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 […]
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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 […]
In the hectic world of the restaurant business, getting noticed is as important as serving quality food. To that end, the Fast Casual Executive Alliance (FCA) was born. Created by Paul Barron, publisher of Fast Casual magazine and Food Service Division executive vice president at NetWorld Alliance, the group represents more than 375 fast casual organizations. […]
Fast-casual restaurants will generate $10 billion in restaurant sales in 2007, said Tim Pulido, chief executive officer of Shakey’s USA. Of that $10 billion, the top 10 chains will contribute an estimated $6.6 billion, while the remaining will contribute about $3.4 billion. Quick-serve and casual-dining restaurants both will contribute more than $170 billion in sales, […]
Fast Casual magazine received an APEX Award for Publication Excellence July 5. The APEX Awards are bestowed upon Web and print publications that illustrate excellence in editorial and graphic design content. According to APEX officials, 5,000 publications entered this year’s contest. Fast Casual magazine will publish its sixth issue in August. Managing editor Fred Minnick said […]
NetWorld Alliance announced in a news release the launch of Fast Casual magazine and the relaunch of fastcasual.com. The fast casual restaurant segment has been the most rapidly growing segment of the $400 billion restaurant market for the past several years. Fastcasual.com has remained the longest-running news tracking group of the fast casual market since 2000 and now […]
