Stephny Halstead, Director of Product Management, Sabert Corporation
Stephny Halstead Director of Product Management, Sabert Corporation Stephny is an industry leader with over 20 years of food packaging experience. In her current role as Director of Product Management at Sabert Corporation, she is focused on team strategy and...Julie Zucker, Chief Marketing Officer, Branded Strategic Hospitality
Julie Zucker Chief Marketing Officer, Branded Strategic Hospitality Julie is a Partner and Chief Marketing Officer at Branded Strategic Hospitality. In addition to accelerating Branded’s Marketing & Communication efforts, Julie is actively involved in all of...Rajat Suri, CEO, Presto
Rajat Suri CEO, Presto Raj founded Presto in 2008 while pursuing his doctorate at MIT. He has also cofounded Zimride (now Lyft), the popular ride-sharing company. He holds a bachelors from the University of Waterloo and also attended a Ph.D. / MBA program at...Jon Sewell, Chairman | Founder, Go LoCo
Jon Sewell Chairman | Founder, Go LoCo Jon has had a 40 year career spanning both the non profit healthcare sector (30 years) and food service industry. Utilizing skills developed from creating and managing over 20 multi hospital Co-ops and JVs, he has created a 3rd...Matt Godinsky, Senior Research Analyst, Euromonitor
Matt Godinsky Senior Research Analyst, Euromonitor Matt Godinsky is a senior research analyst at Euromonitor International based in Chicago. In his role, Matt analyses the services and payments landscape, providing insights on consumer trends, innovation, competitive...
Kim Bartmann, CEO, Bartmann Group
Kim Bartmann CEO, Bartmann Group Kim is a triple-bottom-line restaurateur and professional instigator, launching eateries in re-imagined spaces since 1991. She’s been creating and producing events for an unmentionable amount of time; before they called it placemaking....
Are Ghost Kitchens a ‘Springboard’ to Restaurant Ownership?
One of the original promises of ghost kitchens was lowering the barrier for restaurant entrepreneurs to start their own companies. And for many restaurant startups, the promise has been fulfilled, even as enterprise brands flooded the ghost kitchen segment. Daniella...
Paytronix Sees Digital Guest Experience Extending Beyond Restaurants
It’s getting easier to picture the next generation of dining experiences, especially as restaurants and tech providers are bringing new features to the loyalty and customer engagement spaces. Whatever kinds of space grains we’ll be eating, the rest of the experience...
Reef Cheers Renewal of Miami Policy for Mobile Units
As Reef and other ghost kitchen operators have learned, municipal approval is a lynchpin vital to the present and future of the category. Last week, commissioners in its hometown of Miami unanimously renewed an ordinance created to regulate app-based delivery and...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.