Director of Corporate Communications, Middleby
Search every verified Darcy Bretz interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Darcy Bretz, Director of Corporate Communications at Middleby, spoke at the Host 2013 trade show about the company's presence at the event. Bretz stated that Middleby attends Host because it attracts a global audience of customers from regions including the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and described the show as a place to bring together the company's personnel and a wide range of customers, from single restaurant operators to large chains and dealers. Bretz highlighted several innovations on display at the Middleby booth, including Juno's Android controls, a Turbo Chef waterless steamer, and various impingement and conveyor cooking technologies. He also mentioned technologies from Lincad and IMC, as well as high-technology hoods from Britannia and IMC Waste Control, which he said demonstrate how to recycle and reuse waste. Bretz noted that restaurants waste a significant amount of food and that the company aims to show customers how to manage that waste.
“We are at HOST because it is where the world comes to see everything in our business, restaurant equipment or in food service worldwide. We see our customers from all over the world—the Middle East, Asia, Europe, the Americas—they all come to HOST.”
“The show is very busy today; we're seeing a lot of great customers here at HOST. It's a great place to bring all of our people worldwide together and to see an audience worldwide—from single restaurant operators to the big chains to dealers to reps.”
“We're excited because we have a lot of innovation here at the booth—from Juno and their Android controls to Turbo Chef waterless steamer to impingement cooking and conveyor cooking, a lot of different methods of that.”
“We have some outstanding technologies from Lincad and IMC, and Britannia has some high technology hoods from IMC Waste Control where we're showing our customers how to recycle and reuse waste, which is very important.”
Middleby Corporation produces commercial cooking and processing equipment. Its director of communications Darcy Bretz talks ...
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