Networld Media Group (NMG) today announced that Cherryh Butler has returned as editor of FastCasual.com and will also oversee three of the company’s other news sites, QSRWeb.com, PizzaMarketplace.com and RetailCustomerExperience.com. “Cherryh is a well-known industry veteran reporter in many of the verticals we cover. She will be developing and providing rich content not only for […]
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“The 2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers” publication was released this morning for download, after an awards gala last night in Chicago, timed to coincide with the National Restaurant Association tradeshow. Both “The Top 100” and the event were sponsored by restaurant equipment manufacturer, Henny Penny. Judges determined the top 50 brands based […]
Networld Media Group has announced the slate of panelists for the “C-Level Roundtable” closing general session at the 2014 CONNECT Mobile Innovation Summit in Chicago on Aug. 20. Panelists include: ● Baron Concors, Chief Digital Officer, Pizza Hut ● Don Fox, Chief Executive Officer, Firehouse Subs ● Jared Miller, Chief Technology Officer, Atlanta Falcons ● Frank Paci, President and […]
Lon Southerland, senior director, global food and beverage for Marriott International, will keynote the ninth annual Fast Casual Executive Summit, Oct. 12-14 in Denver. During his keynote, he will describe how and why he chose to break from the standard hotel buffet options to create The Bistro, a fast casual concept inside Marriott lobbies that […]
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 […]
Beverage sales account for the one of the largest sources of profits for restaurant operators. That being the case, recent news no doubt has them terrified. A new report by Beverage Digest says American soda consumption in 2013 was its lowest level in two decades, down 3 percent from 2012 and marking the ninth straight […]
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 […]
The editors of FastCasual.com are now accepting nominations for The 2014 Fast Casual Top 100. The annual publication is a wildly popular mix of rankings compiled from industry nominations as well as a panel of industry experts. Categories include: The Top 50 Fast Casual Concepts The Top 25 Most Influential Fast Casual Movers & Shakers […]
There’s been a lot of chatter among media and industry experts this year about why fast casual restaurants are thriving while other dining segments, including QSR and casual dining, are falling behind. Although qualitative stories can help form a picture, it also takes quantitative data to specifically measure what’s going on in the industry. Realizing […]
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 […]
