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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: KitchenAid is in Danger.
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Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 02:13:44 EST
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> 	It was reported the other night on "The Nightly Business Report" that
> The Hobart Corporation of Troy, Ohio is selling its KitchenAid division to
> Whirlpool. Their trash compactor and dishwasher are being sold to yet another
> company but will be marketed by Whirlpool.
>  
> 	One can only hope that Whirlpool will maintain the quality or, indeed, 
> the same product line as Hobart, but that's improbable...

Sad to say, Kenwood - manufacturers of comparable-quality food mixers - has
also been bought.  [That's KenWOOD, by the way, not to be confused with the
Sears label KenMORE.]  I believe it was Farberware who bought them, and
some of the attachments for the Kenwood mixers are already unavailable.

The main hope is that as long as small commercial kitchens continue to
exist there will be a need for tough, high-quality commercial kitchen
equipment.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Keep your day job 'til your night job pays.