Bartaco’s Data-Driven Differentiation

Bartaco’s Data-Driven Differentiation

As CEO Scott Lawton spurs the growth of Virginia-based Bartaco beyond its Mid-Atlantic home, he’s focused on avoiding some of the traps that have degraded the previous class of once-buzzy restaurants, especially homogenization. Highlighting his previous experience in...
Portillo’s Bets on Southern States, Hero Dads

Portillo’s Bets on Southern States, Hero Dads

Portillo’s CEO Michael Osanloo says his fast-casual brand is sitting pretty in a tenuous economy thanks to a three-part strategy exploiting the efficiency of multi-lane drive-thrus, luring “hero dads” inside the restaurants and doubling down on its most concentrated...