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After leading the Wisconsin-based manufacturer for more than 15 years, Vollrath’s Paul Bartelt has decided to retire from his post as president and CEO. Erik Lampe will join Vollrath in March first serving as company president before taking over as CEO in June.

Hoshizaki America, Inc. appointed Konrad Barraclough to fill the newly created position of vice president of regional supply chain.

S2O Consultants has promoted company veteran Ryan Rongo, FCSI to vice president of design.

Massachusetts-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer TriMark USA made two new hires. Anthony Ubaka will serve as TriMark's first senior director of credit and collections. In addition, Hyacinth Vincent has joined TriMark’s Chicago team as the senior master data management director.

EMC, Mirk and Preferred Marketing Group update their line cards, while Pecinka Ferri Associates makes a key promotion.

Middleby Corp. promoted Michael Groen to general manager of TurboChef Technologies and CookTek.

Tim Palmer assumed the position of vice president of sales for North American Kitchen Solutions, a manufacturer and supplier of commercial kitchen hoods, ventless solutions, fire suppression, fans, ductwork and custom fabrication.

New Age Industrial, Alto-Shaam announce updates to their teams while Vollrath updates the company’s international structure.

Company veteran Joshua Kobza will become chief executive officer for Burger King parent Restaurant Brands International, effective March 1, 2023.

The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers presented the 2023 William W. Carpenter Award posthumously to Mike Carpenter, CFSP and the Louise O’Sullivan Award of Excellence to Buffy Schechter Levy, The NAFEM Show director.

Whataburger hired restaurant industry veteran Debbie Stroud to serve as its executive vice president and chief operating officer. Stroud’s restaurant industry career spans more than 30 years, including the past 5 with Starbucks where she served as sr. vice president, U.S. retail operations.

The North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM) has awarded 31 allied industry leaders with its Doctorate of Foodservice Award for their contributions to their associations and the industry at large.

Wallace Streich, founder of Wisconsin-based foodservice equipment dealer Streich Equipment Co., died on January 31, 2023. He was 97 years old.

The Women’s Foodservice Forum named its 2023 executive committee and welcomed 10 new people to its board of directors.

Paul Klein, a longtime foodservice equipment and supplies dealer, passed away on January 15, 2023. The past owner of Atlanta Fixtures, Klein was 90 years old. Klein owned the company for close to 60 years.

New Age Industrial hired Jeff Erber to serve as Western regional sales manager-foodservice.

Taco Cabana promoted company veteran Ulyses Camacho to president.

Longtime foodservice equipment manufacturer Michael Elliott has died. He was 82 years old.

Paul Parr was promoted to general manager of TriMark Hockenbergs. Based in Nebraska, TriMark Hockenbergs is part of TriMark USA.

NAFEM presented a slew of 2023 awards honoring industry leaders for their contributions to the foodservice industry.

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