Knowing when it’s time to change operations in a restaurant business is tricky, but five fast casual CEOs have developed recipes for success and will share them with attendees of the Fast Casual Executive Summit Oct. 13-15 in New Orleans. During the CEO Roundtable on Oct. 15, Carl Howard, CEO of Fazolis; Kelly Roddy, president […]
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James Carville and Mary Matalin, Washington D.C.’s most high-profile political couple, will bring a fiery conversation about how Washington is affecting the restaurant industry to the 8th annual Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 13-15 in New Orleans. The Summit brings together CEOs and other high-level executives of fast casual restaurant brands — big and small […]
The Summit features networking and work group sessions designed to foster the exchange of ideas and innovations covering the top strategic issues facing fast casual restaurant operators. CEOs from Camille’s Sidewalk Café, Fazoli’s, Firehouse Subs, McAlister’s Deli, Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina, and Wildflower Bread Company will be among the panelists on the Summit agenda. Over the past […]
In all, the FSMU agenda features four keynote presentations, 11 breakout sessions and more than 30 presenters and panelists exchanging ideas and discussing real world social media best practices for restaurant operators. Keynote presentations will be made by: Jason Falls, co-author of No Bulls*** Social Media and #9 on the Forbes.com list of Top 50 […]
Frank Paci of McAlister’s Deli and Don Fox of Firehouse Subs are slated to participate in a “CEO Roundtable” at the close of the conference. Other CEOs on the Roundtable will be Phil Friedman of Salsaritas, J. Dean Loring of Burger Lounge and David Rutkauskas of Beautiful Brands International, the company behind Camille’s Sidewalk Café, […]
FastCasual.com—the No. one source of news and information about the rapidly growing fast casual restaurant segment—has named Cherryh Butler as its new editor. Butler, who has been a journalist for more than 10 years, has written for and edited other B2B sites owned by the publisher of FastCasual.com, Networld Media Group. In addition to her […]
FastCasual.com, the daily news and information portal devoted to the $28 billion fast casual restaurant industry segment, has just released its seventh annual Top 100 Movers & Shakers report. The 2012 report ranks the top 50 concepts, 20 people, 10 menu trends and 10 technology trends in the fast-growing restaurant industry segment. Report highlights: Smashburger […]
Social media and marketing expert, Jason Falls is the keynote speaker at this year’s Foodservice Social Media Universe (#FSMU) Summit at the Swissotel in Chicago on September 16 – 18, 2012. Jason joins a strong lineup of more than 50 industry presenters and panelists exchanging ideas and discussing foodservice social media best practices and, what’s […]
FohBoh Social Media and NetWorld Alliance, publisher of FastCasual.com, QSRweb.com and PizzaMarketplace.com, have partnered to produce the Foodservice Social Media Universe conference, to be held Sept. 18-20, 2011, in San Francisco. The conference is intended to raise awareness and use of social media tools and strategies for restaurant operators and foodservice industry vendors, manufacturers and […]
The Pizza Executive Summit, an exclusive executive-only event produced by NetWorld Alliance and hosted by PizzaMarketplace.com, has finalized its keynote speaker, presenters and agenda. The third annual Summit is scheduled for June 26-28 in Chicago at the Sofitel Water Tower. The Summit is a three-day event focused on networking and educational workgroup sessions that address operator […]
