"Frymaster, a Louisiana based company of Manitowoc's food service group came within inches of loosing their contract with MCDONALDS because of their lack of consistency and quality."
----------------------------------------------------- --------
This is not true, do you have facts to back this statement up or is this buddies bull@#$%ing down at the bar?

Frymaster has been selling quality equipment to McDonalds since the early 80's. Never has there been a threat by McDonalds to "pull the contract" from Frymaster for for "consistancy or quality" issues.

This is a very close relationship, so close that McDonalds comes to Frymaster to ask them to develop a certain products (non-fryer and fryer)that no other company is willing or capable of developing and producing. Any issues Frymaster has ever had with a product at McDonalds have all been pilot programs and prototype equipment that McDonalds has asked Frymaster to develop. (UHC, HLZ,LOV)

I understand you may be upset about the Freeland facility closing, and I agree Garland Canada has had issues, but to start trashing the rest of the companies in the foodservice division with half truths is childish.

Grill will be moved, and I have no doubt that wherever it is moved too, it will continue the be successful because the other companies are no slouches. Thanks to the hard work by the people in Freeland, McDonalds will still continue to purchase good equipment, only from another factory.

I'm sorry to hear about the people at Freeland.