MAFSI asked Robin Ashton, principal at Ashton Foodservice Consulting, and John Muldowney, principal at Clarity M&A, to discuss the forces driving the foodservice and foodservice equipment and supplies markets. Ashton and Muldowney produced Foodservice Equipment Reports’ annual E&S Market Forecast from 2000 through 2018. Their dialogue follows. Muldowney: Robin, how would you characterize the…