By Gary Shermann, CFSP – President, General Parts Group There have been thousands of articles written about COVID-19 and its impact on business, especially the restaurant and foodservice industry, which has been particularly hard hit. No one appreciates this impact more than the foodservice equipment industry as our collective success is deeply intertwined. The impact […]

Recently it has become increasingly clear that the foodservice industry is beginning to look toward the future. This is something we alluded to in our piece on ‘The Food Equipment Service Industry Gets Disruptive’ — specifically with regard to the creation of the Food Equipment Digital Disruptors group, and its inaugural conference. Said conference brought […]

By Michael Angello – Branch Manager, Tucson The world of dining goes well beyond restaurants where we regularly dine. It is almost unimaginable in how many places in which people eat, from schools and universities to care homes and hospitals even too the scientific research station in Antarctica. However, foodservice equipment goes beyond dining as […]

The foodservice industry is known to be attentive with their client’s needs, creative in their products and service, and resilient in finding ways to get things done. In the past few weeks, American restaurants have become quite acquainted with one of those, resilience. It is interesting how ideas and technologies both old and new are […]

By Joe Johnson, Director of Manufacturer Relations As an Authorized Service Agent (ASA), General Parts Group is committed to supporting our reps, dealers, manufacturing partners, and, most of all, our collective customers. One of the best ways to support the customer is via a full lifecycle relationship for the equipment in their commercial kitchen. How […]