The Wasserstrom logo has gone through several evolutions over the company’s 116+ year history. At the age of fifteen, Rodney Wasserstrom (CEO, The Wasserstrom Company) began collecting Wasserstrom logo labels. And he placed them on the mirror in his boyhood bedroom (featured in the image above). At the time, Rodney worked summers and holidays at […]
Wasserstrom is pleased to announce the 6th Annual Equipment & Supplies Fall Expo for the restaurant and foodservice industries taking place in two cities: Phoenix, AZ and Columbus, OH. Mark your calendars! The Phoenix event will be held on September 26th while the Columbus event will be on October 9th. And best of all, both […]
The Wasserstrom Company is pleased to announce the opening of its newest regional office in the great city of Denver, Colorado. Led by Regional Account Manager, Pamela Rosario, the Wasserstrom Company brings its legendary passion for personalized customer service to the Denver restaurant and foodservice community. “We are very excited about Denver. It has an […]
Columbus State Community College’s Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts program has consistently been highly rated, both in Ohio and nationwide. And today, the college took a giant leap into the future by breaking ground on a brand new facility. The new building will be christened Mitchell Hall, named for one of Columbus’ favorite sons, restaurateur […]
Thirty-five years ago, in 1983, The Wasserstrom Company was named Dealer of the Year by Foodservice Equipment Specialist magazine (that would later evolve into the current Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine). We thought it was fitting to revisit this milestone as we hit the quarter century mark. Many of the faces shown in the article have […]
Red Nose Day was launched in the UK as a way to focus attention on the issue of childhood poverty. As part of the Comic Relief charity started in 1985, the Red Nose Day event has raised over $1 billion since the first event was held in 1988. At Wasserstrom, community is one of our […]
The move to our new offices in Whitehall has allowed us to try out some new and different things. Our latest experiment is our brand new community garden! Over the last several weeks, our facilities crew created 6 raised garden plots behind our new building. A call went out for volunteers and before you can […]
Designing and building a restaurant is an expensive and potentially risky undertaking. And mistakes that only get caught after a foodservice space is completed can be costly to remedy. But what if you could step into the completed space and look around even before construction begins? That’s where virtual reality can really make a difference. […]
Earlier this month, a group of Wasserstrom employees participated in a project with Rebuilding Together of Central Ohio. Rebuilding Together is the nation’s leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities. Wasserstrom sponsored a rebuilding project and had 18 associates and family members participate in the project. The project spanned two weekends and […]
Earth Day was this past weekend and we thought it was a great time to show off some of our new green initiatives. With the recent remodels and relocations of so many of our facilities, we have taken the opportunity to be kind to our environment where we can! As we planned our new corporate […]
Last week, we lost a friend of the Wasserstrom family: long-time Ohio State University football coach, Earle Bruce. Coach Bruce had the unenviable task of taking over for Buckeye legend Woody Hayes. For 9 seasons, Coach Bruce led the Buckeyes to 81 wins. In addition to mentoring numerous, legendary Buckeye football players, Coach Bruce’s assistants […]
In 2018, Brad & Eric Wasserstrom will both celebrate their 25th anniversaries with the Wasserstrom family of companies. Brad & Eric are the fourth generation of Wasserstrom leadership and have each made their mark in their own ways. Brad & Eric began their careers together in Phoenix after the acquisition of Designers Choice Stainless IV […]
When Wasserstrom moved to Whitehall, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, last fall, it was a momentous occasion both for our company and for the city. Whitehall has been making huge strides to improve the quality of life for its citizens and part of that effort has been to attract new businesses to the area. The […]
We were honored to host the annual “State of the City” address for our newly adopted home of Whitehall. Our new corporate offices were the perfect backdrop to showcase the city’s progress and rise as the new, hot suburb in the Central Ohio area. Mayor Kim Maggard presented to a crowd of nearly 300 residents, local […]