Paul Reuter

Founder and former CEO, CSP...

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Paul Reuter

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CSP Magazine

Remembering Sheri Rinfret

Life is a gift that someday we all have to give back. Unfortunately, for some, it happens way too early.

CSP Magazine

Here’s to the Entrepreneur

This month’s cover story is about a lot more than Dean Durling. It really is a great example of what has made our industry survive and thrive.

Trapped underground, the lead miner is dramatically rescued and greeted by his longtime foe, the mining engineer. How will they look at each other? What will happen next?

I sat down to write this column the Monday after 9/11, a day none of us should ever forget. That particular Sunday I listened to a sermon devoted to a message of giving thanks

As I write this column, the magazine Fast Company is completing The Influence Project, an invitation to determine the most influential person online. The purpose of the initiative is to see how influ...

One of the fun parts of our business is navigating or, better yet, leading change. Innovation is risky—but not innovating is riskier!

So if you are like me, you may spend a rainy vacation day inside by the fire, reading and thinking about business.

In last month’s column, I addressed the big question that came out of the NACS® State of the Industry Summit: “Foodservice offers opportunity, but how?” We are very focused on providing answers to that question!

Personally it was a treat for me last month to attend the annual NACS® State of the Industry Summit and be part of the record-breaking attendance.

I am hanging out my official “gone on vacation” sign for this column.

During my travels in 2004, a number of people asked me what I thought of Alain Bouchard and Alimentation Couche- Tard. The question was, really, did I think we were in for another “Circle K going full circle.”

Each year, many of us create a list of New Year’s resolutions. For many in the industry, it would be fair to say that we create and examine new resolutions all year long. But as I was...

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