GoPoké, Salads UP and Sugapeach Chicken & Fish Fry will compete in the annual Perfect Pitch competition during the Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 7-9 in Seattle. Take three unique start-up restaurant concepts, add in four passionate leaders, and top it off with three industry insiders serving as advisers, and you have the recipe for […]
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Susie Fogelson, the driving force behind the Food Network and Cooking Channel brands for 15 years, is hosting the session, “How to Execute Winning Marketing Campaigns” at The Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 7-9 in Seattle. Well-executed marketing campaigns are critical to how customers experience any brand, and the first step is to simplify the […]
John Vincent, CEO and founder of Leon, will keynote this year’s Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 9-11 in Seattle. Bruce Lee has inspired thousands over the years to take up martial arts, but his approach to the craft has also changed the way that John Vincent, CEO and founder of Leon, looks at business. “In […]
The owners of Brazilian Bowl, Street Shak Caribbean Kitchen and Capitol Melts will pitch their concepts to attendees and a panel of advisers at the annual Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 22 – 24 in Nashville. Brazilian, Caribbean and American cuisine will take center stage Oct. 24, in Nashville, when owners of three up-and-coming brands […]
The publishers of restaurant industry news website FastCasual.com have announced the three finalists for “The Perfect Pitch” contest after an open nominations process. The finalists will present their concept to a panel of restaurant experts and a live audience on Oct. 20 in Miami during the Fast Casual Executive Summit at the Mandarin Oriental. The […]
Marketing guru Jeff Fromm, executive vice president of Barkley advertising agency and co-author of “Marketing to Millennials,” will keynote the ninth annual Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 12-14 in Denver. In his presentation, “How to Supercharge Your Brand with Integrated Marketing,” Fromm will teach brand leaders how to create integrated marketing programs to inspire their […]
Larry Winget, AKA The Pitbull of Personal Development®, will keynote the 9th annual Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 12-14 in Denver. His presentation will pull material from three of his six bestselling books, Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life, It’s Called Work for a Reason and People Are Idiots and I Can Prove […]
Research over the past year has shown that restaurants serving innovative desserts and beverages are seeing increased traffic and check spend. That trend has inspired this year’s Fast Casual Executive Summit to open the event with “New Menu Stars: Beverages and Desserts,” a special session to teach attendees how to create, market and launch specialty […]
This year’s Fast Casual Executive Summit (Oct. 13-15 in New Orleans) will cut through the confusion surrounding mobile payments with a special session, “Mobile Payments 101.” This overview of different payment platforms and how they work will help restaurant operators decide how to approach this emerging technology, and which platforms might be right for them. […]
