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. […]
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This year’s Fast Casual Executive Summit is all about learning from proven success, which is the reason why a new session, “Ask the Fast Casual Experts” was developed this year, said Cherryh Butler, FastCasual.com’s senior editor and hostess of the event set for Oct. 13-15 in New Orleans. The expert panel features the top-three ranked […]
The downloadable “The 2013 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers” was released Monday morning, after an awards gala the night before 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
