Boelter hired Mike Klosterman to serve as director of contract and design and Joe Klosterman as senior director of customer success for the Wisconsin-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer.

The Boelter Companies named Jason Prondzinski vice president of foodservice sales.

Foodservice industry veteran Bill Ziegler has joined Boelter, as director of contract and design for the Wisconsin-based foodservice equipment dealer.

Often dubbed the most important three feet of the house, in normal times, the tabletop communicates the restaurant’s brand promise and it starts establishing guest expectations even before customers take their seats. While much has changed in restaurants and foodservice operations thanks to steps aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, the role of the tabletop has not. It just looks a lot different for the time being.

Boelter, a Wisconsin-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer, tapped Manny Alvarez to serve as director of national contract sales.

Foodservice equipment industry veteran Kyle Graalum joined Boelter Contract & Design as a national account manager.

“He’s just a stand-up guy.”

Foodservice Equipment & Supplies named Nick Pope, project manager for The Boelter Companies in Chicago, its 2019 DSR of the Year. Pope accepted his award during FE&S’ 2019 Dealer of the Year and Industry Awards Gala, which took place May 18 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago.

The Boelter Cos. promoted industry veteran Jason Prondzinski to vice president of contract and design from vice president of sales. In his new role, Prondzinski becomes responsible for leading the Wisconsin-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer’s nationwide contract and design team.

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The Boelter Companies continue to do a lot of things right. More than a lot, actually.

Nick Pope had visions of becoming a chef while attending culinary school and working at an equipment dealership part time. He realized being a chef wasn't for him when he took a 12-hour class that ended at 2 a.m. "It put me over the edge," he recalls.

The Macon, Georgia-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer will go to market as Boelter Direct South.

In the foodservice industry, there is something to be said for loyalty. Although Timothy Watson has been an industry sales rep for nearly three decades, he has spent his extensive career working at just two companies.

In an effort to expand its healthcare foodservice business in the Chicago area, The Boelter Companies has acquired Robert Gill & Company.

Short to lead the foodservice equipment and supplies dealer's Baltimore location.

Scott Morrical found his calling in the foodservice industry at a very young age. "I started working in breakfast restaurants while in middle school, washing dishes by hand," he says. Morrical then moved on to supper clubs, before becoming a dealer and broadline sales rep to capitalize on what he calls his "gift of the gab".

Incorporating a servant-leader philosophy, Bill Boelter has created a dealership that has helped influence the foodservice industry.