Designed with busy schedules in mind, #QSRNext features 30-minute, hard-hitting sessions. Recognizing that QSR leaders needed a convenient way to exchange ideas, tips and advice with one another, Networld Media group — the publishers of QSRWeb.com and the producers of the Fast Casual Executive Summit — have created #QSRNext, a free one-day virtual event on Nov. 9 catering specifically to […]
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In hopes of discovering up-and-coming fast casual brands, Fast Casual is hosting its seventh annual Perfect Pitch contest Oct. 4 and is accepting nominations until June 31, said Fast Casual Editor Cherryh Cansler.” The online magazine will choose five brands to pitch their concepts to potential investors and franchisees during the Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 3-5 in […]
The Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers Awards will be presented via livestream on May 19 at 2 p.m.. Since its creation 16 years ago, the Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers list has recognized the industry’s most successful brands, and although this past year has been a struggle at times, many companies […]
FastCasual has teamed up with Messner Reeves to create a certification program – Women In the Lead – recognizing restaurant brands that strive to include women in leadership roles. Eighty years after women won the right to vote in the U.S., we are still fighting for equal pay as well as equal representation in leadership […]
Louisville, Kentucky-based Biscuit Belly took the top honor during the Fast Casual Executive Summit ‘Perfect Pitch’ competition, beating out three other finalists. The contest is all about helping innovative brands and concepts get off the ground. For the second consecutive year, the winner of the Fast Casual Perfect Pitch competition, a concept contest held during the annual […]
In the opening keynote at this week’s Fast Casual Executive Summit, Scott Boatwright, Chipotle Mexican Grill’s chief restaurant officer, shared insight on the fast casual brand’s strategy relating to customer experience, team member experience and why being relevant is critical to success. In Richmond, Virginia there is a Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. employee who exemplifies […]
Meet the five up-and-coming fast casual brands vying to win the 2020 Perfect Pitch during the virtual Fast Casual Executive Summit Oct. 20-21. After sifting through nearly 50 nominations from fast casual brands around the world, FastCasual has selected entrepreneurs of five brands to pitch their brands to not only the attendees of this year’s […]
Louisville, Kentucky brand, Royals Hot Chicken managed to burn up the competition as the winner of this year’s Perfect Pitch — the first in the Fast Casual Executive Summit’s history to not only feature a $5,000 prize, but a hefty half-dozen emerging brands. When it comes to chicken, Louisville, Kentucky — a.k.a. that string-tie-wearing white-haired […]
Karen Kelley, chief restaurant operations officer of Panera, will deliver a keynote on how important innovation is for Panera as well as how other restaurant brands can implement similar strategies at Networld Media Group’s annual Fast Casual Executive Summit in Austin. Panera Bread knows a thing or two about innovation. After all, it was the […]
Six operators will pitch their concepts Oct. 15 to attendees and a panel of advisers at Networld Media Group’s annual Fast Casual Executive Summit in Austin. Six concepts, three advisers, 500 colleagues. That’s the recipe for the 2019 Perfect Pitch, a contest held at the Fast Casual Executive Summit in October in Austin. After sifting through […]
