June 2002

Cover Story: 2002 Young Lions
Each year, FE&S contacts leaders and sages throughout the distribution channel to gain insight into the character, achievements and contributions of E&S professionals under consideration for our Young Lions awards. What we seek to recognize are individuals who are entrepreneurial, principled, service-oriented, skilled at relationship building and as dedicated to the betterment of their profession and industry as a whole as they are to the success of their own firms.

Feature:

• Report From FE&S' State of the Industry 2002 Conference
  Convened during the first afternoon of FE&S' recent State of the Industry Conference, this operators' panel - one of three channel partner discussion sessions conducted during the April meeting - focused on relationship requirements, dealers' roles, problematic equipment and other topics of industry-wide concern.
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Editor's Perspective: Looking Ahead

Consultant's Viewpoint: Helping End-Users Plan For Pre-Opening Equipment Problems

Parting Shot: Managing E&S Successfully As A Broadliner

Operator's Opinion: The Chef's Many Hats

Chain Profile: Pret A Manger
To inaugurate this new department, we profile Pret A Manger, a quick-service chain concept introduced in the United Kingdom 15 years ago that has now opened in the Big Apple. The custom-designed E&S package is minimal, yet highly efficient for outlets of varying sizes.

Facility Design Project of the Month:

• Michele's Restaurant & Main Kitchen, Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center, Dover, Del.
  A $60 million expansion of the Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center helped to create Michele's, a fine-dining restaurant and its adjacent kitchen. The facility's owners and top executives insisted on providing employees with ample and appropriate E&S to produce a four-star-quality menu that features steaks and seafood.
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DSR of the Month: Darin Lyke, Chain Link/Gernsbacher's Inc., Fort Worth, Texas

E&S Spotlight:

• Bakery E&S Brings Dough
  As the number of bakery-equipment distributors decreases, bakers are looking to other sources for their E&S needs. This means that being able to fulfill bakeries' equipment requirements can lead to increasing profit opportunities for foodservice equipment suppliers.
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Web Exclusive: Chain Profile