Joe Schmitt Honored with 2020 FER Industry Service AwardFoodservice Equipment Reports (FER) annually recognizes “individuals who have made substantial, career-long contributions to the [foodservice] industry” through...
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Rapids Attends FE&S Tour the Trends 2019
Rapids Attends FE&S Tour the Trends 2019apids' Design Specialists Luke Green and Teran Melton took part in Foodservice Equipment & Supplies very...
FE&S September 2019 Facility Design of the Month: Café 655
September 2019 Facility Design Project of the Month: Café 655!The design project for Principal Financial Group - Café 655 managed to achieve two goals that, initially, may seem at odds with one another: (1) use 1/4 the...
#RapidsCares Visits Haven House
#RapidsCares Visits Haven HouseJason Wacker, Rapids’ very own Contract & Design Specialist, embodied the #RapidsCares program when he recently donated some of his time to help put together ready-made meals for the...
Pay-It-Forward with Groundswell Cafe
Pay-It-Forward with Groundswell Cafe roundswell Cafe's foundation is built upon a simple belief: everyone deserves access to healthy food. In order to make...
Dexter PROTOUR Visits Rapids!
Dexter-Russell’s PROTOUR™ mobile education center provided us with an engaging presentation on how Dexter is one of the leaders when it comes to cutlery.
Sweet Celebrations Gives Homeless Children a Reason to Celebrate | Missouri RapidsCares 2018
Sweet Celebrations plans to put the RapidsCares donation of $675 towards future birthday parties – they use donations such as ours to buy decor and presents, while generous volunteers take care of everything from setup and take-down to games and cake.
National Restaurant Association 2018 Highlights
The 2018 National Restaurant Association (NRA) show was held at McCormick Place in Chicago, May 19th-22nd. More than 2300 companies came together to demonstrate the latest breakthroughs in innovation, talk about current trends, and show off their newest products.
The 2018 RapidsCares Eastern Iowa Donation Goes to…Café 361!
Each year, Rapids Contract donates 5% of the proceeds from our Volition line to an organization that improves the lives of those in our community. Our 2018 Cedar Rapids branch recipient is Café 361.

