Rep groups Chrane Foodservice Solutions, Culinary Equipment Group, ECHO Foodservice Marketing, Elevate Foodservice Group and Limelight Hospitality add new manufacturers to their line cards, while PCH Solutions introduces a new member of its customer service group.

Chrane Foodservice Solutions added Alto-Shaam and Unified Brands to its line card.

Elevate Foodservice Group, an independent manufacturers’ rep firm serving the New England market, added three companies to its line card: Henkelman Vacuum Systems, Hestan Commercial and Winston Industries.

LTI, a manufacturer of modular and custom serving counters, fabrication and advanced serving technologies, added ECHO Food Service Marketing to its network of independent manufacturers’ reps. New Orleans-based ECHO will represent LTI in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and western Tennessee.

Nicole Larson joined PCH Solutions, a multimarket independent manufacturers’ rep firm, as a territory manager in Washington state. Larson previously served as an account executive at a national foodservice broker. She also has experience in the dealer community. PCH Solutions covers markets up and down the west coast, including California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii.

RATIONAL added Culinary Equipment Group and Limelight Hospitality Group to its network of independent manufacturers’ reps. Illinois-based Culinary Equipment Group will represent RATIONAL across Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana, also known as MAFSI Region 17. Limelight will represent RATIONAL in the Wisconsin portion of MAFSI Region 17.