to all the shiny objects on the shelves. “I want”, we say. “I want.” For chefs, restaurant supply companies are part of the job, where they fetch the kitchen […]