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Now On Demand: Critical Skills for Front-Line Leaders in Distribution - Session 4
Things go wrong in distribution. Systems crash. People call out. Carriers miss pickups. Customers escalate. The question is not whether a crisis is coming. The question is whether you will have a plan when it does. In this session, presenter Will Quinn covers how to diagnose fast under pressure, how to make decisions when you do not have all the information, how to communicate up and down the organization during a crisis, and how to build default plays your team can execute before you even get to the floor. Good people with a clear plan can handle anything. This series is available at no cost to FEDA members and for $99 to nonmembers.
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Gold Award Spotlight: Chris Fisher, Nemco Food Equipment
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 Award recipients an opportunity to share the leadership approaches, lessons, and experiences behind their accomplishments. This week, FEDA is featuring Chris Fisher, director of sales for Nemco Food Equipment. Fisher was honored with an Accomplished Young Industry Leaders Award for outstanding leadership and accomplishments in overseeing sales initiatives and implementing technologies to manage customer relationships.
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2027 Kitchen Innovations Awards Open for Applications
The National Restaurant Association Show program recognizes equipment that helps foodservice operators address real-world challenges, from labor pressures and food safety to energy costs and speed of service.
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Hatco Announces Leadership Changes as Mark Pumphret Retires
Pumphret joined Hatco in 2011 as a dealer sales manager, rising through the company to various sales leadership positions of increasing responsibility — including his most recent role as vice president of North American sales. Coinciding with Pumphret’s retirement, Joe Flaherty and Stuart Sharp have been promoted to sales leadership roles.
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New Age Industrial Adds Regional Sales Manager With Culinary and Commercial Equipment Experience
Christopher Carney brings to the role an extensive background in commercial foodservice sales leadership, culinary operations, and territory management. He holds an associate degree in culinary arts from Le Cordon Bleu and a bachelor’s degree in corporate communication from Eastern Illinois University, enabling him to connect a back-of-house perspective to commercial equipment sales and specifications.
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Electrolux Professional Group Hires Corporate Chef for Culinary Marketing Team
Raymond Jackson brings a diverse culinary career spanning kitchens in Miami, New Orleans, New York City, and international operations in Grand Cayman. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in gastronomy from Boston University. He also completed graduate study in European tourism sustainability and cross-cultural intelligence coursework in Paris, Barcelona, Rome, and Amsterdam.
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Restaurant Operators Report Stronger Sales, Improving Traffic in August
Conditions in the restaurant industry strengthened for the fourth straight month as operators saw higher same-store sales and improving customer traffic, according to the latest Restaurant Performance Index from the National Restaurant Association. The index stood at 100.6 in August, a 0.3% improvement from July and the highest reading since February. The index is designed to measure the overall health of the restaurant industry, with any value over 100 indicating a period of expansion.
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NAW Files Reply in Challenge to Colorado’s Packaging EPR Law
As part of its efforts to gain a preliminary injunction blocking Colorado’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging, the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) submitted new documents on Sept. 28 contending that the state has not answered its main constitutional arguments. In the filing, NAW argues that Colorado’s defense rests on two claims it says do not hold up. First, NAW says Colorado characterizes membership in the Circular Action Alliance (CAA), the private organization that administers the state’s EPR program, as voluntary. That is inaccurate, NAW states, because the law makes joining CAA a condition of selling covered products in the state. Second, Colorado maintains that its Department of Public Health and Environment controls CAA. NAW argues that the department does not provide the level of oversight the U.S. Constitution requires before a private organization may exercise government power.
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Bipartisan Senate Deal Would Streamline Energy, Infrastructure Permitting
Under the current permitting process, duplicative permitting delays cost manufacturers nearly $8 billion annually, and the weighted-average permit approval time is 10 months, according to data from the National Association of Manufacturers. The proposed legislation, dubbed the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, aims to speed up the timetable while maintaining a commitment to environmental stewardship. To accomplish that streamlining, the 417-page bill would reform parts of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Federal Power Act, and National Historic Preservation Act. It would also provide project certainty once federal permits are issued, impose new agency decision deadlines, and narrow several judicial review windows.
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From FEDA News & Views: The Labor Issues Distributors Can’t Afford to Ignore
Legislative sessions have been busy this year as lawmakers introduce and debate new measures affecting employee compensation and management. Federal and state agencies are also revising regulations, while the White House’s new executive orders are changing employment-related policies in areas like federal contracting and workforce rules. Some of the proposals have bipartisan support and are advancing relatively quickly, but others are taking longer as lawmakers debate, revise, and negotiate their provisions. For distributors, tracking all this activity can feel like an all-consuming distraction that detracts from running the business. Yet falling behind carries real risk — from penalties and employee disputes to legal challenges that can be costly to resolve.
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Upcoming FEDA and Other Industry Events
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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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