The world’s largest manufacturer of food safety labels and leader in safety for the foodservice industry has changed its name to DayMark® Safety Systems. DayMark has long been the leader in the food safety industry with its food rotation labels, the revolutionary Dissolve-Away ® Label, Grip2Go Pastry Bags, and other innovative products. It is expanding its technology and service leadership to additional product categories and plans to introduce more than 50 products in 2006. Many will be personal safety products, such as OSHA-compliant first-aid cabinets and the widest offering of safety gloves. DayMark will also provide new ACR Guest Checks and Register Rolls for restaurants. DayMark will continue to offer its popular foodservice safety items, such as the Dissolve-A-Way® Labels, Freezer Labels, and Grip2Go Pastry Bags. For more information or a catalog that includes the new DayMark products, contact 800-847-0101 or visit www.daymark.biz.

The J.M. Smucker Company recently launched the Smucker Foodservice Website offering information on the Smucker Foodservice Family of Brands—Smucker’s®, Jif®, Crisco®, and Dickinson’s®. Log on to www.smuckerfoodservice.com to access userfriendly product information and recipes, as well as promotion details and information about merchandising programs. Take advantage of the online caddy ordering process and order Smucker’s® and Dickinson’s® caddies with the click of a button. Use the Broker Locator feature to locate your Smucker Foodservice representative and learn how to offer any of the Smucker Foodservice Family of Brands in your operation.

To broaden awareness of premium tea, the World Tea Expo has launched an innovative e-newsletter that provides free, upto- the-minute information and news on the ever-growing world of tea. “The mission of World Tea News is to deliver clear, concise updates on trends, breaking news, and product releases,” says George Jage, president of the World Tea Expo.“ The mission of World Tea News dovetails perfectly with that of the World Tea Expo: to expand the marketplace for tea. Now in its fourth year, the 2006 World Tea Expo will take place March 27–29 at the Las Vegas Hilton and feature a wide array of exhibits and in depth seminars. With nearly 2,000 subscribers, World Tea News is e-mailed every two weeks to tea professionals and decision-makers. For more information or to subscribe, visit www.worldteanews.com. For information on the World Tea Expo, visit www.worldteaexpo.com or call 702-253-1893.

Enodis plc received top recognition from the National Restaurant Association in two categories in this year’s Kitchen Innovation Awards. A blue-ribbon panel of judges, representing multiunit operators and design consultants from companies, including Disneyland Resorts, Quiznos Subs, ARAMARK, and McDonald’s, selected winners in a total of 18 groups. Cleveland Range and Lincoln, both Enodis companies, received top recognition in their respective categories. Specific products honored: The Convotherm Combi Oven-Steamer, selected because of the many ways it simplifies the kitchen, and the Lincoln Conveyor Toaster, (model CCP 2116 IR), featuring a parabolic cavity roof design combined with convection heating and a heat-containing air curtain.

ReServe Interactive was selected as the vendor partner for reservation and table management software by the Melting Pot Restaurants, Inc. The Melting Pot’s unique dining concept presents owners with distinct challenges. The upscale and intimate restaurant, offering fondues cooked at the table by guests, requires fondue pots be heated by fixed induction burners, creating a restriction in arranging tables to accommodate various party sizes. Also, the four-course dining experience requires longer seating times. If guests are not seated at specific times, table inventory is underutilized, resulting in lost revenue. With the ReServe Interactive system, franchise owners gain an understanding of dining durations by party size and then determine the most optimal reservation time slots during peak hours. Once the system collects a history, it calculates and reports average table turns so restaurant managers can set reservation parameters for optimal seating times, as well as manage server covers.

In late 2004 and ongoing, the Montague Company added an additional 50,000 square feet to their offices and manufacturing facility in Hayward, California. When many businesses are outsourcing and relocating, Montague reports with this addition they are not only here to stay but business is robust. As this remodel and additional space nears completion and equipment in the new exhibition kitchen gets fired up, Montague reports to be optimistic about the future. The manufacturing facility is loaded with new hightech equipment, which lets them better serve customers in providing Montague quality, service, and value, with the flexibility to customize equipment to tailored specifications. This focus has led to a major commitment with capital investment in excess of $4.25 million in equipment and automation. This enables the increase of fabricated parts in smaller lot quantities, while simultaneously decreasing labor content in their manufacturing processes and minimizing inven-tory, increasing overall production efficiencies. For more information, contact Montague Company at 800-345-1830 or visit them on the web at www.montaguecompany.com.

Frymaster Corporation, a leading manufacturer of commercial fryers for the foodservice industry, announced the addition of two senior marketing managers. Brenda Humphreys has joined the company as VP of Marketing, after serving as director of foodservice at the Produce for Better Health Foundation. Mary Finke joins Frymaster as director of marketing from Display Specialties, where she was director of sales and marketing.