Pizza Marketplace’s fourth annual Pizza Brands to Watch 2025 report will highlight pizza brands of note. The nomination deadline is Oct. 31. Nominations are open for Pizza Marketplace’s “Pizza Brands to Watch 2025,” a special report highlighting up-and-coming pizza concepts and established brands that excel at customer service, innovation and sales. The report will highlight brands poised […]
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Saigon Hustle has won The Perfect Pitch, a “Shark Tank” style contest at the Fast Casual Executive Summit in Denver, Colorado. Following a global contest seeking the best new concepts in fast-casual dining today, Saigon Hustle has won The Perfect Pitch. The contest, a “Shark Tank” style event, was held at the Fast Casual Executive Summit on […]
Jason Rusk gave the keynote address at the Fast Casual Executive Summit in Denver Aug. 13. Rusk spoke about the rapidly evolving world of fast-casuals, and how innovation is paving the way for great things in the industry. Jason Rusk is the EVP of restaurant operations for Wonder Group Inc., a VC-backed food-tech startup company […]
The virtual talk show airs Nov. 13 and features c-level leaders from White Castle, A&W, Taco John’s, FAT Brands, Haven Hot Chicken, The Halal Guys and Smalls Sliders. Roland Gonzalez, the U.S. COO of Church’s Texas Chicken, will be the first guest on this year’s #QSRNEXT, a virtual podcast produced by the creators of QSRWeb, FastCasual and Pizza Marketplace. The show […]
The list recognizes top catering leaders from 30 brands, incuding Cava, Subway and Five Guys, who are drivers in one of 2024’s fastest-growing restaurant segments. FastCasual and Lunchbox, an enterprise restaurant technology provider, have unveiled the Top 30 Movers & Shakers: Catering, recognizing 30 of the most influential leaders shaping the future of restaurant catering […]
Five fledgling concepts will vie for The Perfect Pitch title and a prize on Oct. 14 at the Fast Casual Executive Summit in Denver, Colorado. The Perfect Pitch is a “Shark Tank”-style competition at The Fast Casual Executive Summit in Denver October 13-15. Five fledgling concepts will vie for The Perfect Pitch title, a $3,500 […]
Nominations are open for the inaugural Top 30 Movers & Shakers in Catering in partnership with Lunchbox. Closing Sept. 1, the list will highlight the restaurant industry’s most innovative and influential leaders in catering. You may nominate yourself or another leader here. “Our industry has always been impressive — it’s why we launched our annual Top 30 Women in Food list […]
Jason Rusk, SVP of operations for Wonder and a former Red Robin executive, will discuss growth and leadership in the evolving world of fast casual restaurants. As innovation and scale become more important than ever to the success of restaurants, leaders must learn how to lead brands into a new age, said Wonder SVP of Operations Jason […]
Wednesday marks the 3rd annual Pizza Leadership Virtual Summit, and there’s still time to register. Qualified pizza executives and pizzeria owners can register for the event for free. The Pizza Leadership Virtual Summit starts at 11 a.m. on July 31, 2024. The half-day livestream event starts with an opening keynote interview with David McKillips, CEO of […]
L&L Hawaiian and Original ChopShop also received awards for technology deployments. As part of our Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers gala, which recognized the industry’s top 75 brands and 25 executives Sunday night in Chicago, FastCasual also presented four “special awards” in partnership with four companies focused on helping restaurants grow their businesses via technology […]
