Editor’s note: The author is partner, Pecinka-Ferri Associates, a foodservice equipment agent in New Jersey. The guest column is part of The Schechter Report and NRN’s content partnership, and the views do not necessarily reflect those of Nation’s Restaurant News. It has been edited for length and a complete version appears at TSRMag.com.
You’d think that $10 billion was a lot of dough. The equipment and supplies side of the foodservice industry is worth that much in annual U.S. sales. With that kind of bread at stake, why are all the members of the E&S supply chain so out of synch with each other? End-users are subjected daily to our ‘dysfunctional family’ turf wars. Don’t they (and we) deserve better?
Our mandate should be assisting our customers in the specification and procurement of the most appropriate E&S for their particular operations. Trust and partnerships are key.
