Our Members
| Jerry Fox | ||
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A New Dairy Jerry Fox has been Sales Representative with A New Dairy since 1993 and a member of the Hospitality Network Association since 2000. Jerry works on a one on one basis with all types of operators to provide then with the highest quality products and great customer service dealing with many Chicagoland’s top Restaurants, Foodservice, Hotels and Country Clubs industries. His philosophy in sales is to provide an ultimate service to the customer in product mix, delivery and service of product, and a very good working relationship with the customer to provide a win-win situation with that customer. A NEW DAIRY has been in business since 1990, and we have grown from basically a milk distributor of Dean’s dairy products to now a FULL LINE DAIRY DISTRIBUTOR handling yogurts, ice creams, cheeses, butter, eggs, desserts, Hormel meat items, juices, water and misc. other items for the food service industry, and of course still all of the liquid dairy items. |
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| Greg Lesher | ||
 Automatic Icemakers, Inc. Automatic Icemakers has been an active member of Hospitality Network Association since 1992, although Greg has been active in the association since 1996. Greg currently serves as the president of the association since 2004. He has been a quiet force in help shape and direct his association participation and involvement in related. Greg commitment to serve his customers with great service and machines that are always reliable. He serves the restaurant, foodservice, hotel, lodging, health care, and Sports Centers, Retail, and Entertainment industry with the best products through the Chicago area. He is an expert at evaluating and determining what type of machines a operators or companies really needs. Automatic Icemakers has one goal in sight; to provide you with ice 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our experience of nearly fifty years will help you design a flexible system which meets your unique demands for ice. Automatic Icemakers are experts in delivering bagged ice. The state-of-the-art ice manufacturing facility and delivery system insures ice machines can produce and deliver all the ice you will ever need. Our refrigeration specialists maintain all machines leased from us so you don’t have to worry. Should you ever have a problem, we'll be there to make the repair, and we'll bring ice! Automatic Icemakers has the edge on its competition and stands alone in offering the best guarantee available. Greg promises dependable, unconditional service from our courteous staff of highly-trained service technicians. ■ Once you call Greg, you will never have to worry about ice again! |
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| Marty Litwin | ||
 J Tech Marty Litwin has been a member of HNA since 2005. He is a Regional Account Executive with Jtech Communications responsible for the entire Chicagoland area and Rockford. Jtech is the industry leader in on-premise paging and communication solution for restaurants of all shapes and sizes. In addition, Jtech does significant work in the healthcare, auto and salon industries. Since 1988 Jtech has been providing these solutions and currently has over 50,000 restaurant customers, including the largest chains. In fact, on a Friday and Saturday evening, 2 million people are using Jtech products. Jtech also provides the award winning Host Alert Table Management and Reservations Systems. This product is ideal for those restaurants that want to seat guests more quickly, optimize table utilization, automate seating rotation and generally run a smoother operation. It has been adopted by leading casual dining chains and casinos. Jtech is an authorized reseller of Motorola two-way radios as well. Jtech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micros and therefore offers Server and Manager Paging integration with Micros POS systems. Prior to Jtech, Marty spent over 10 years in the restaurant industry. He was the founder and President of the multi-restaurant delivery and catering business, Waitre D’ Deliveries. In addition, he was a managing partner for Takeout Taxi in charge of the development of their North Shore division. Marty has a degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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| Jeremy Theisen | ||
 Restaurant.com Jeremy Theisen has been a member of HNA since 2005. Jeremy is Regional Vice President of the Central and Western Regions for Restaurant.com. Restaurant.com helps restaurant owners promote the new and unique aspects of their restaurants while providing diners with great value in a fun, new and cost effective way. Restaurant.com was founded in 1999 and since its inception has developed thousands of partnerships. Having over 2 years experience in the Chicagoland area, Jeremy has built a local customer list of more than 500 restaurants. Restaurant.com has more than 6,500 restaurants nationwide utilizing their unique Profit Improvement System. Restaurant.com serves as the community matchmaker, introducing great restaurants to great people. Restaurant.com has received recognition nationally in venues such as The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show and Good Morning America. Restaurant.com currently holds membership in the Illinois Restaurant Association. |
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| Jeremy Kudan | ||
 Kudan Group, Inc. Jeremy Kudan has been a member of HNA since 1997 and has been named Networker of the Year for three straight years. Kudan is founder, broker and principal of Kudan Group, Inc., a commercial real estate company with an emphasis on restaurant, bar and nightclub brokerage and site selection. Kudan Group was founded in 1999 and since its inception has consulted in hundreds of commercial real estate transactions in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Having over 16 years experience in the Chicagoland area, Kudan is an expert on the Northern Illinois restaurant, retail and commercial real estate market. Kudan currently holds membership in the Illinois Restaurant Association, Chicago Restaurant Brokers Association, Northern Illinois Commercial Association of Realtors, Evanston Chamber of Commerce, Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries and The International Council of Shopping Centers. Kudan Group has an extensive list of past and present clients. The agents aim to represent their clients in the most professional manner and dedicate themselves to being on top of market trends and availabilities. Kudan Group has a track record of client retention which they achieve by exceeding expectations. The company prides themselves on an astounding 98% success rate among client restaurants. Kudan Group has uniquely experienced agents who work as a team and a well trained staff that provides research and support. |
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