Zink Appoints Pete Butorac to Territory Manager

Zink Foodservice is pleased to announce the addition of Pete Butorac to our team.  Pete will be our equipment and smallwares Territory Manager in the Wisconsin region.  Pete’s professional foodservice experience started in 2008 and includes successful stops working as an account manager/dealer sales representative at two Wisconsin based dealers and then as a regional sales representative for a … Continued

Zink Hospitality is Proud to Represent Old Dominion Furniture co.

Zink Hospitality now represents Old Dominion in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. Old Dominion Furniture’s products are made start to finish in the heart of Virginia. They use regionally sourced lumber and six-step finishing process to create high-quality items that promise to stand the test of time. Old Dominion’s extensive product … Continued

Zink Appoints Kelli Key to Regional Account Manager

Zink Foodservice is pleased to announce the addition of Kelli Key to our team.  Kelli will join the Illinois/Wisconsin team, focusing on growing market share in the Healthcare and Education segments. Kelli’s career in Foodservice brings experience from the chain, factory and distributor side of the business.  The majority of her time was spent in Healthcare as a National … Continued

Zink Appoints Stephanie Tragesser to Regional Account Manager

Zink Foodservice is pleased to announce the addition of Stephanie Tragesser to our team.  Stephanie will operate out of Zink’s Indianapolis office. She will be focused on growing market share in the Healthcare and Education segments of Indiana and Kentucky. Stephanie brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience to the role, having spent 18 years in the industry, most recently as … Continued

Hamilton Beach Commercial Appoints Zink FSG as Midwest Representatives

Hamilton Beach Commercial offers a full line of innovative products for the foodservice and hospitality industry.  Their product offering includes a variety of beverage and food blenders, immersion blenders, vacuum sealers, mixers and much more.  Hamilton Beach, based in Glen Allen, Virginia, has been innovating and bringing solutions to the market for over 100 years.  … Continued

C-Store Strategies for a Rough Fuel Forecast

Consider This 4-Part Plan to Keep Food Sales Strong Original blog by Nemco Food Equipment HERE In its recently released Forecast Study for 2022, Convenience Store News highlighted an unnamed retailer’s hard-truth assessment about the industry: “We are getting close to $4 a gallon, which historically is when inside sales start to be affected.” That comment was made … Continued

Zink Hosts 2022 Zink Annual Shareholders Meeting

Zink has closed the books on our 2022 Annual Shareholders Meeting.This year was more valuable than ever before, marking our first time being together as a group since the pandemic struck. It was All Systems Go as we spent two days as a team planning for a successful 2022.    Zink has expanded our offerings in Sales, Distribution, Installation, Ventilation, … Continued

Robot Gives an Ohio Hospital a Caffeine Jolt

Full Article Written by Joseph Carbonara of Foodservice Equipment & Supplies Magazine Finding ways to add or enhance foodservice offerings without stretching an operator’s already-thin labor pool represents a challenge that spans most segments. This is why many feel the time may be right for the foodservice industry to finally begin adopting more forms of … Continued

Z-Vent in the News: A Seamless Process from Inception to Final Inspection

Article written by Margaret Patricia Eaton. Few pause to admire the well-functioning ventilation system of a commercial kitchen. It’s the original unsung hero. But we will notice when the atmosphere is redolent of deep-fat frying, or when the kitchen staff is oxygen deprived and exhausted—and it will be too late. Because not only is it … Continued

Zink Hospitality: Control the Elements

Outdoor dining has always been a sought-after feature at restaurants during the warm months. With dining restrictions put on restaurants during the pandemic, owners and operators had to get creative on how to offer outdoor dining in all-weather conditions. These creative solutions have bled into normal operations with many restaurants now offering year-round outdoor dining experiences.  The key to successful year-round outdoor dining is to connect the … Continued