by fodnews | Feb 6, 2024 | Conference Speakers
Maria Rivera Chief Executive Officer, Smalls Holding, LLC As the CEO of Smalls Holding, LLC and Smalls Sliders, Maria Rivera leads a team of professionals who are building the NextGen QSR Brand. It is powered by a people-driven, customer-focused culture anchored in...
by fodnews | Feb 6, 2024 | Conference Speakers
Angela Coppler Head of Development, Cousins Maine Lobster Angela Coppler is the Head of Development for Cousins Maine Lobster, where she enjoys playing at the intersections of restaurants, mobile food units and technology. She has been leading all facets of...
by fodnews | Feb 6, 2024 | Conference Speakers
Erle Dardick Sr. Partner, Off-Premises Growth Academy Erle Dardick is a visionary entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to enhancing off-premises revenue channels and integrated digital ordering systems for restaurant and food service operators. Best known as the...
by fodnews | Feb 6, 2024 | Conference Speakers
Gregg Majewski Craveworthy Brands Gregg Majewski is the CEO and founder of Craveworthy Brands and former CEO of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches. The Craveworthy Brands portfolio includes some of the most unique, scalable, and highly engaging brands in the fast...
by fodnews | Feb 6, 2024 | Conference Speakers
Yariv Bash CEO, Flytrex Yariv Bash is the CEO and co-founder of on-demand drone delivery company Flytrex, spearheading the drone delivery revolution. Flytrex provides a direct-to-consumer autonomous drone delivery service that lets retailers and quick-service...
by fodnews | Feb 6, 2024 | Conference Speakers
Wade Allen EVP, Strategic Growth, Costa Vida Wade Allen is a seasoned restaurant and retail executive and has extensive knowledge in digital innovation with 20+ years of experience driving transformative business strategy and solutions. Wade is currently the EVP of...
by fodnews | Feb 6, 2024 | Conference Speakers
Travis Kalanick CloudKitchens Travis Kalanick is an American entrepreneur, co-founder of Uber, and Chief Executive Officer of City Storage Systems (CSS), the parent company of CloudKitchens, Otter and Lab37 focused on building infrastructure for faster, better,...
by Bernadette Heier | Feb 1, 2024 | News, Outstanding Operators, Top Stories
Another Broken Egg Cafe is Food On Demand’s Next Outstanding Operator. CEO Paul Macaluso knows first-hand how to implement strategies to streamline the off-premises side of a business. Macaluso joined the brunch brand in 2019, just months before the pandemic...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 31, 2024 | Automation, News
The saga of fast-casuals increasingly adopting artificial intelligence continues. It seems almost daily, another restaurant is testing or implementing voice AI to take over phone and drive-thru orders. The reasoning remains consistent across the board, “to deal with...
by Beth Signarovitz | Jan 31, 2024 | News Briefs
Little Caesars has decided to use Deliverect to scale and integrate its third-party delivery operations. Deliverect integrates online orders from food delivery channels like DoorDash and Uber Eats. Their platform includes features such as menu management, online...