The Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network recognized the accomplishments of its dealer members and suppliers with a series of annual awards. The organization’s Dealer of the Year Award to Wilson Restaurant Supply.

Sunflower Restaurant Supply, a Salina, Kan.-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer has been purchased by Cash-Wa Distributing Company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

BradyIFS has expanded its presence in the Southeastern U.S. by acquiring Associated Paper, a distributor serving Atlanta, central Georgia and Alabama.

In an industry of impressive leaders, these five FE&S Top Achievers stand out due to their ability to challenge themselves, their teams and, ultimately, positively influence the foodservice industry at large. Many of this year’s crop of Top Achievers have surprised themselves along the way as their careers and life situations took them on unexpected journeys.

When KaTom Restaurant Supply’sco-founder, Tim Bible, passed away in 2001, his wife and business partner, Patricia Bible, had some tough decisions to make. Not the least of those was what to do with the company. Under the circumstances, selling would have been the easiest and, for many, the most obvious route to take. Doing so crossed her mind but only for a few minutes.

Avanti Restaurant Solutions added Michael Jernigan as senior director of design-build for the California-based foodservice equipment dealer.

Singer Equipment has acquired Kittredge Equipment Company, an Agawam, Mass.-based dealer that has been owned by the Webber family for more than 100 years. As a result of the deal, Kittredge is now part of a newly formed division within Singer and will go to market as Singer Kittredge.

Days after agreeing to pay $48.5 million in resolve allegations that subsidiaries TriMark Gill Marketing and Gill Group Inc. improperly manipulated federal small business set-aside contracts, TriMark USA released a statement to its customers.

The Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group recognized some of its members and vendor partners with the organization’s annual awards.

TriMark USA has agreed to pay $48.5 million to resolve allegations that its subsidiaries, TriMark Gill Marketing and Gill Group Inc., improperly manipulated federal small business set-aside contracts around the country, per an announcement from Carla B. Freedman, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. A former TriMark executive in charge of the company’s government business, Kimberley Rimsza, agreed to pay an additional $100,000 as an individual civil penalty for her conduct in connection with these allegations.

After a 50-year career at Hotel & Restaurant Supply, Ollie Wilkes will retire from the Mississippi-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer, effective March 4, 2022. Wilkes most recently served as Hotel & Restaurant Supply’s vice president of national accounts.

Culinary Depot has promoted Israel Wolner to the newly created role of national director of contract sales for the New York-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer.

Foodservice Equipment & Supplies will present Fred Clark, founder and chairman of Clark Associates, with the magazine’s 2022 Hall of Fame Award.

Foodservice Equipment & Supplies named Avanti Restaurant Solutions the 2022 winner of the magazine’s celebrated Dealer of the Year Award.

Camille White was appointed marketing manager for Innovative Foodservice Group, Florida-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer.

Oswalt Restaurant Supply promoted Lloyd Crockett to vice president and Holli Dowell to vice president of procurement and vendor programs.

After a brief respite for the holidays, acquisition activity has kicked back into gear among service agents and parts distributors in the form of two new deals. Smart Care Equipment Solutions has acquired Superior Service of Anaheim, Calif., and Parts Town’s parent company, PT Holdings, has acquired European parts distributor REPA Group.

A quartet of company executives have completed the acquisition of Mobile Fixture from Walne Donald Jr., the longtime owner of the Alabama-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer. In addition to continuing in their current roles, president Ben Whitlock, chief operating officer Keith Murray, director of sales Chris Pacey and chief financial officer Leigh Thompson now own the company.

The Boelter Companies tapped Mark Nachreiner to serve as chain and category director for the Wisconsin-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer.

BradyIFS continued to grow via acquisition with its purchase of Janitor’s Warehouse, Inc. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

E. Friedman Associates, a New York-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer and operator of the CKitchen e-commerce site, has been sold to Vadim Zakusilo, the company’s longtime chief technology officer.

As part of a series of changes to company leadership, Jonathan Gustafson has become president of Ace Mart Restaurant Supply. Jonathan, who has been with Ace Mart for more than 17 years, succeeds Paul Gustafson as president of the Texas-based dealership.

Parts Town, the Illinois-based distributor of OEM foodservice equipment parts, received what the company described as a “significant investment” from Leonard Green & Partners, a Los Angeles-based growth investment firm. Existing investor Berkshire Partners will retain its majority stake in the company, reinvesting

PRIDE Centric Resources, a dealer-owned cooperative in the foodservice equipment and supplies industry, recognized its members and factory partners with a series of awards.

PT Holdings, the parent company of foodservice equipment parts distributor Parts Town, has acquired another service company: K&D Factory Service. K&D also owns Pine Tree Food Equipment, which it purchased in 2019. Both K&D and Pine Tree will be part of PT Holdings Service division.

BradyIFS has acquired San Antonio-based Millennium Packaging & Distribution.

Bargreen Ellingson acquires Bintz Restaurant Supply Co., a Salt Lake City-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer that was founded in 1893.

BradyIFS, a distributor of foodservice disposables and janitorial and sanitation products, will expand its reach into Northern California with the acquisition of two distributors: Fishman Supply Company and Armstrong Paper Group.

Jim Nelson was named sr. vice president of sales for AllPoints, a foodservice parts and supplies provider.

Consolidation continued in the foodservice industry with Arizona Restaurant Supply’s acquisition of United Restaurant Supply.