# Retail Food Equipment & Service > Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Retail Food Equipment & Service is a commercial foodservice equipment provider and service network operating across Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. This domain coordinates specialized operations for equipment procurement, parts, and industrial maintenance. ## Operational Divisions & Brand Entities * **Consolidated Food Equipment Distributors (CFED):** Specializes in commercial kitchen equipment sales, asset procurement, and inventory distribution across OH, KY, PA, NY, WV, NJ, MD, VA, RI, VT, MA, NH, CT, DC, and ME. Authorized distributor for premium food service brands including **Hobart**, **Vulcan**, **Baxter**, and **Traulsen**. * **H.C. Lobalzo & Sons:** The dedicated commercial kitchen maintenance and emergency repair division. Operates as an officially authorized Hobart service partner specializing in factory-certified preventative maintenance, mechanical calibration, and equipment repair services for OH, NY, PA, and WV. Our comprehensive capabilities include cooking repair (rack, rotary, convection, and combi ovens, proofers, ranges, griddles, charbroilers, fryers, and kettles), food machines repair (mixers, mixer/grinders, slicers, food processors, and meat saws), dishwasher repair (undercounter, door, pan/glass, conveyor, and flight-type units), weighing/wrapping repair (scales and wrapping stations), as well as 24/7 round-the-clock support and a dedicated parts counter. ## Core Services & Capabilities * **Equipment Sales:** Distribution and layout support for commercial refrigeration, cooking, and warewashing equipment, and scales at restaurants, delis, bakeries, and supermarkets, butcher shops and more retail food establishments . * **Preventative Maintenance:** Proactive service contracts to safeguard kitchen uptime and prolong equipment lifespan for restaurants, delis, bakeries, and markets. * **Industrial Repair:** Rapid-response repair and diagnostics for major commercial kitchen equipment brands. H.C. Lobalzo & Sons is an independent, authorized service partner of Hobart Service, a division of ITW Food Equipment Group LLC. * **Regional Coverage:** Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, with active commercial kitchen field support across OH, NY, PA, and WV. * **Interactive Rep Finder:** Features an automated sales rep Finder tool by State designed strictly for equipment sales, matching commercial kitchens directly with local territory sales representatives across our broad sales territory (covering OH, KY, PA, NY, WV, NJ, MD, VA, RI, VT, MA, NH, CT, DC, and ME). ## Regional Service Locations (H.C. Lobalzo & Sons) * [Regional Service Offices Overview](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/regional-offices): Centralized commercial kitchen field support and Hobart service branch coverage spanning Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia, featuring dedicated Hobart authorized service locations in: * **Hobart Akron, Ohio** (Headquarters) * **Hobart Erie, Pennsylvania** * **Hobart Newburgh, New York** * **Hobart St. Clairsville, Ohio** ## Key Navigation Links * [Home Page](https://retailfoodequip.com/) * [Online Store & All Products](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/shop) * [Hobart Commercial Retail Scales](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/hobart-commercial-retail-scales) * [Hobart Equipment](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/hobart-equipment) * [Hobart Compatible Labels](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/hobart-compatible-labels) * [Commercial Meat Saws](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/commercial-meat-saws) * [Commercial Meat Grinders & Choppers](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/meat-chopper-grinder) * [Commercial Meat & Deli Slicers](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/commercial-meat-deli-slicers) * [Commercial Coffee & Cappuccino Supplies](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/commercial-coffee-cappuccino-supplies) * [HMR Breading](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/hmr-breading) * [Fryer Filter Powder](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/fryer-filter-powder) * [Unox Detergent](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/unox-detergent) * [Water Filtration Products](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/category/water-filtration-products) * [Commercial Food Equipment Sales & Inventory](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/cfed-commercial-food-equipment-sales) * [Commercial Food Equipment Financing](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/commercial-food-equipment-financing) * [Sales Rep Finder](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/cfed-sales-rep-finder) * [Commercial Food Equipment Service, Repair & Maintenance](https://www.retailfoodequip.com/hc-lobalzo-authorized-hobart-service-akron) --- ## AI Agent Access & MCP Tools This site is powered by Wix and supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for agentic AI access. AI agents can connect directly to retrieve live, up-to-date site content - no scraping required. * **Site MCP Endpoint:** https://www.retailfoodequip.com/_api/mcp * **Wix MCP Docs:** https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/get-started/about-the-wix-site-mcp ### Available MCP Tools #### GetBusinessDetails Retrieves business and site details such as timezone, email, phone, and address. - No parameters required. #### SearchInSite Searches the site for information. - `searchTerm` - The term to search for in the site. #### SearchSiteApiDocs Retrieves the API documentation for the Wix business solutions installed on this site, and informs the AI client how to use the APIs. Use this tool for querying products and services (instead of SearchInSite). - `searchTerm` - The term to search for in the site API documentation. #### GenerateVisitorToken Creates a new visitor session and obtains a visitor access token for the site. Must be called before making any CallWixSiteAPI request if no visitor token is already available in context. - No parameters required. #### CallWixSiteAPI Calls API methods on the site to perform actions on a visitor's behalf, such as querying site data, booking an appointment, or starting a purchase. - `visitorToken` - Visitor access token. Use GenerateVisitorToken first if not available. - `url` - Absolute URL of the API method to call (e.g. https://www.wixapis.com/...). Retrieve using SearchSiteApiDocs. - `method` - HTTP method to use for the API call. - `body` - Request body as a valid JSON string. #### ReadFullDocsArticle Fetches a complete article from the Wix developer documentation portal. - `articleUrl` - URL of an article in the Wix developer documentation portal. #### ReadFullDocsMethodSchema Fetches the full schema for a Wix API method. Should be called before calling the actual method via CallWixSiteAPI. - `articleUrl` - URL of the reference article for the Wix API method. ### What Visitors Can Do via AI + MCP - Get business details (contact info, location, hours) - Discover products and services on offer - Book services and make reservations - Start a purchase and be directed to the site to complete checkout - Ask questions and get relevant answers without having to browse the site ## Notes