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Four Tactics You Can Implement Today to Ease Supply Chain Woes
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a raft of supply chain issues - from shortages of materials and workforce to dramatically increased freight costs, and container ships stuck in harbors delaying arrival of in-demand items to dealers and operators alike. While these problems may still take much longer than anyone thought to unravel, the question is what can be done to ease their negative impact?
What’s Ahead in Energy Efficiency in Foodservice
An energy-efficient kitchen can reduce energy use and costs, and boost productivity. Here’s a look at the latest happenings in electrified kitchens, induction technology and dealer-level equipment rebates.
AtlanticCE Maintains Pace in Changing Times with Help from Excell
Like many growing businesses, Atlantic Culinary Environments (AtlanticCE), Danville, Pa., has maintained its competitive edge by anticipating and adapting to changing market conditions and customer needs. Read more about their success and how Excell helped them adapt to changing industry needs.
Labor-Reducing Equipment
Whether equipment saves training time or daily staffing hours, it all adds up to help the bottom line. To see what factors are driving labor-saving equipment now and into the future, we asked consultants and operators to weigh in.
Mercer Culinary & Barfly Present All Things Cutlery & Mixology
Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network and Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group dealer members joined the team from Mercer Culinary to take a deep dive into their extensive product lines - from fine barware for the professional bartender, prep and garnish, and Barfly’s full line of barware essentials and accessories.
AllPoints Presents Understanding OEM Equivalents & Adding New Revenue Streams
Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network and Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group dealer members joined Dan Farmer, CFSP, to learn about correctly sourcing OEM equivalent parts for commercial foodservice equipment and making a profit while doing so.
Univex Presents Everything Pizza & Food Prep
Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network and Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group dealer members joined Univex's Evan Priesel to learn about everything pizza and food preparation.
Waring Presents Waring Empowered
Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network and Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group dealer members joined Waring Commercial’s Chef Dusty Lee to watch him transform ingredients from waste into great taste!
LeaseQ Presents Leasing 101
Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network and Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group dealer members learned the basics of leasing in the FE&S space.
Virtual Vendor Education Training Seminar Educates Dealers
Over 100 dealer members from Excell and Nissco participated in two half days packed full of foodservice education from Star Manufacturing, Globe Food Equipment, Bally Refrigerated Boxes, Grindmaster, Unic, Crathco, Imperial Commercial Cooking Equipment and Taylor Precision Products.
Dear Disruption
No, auto-correct there is never an instance in which I meant to use the word (wait for it)…duck. Other words NOT in my vocabulary until 2020? Murder hornets, Covid-19, and all this ducking disruption.
AutoQuotes Presents 10 Tips to Improve AQ Efficiency
Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network and Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group dealer members were given tips to improve efficiency in AutoQuotes – new ways to improve searches, locate hard-to-find products, add specialized customer communications, access data on the go, and more!
Parts Town Educates Dealers on Buying & Selling Parts During Cutting Edge EDU Webinar
Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network and Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group dealer members were joined by Amanda Martin from Parts Town where they learned how to find the right OEM restaurant equipment parts for their jobs, quickly access operations manuals and important warranty information.
Industry Update: Supply Chain, Labor, and Material Shortages
As an advocate, and in the spirit of Stronger Together, we have spent the last few weeks speaking with dozens of domestic manufacturers and import vendor partners on your behalf to understand what is happening in the marketplace. We would like to offer insight into those conversations and the current logistics and freight issues challenging our industry.
AutoQuotes Delivers Payment Solutions During Cutting Edge EDU Webinar
Excell Foodservice Equipment Dealer Network and Nissco Restaurant Dealer Group dealer members were joined by AutoQuotes for the first of a series of educational webinars titled, Bridge the Gap Between Quotes and Payments with AQ, sponsored by Cutting Edge EDU.
Get to Know Randy Brunschwig, CEO of Excell & Nissco
Randy Brunschwig lives out of a mindset focused on opportunity, relationships and growth. After starting his career in corporate finance, he took a risk to redirect his life 17 years ago when he took the helm of the Excell Buying Group. With commitment to his dealer and vendor partners, he expanded their network a few years ago and today is the President and CEO of Excell and Nissco Buying Groups.
COVID19: A Letter from our CEO
Stay calm, we will recover. Center yourself often by breathing deeply, taking a walk, and thinking positive thoughts. “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James. Be financially and personally resilient. Communicate with employees and customers often. Eat chicken soup, it’s good for your soul! We will overcome this difficult period and be stronger for our perseverance.
Restaurant Operators, Here’s Your Wake-Up Call
Don’t get lost in the details. Let our restaurant equipment dealers shoulder the burden so you can focus on running your kitchen. Our dealers are invested in your success and a partnership with an Excell food service equipment dealer guarantees you are connected to a local expert who keeps abreast of changing technology, is skilled in providing personalized product recommendations, unparalleled service and always puts your needs first.