The Dish

Join your fellow RFMA members to discuss HVAC and Spring Start Ups on April's Peer to Partner Call!
Moderators: Brian Ahlborn from Garden Fresh Restaurants and Bill Schaphorst from MaintenX International 
Topics: HVAC and Spring Start Ups
When: Monday, April 16th 12:00 - 1:00 pm CT

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RFMA Members are able to log in through our job portal to:

• Post Job Openings – Find Potential Job Candidates
• Search for Job Openings – Subscribe to new posting notifications

Visit http://www.rfmaonline.com/networking/ to view the full article online.

Check out our 2018 RFMA Gives Video to learn about this year’s service project in Phoenix, AZ. It was so encouraging to see everyone come together to help the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center.

Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OnBuozDiIc to view the full article online.

If you’ve been considering equipment upgrades, SoCalGas is offering eligible restaurants a no-cost energy assessment that can help you save in 3 ways: reduced utility bills, enhanced equipment rebates, and cash pay-outs based on one-year gas savings.

Visit http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.rfmaonline.com/resource/resmgr/whitepapers/1_-_Restaurant_Refresh_Artic.pdf to view the full article online.

Nation's Restaurant News
The newly formed Chicken Sustainability Advisory Council is composed of a consortium of experts including key suppliers, experts in genetics, sustainability advisors like FAI Farms and university academics.

Visit http://www.nrn.com/operations/mcdonald-s-forms-council-improve-chicken-welfare to view the full article online.

CNN Money
Restaurant servers dodged a bullet this week with a provision tucked into the $1.3 trillion federal spending bill.

Visit http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/24/news/economy/restaurants-tips-spending-bill/index.html to view the full article online.

QSR
Panera announced its retail sales for Panera at Home’s Refrigerated Soups exceeded $100 million in 2017, making the brand the first in the refrigerated soup category to surpass the milestone in annual sales, according to data from market research firm IRI. Panera at Home’s retail Refrigerated Soup sales hiked 27 percent in 2017, which was also tops among competitors in the segment.

Visit https://www.qsrmagazine.com/restaurant-operations/paneras-retail-business-hits-100m-milestone to view the full article online.

RFMA’s Industry Service Guide has you covered!

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QSR
At the world’s largest restaurant company, men and women have an equal seat at the table. 

Visit https://www.qsrmagazine.com/exclusives/power-women-leading-subway to view the full article online.