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Hear FEDA Conference Speaker Jason Hein Discuss the Importance of Data Standards
In this short video from the 2026 FEDA Annual Executive Leadership Conference, Jason Hein, global director of programming at the B2B eCommerce Association, explains why industry-wide data standards are important and how they can benefit businesses across the supply chain. After watching the video, visit feda.com to learn how FEDA is developing voluntary industry standards for product data and shipping, packaging, and handling. These standards aim to improve how companies create, manage, maintain, and exchange product information, and to address practices that can help reduce freight damage. We invite you to review these draft standards and submit your comments by Nov. 13. Your input can help ensure these resources reflect the needs of businesses throughout the industry.
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Gold Awards Spotlight: Joe Fussenegger, C&T Design and Equipment Co.
The FEDA Gold Awards recognize members who are advancing the foodservice equipment industry through exemplary leadership and service. Through this new Q&A series, we’re giving Gold Awards recipients an opportunity to share the leadership approaches, lessons, and experiences behind their accomplishments. This week, FEDA is featuring Joe Fussenegger, managing partner at C&T Design and Equipment Co. Fussenegger was honored with an Accomplished Young Industry Leaders Award for demonstrating exceptional leadership through team development, innovative customer engagement, and strategic growth in the K–12 market.
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Investment Firm Acquires Majority Stake in Refrigerated Solutions Group
Orangewood Partners, a private investment firm focused on business services, franchises, and multi-unit businesses, has acquired a majority interest in Refrigerated Solutions Group (RSG), parent company of the Norlake and Master-Bilt brands. RSG will serve as the foundation of THRM, Orangewood’s newly established platform focused on acquiring, building, and improving technology in foodservice equipment and services businesses. Dave Brewer, former executive vice president and COO of Middleby, is partnering with Orangewood to establish the THRM platform.
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Commercial Kitchen Stop Leader Named Among Florida’s Top 100 Influential Executive Women
Maria Albertorio, the managing partner of Commercial Kitchen Stop, has been nominated for Florida’s Top 100 Influential Executive Women for 2026. The awards honor women whose leadership, influence, and impact are transforming businesses, organizations, and communities across the state.
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TriMark Promotes Tom Fuller to Corporate Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
Fuller will join the company’s strategic growth team and lead national relationships with managed foodservice providers, group purchasing organizations, and cooperatives.
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Restaurant Industry Gains Ground as Sales Improve
Restaurant industry conditions reached their highest level since February in September, with the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index rising to 100.7, up 0.1 points from August. The fifth consecutive monthly increase was driven largely by stronger sales: 54% of operators reported year-over-year same-store sales growth, up from 51% in August and the highest reading since February. Meanwhile, 30% reported lower sales, and 16% said sales were unchanged.
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Businesses Challenge NLRB to Rethink Union Election Majorities
A coalition of businesses is urging the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to rethink what constitutes a majority in unionization elections. The argument stems from a 2025 case in which employees at Constellation Energy Generation, the country’s largest producer of clean energy, voted 87-73 in favor of forming a union with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. However, the company had 181 eligible voters, meaning only 48% of the covered workforce actually voted in favor of unionization. Since 1936, the NLRB has held that a representation election is valid when a majority of the votes cast approve the union, even if that number is less than a majority of the whole bargaining unit. Constellation is arguing that the NLRB has long misinterpreted the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which states that bargaining representatives must be “designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes.” This language, Constellation contends, means that a majority of all employees — not just those who choose to vote — is required to establish union representation.
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Upcoming FEDA and Other Industry Events
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National Restaurant Association Show
May 22-25, 2027
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Full Calendar of Industry Events
Ongoing
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Support the FEDA Learn Institute
The FEDA Learn Institute is supported in part by donors to the FEDA Education Foundation, which develops important and relevant education and training programs for distributors. Learn about becoming a Diamond Donor and be recognized within FEDA for your support.
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The FEDA Weekly News is published by the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association. FEDA's mission is to provide advocacy, education, and service on behalf of foodservice equipment and supplies distributors and dealers.
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