Welbilt Brands receive two 2017 NRA Kitchen Innovation Awards
This prominent foodservice industry award recognizes creative new equipment and technology that deliver developments in labor and energy efficiency, food safety, and more
Chicago, IL; February 22, 2017 - The National Restaurant Association
® today announces the recipients of the 2017 Kitchen Innovations (KI) Awards, honoring forward-thinking equipment and technologies that increase efficiencies and productivity for back-of-the-house operations and benefit restaurant operators. Each recipient and their product will be showcased in the interactive Kitchen Innovations Pavilion at the 2017 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, held from May 20-23 in Chicago at McCormick Place.
“The engineers and inventors who develop these KI Award innovations work tirelessly to solve the challenges of back-of-the-house operations, to the great benefit of restaurant operators,” says Atour Eyvazian, Convention Chair for NRA Show 2017 and multiunit owner of 107 Jack in the Box restaurants in Houston and San Antonio. “The KI award is a testament to their contributions in improving the foodservice industry.”
The 2017 KI Award recipients reflect the trends and topics most important to foodservice operators today. The 18 selected innovations address operator concerns from labor, energy and water efficiency to food safety, sanitation, cross-functionality and space-saving. New software and new materials continue to make new solutions possible.
Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc. (NYSE: MFS) (which is changing its name to Welbilt, Inc. on March 6, 2017) is proud that two of our best-in-class brands, Garland and Merco, have received this important recognition.