January 2004

Cover Story: The Long Road To Rising Expectations
Although the operators, distributors and manufacturers surveyed for this year's forecast professed wide-spread optimism about their financial performance during the year ahead, the foodservice E&S industry continues to face structural challenges that may make the road to profitable new sales growth longer than anticipated.

Feature: Movers and Shakers 2004

Point Counterpoint: Food House Redistribution — Boon or Bane?
The president of one of the largest redistributors goes head to head with the president of one of the nation's most respected dealerships over the value of this controversial alternate supply channel.

Facility Design Project of the Month:

• Saint Mary's Noble Family Dining Hall, South Bend, Ind.
  Versatile cooking and serving equipment positioned in a sophisticated yet comfortable servery and an efficient BOH production kitchen are key features in a new, 32,000-square-foot dining hall, which will help to support this campus's first bona fide student center, currently under construction next door.
• Web exclusive supplement

DSR of the Month: Nick Ranieri, Standard Restaurant Equipment, Phoenix

E&S Spotlight: The Spin On Salad Prep & Service
E&S for salad preparation and service can enhance the attractiveness of presentation for a facility and contribute to the efficiency of labor-intensive prep work.

Product Sales Tips: Clean-Up With Warewasher Sales

Editor's Perspective: The 5% Signal

Parting Shot: It's The People

Operator's Opinion: How Two 'Fs' Can Make An 'A+'

Stern's Concerns: Redistribution Redux

In Brief: Industry News