QSR Executive Interviews

Share the Knowledge (and the Wealth)

QSR magazine — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Telling competitors what makes you great may end up making you both better.

Gaining insight into what makes their competitors tick can give quick-serve executives valuable strategic advantages. But while sharing competitive information might seem counterintuitive to the industry’s top CEOs, some companies have found that throwing open their doors and inviting rivals in can have its benefits.

A Tennessee-based burger brand has been doing this for more than a decade. Pal’s Sudden Service introduced its Pal’s Business Excellence Institute (BEI) in Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2000 after it won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Top Movers & Shakers Under 30

QSR magazine — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

These 15 innovators have successfully built companies, operated franchises, and developed food trucks before even celebrating their 30th birthdays.

What’s hot in foodservice?

Ask the entrepreneurs of the Millennial generation. Their ideas reflect Gen Y values such as sustainability, nutrition, and charitable giving.

Their dedication is unwavering. Mary Lemmer skipped her high school prom to go to the Northeast and research Italian water ice. Seth Priebatsch debuted his first online company—he admits it was a complete failure—at 12, and kept conceiving ideas until one stuck. Deepti Sharma kissed law school goodbye when an all-night study session inspired an ordering website for food trucks.

Special Preview: Dine America

QSR magazine — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

September 12-14, 2012, in Atlanta

Dine America is a networking conference that all restaurant and foodservice leaders should attend.

It is not a trade show or other run-of-the-mill conference. Dine America has garnered a reputation as a boutique gathering of top minds in the restaurant industry who attend not only for the educational sessions, which offer both industry-specific and outside-the-box ideas, but also for the outstanding networking opportunities that take place on and off the conference floor.

NRA Hosts Session About Growth Strategies

QSR magazine — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:41:37 +0000

The National Restaurant Association is directing NRA Show 2012 attendees looking for ways to expand business and access capital to participate in a special educational session, “Leveraging Local Resources to Grow Your Business: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses,” which is taking place Monday, May 7, from 2-3:30 p.m. in Room S402B at McCormick Place.

David Novak’s Global Vision

QSR magazine — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:00 +0000

How the CEO and chairman of Yum! Brands is still dedicated to growing the world’s leading restaurant brand.

The photos are the first thing people notice when they walk into David Novak’s office.

Hundreds of pictures cover the walls and even the ceiling. They show Novak, Yum! Brands Inc.’s chairman and CEO, with smiling restaurant managers, office staffers, and other employees honored for noteworthy achievement.

The winners get more than just a picture. They also win cash and the Yum! Award, a set of plastic smiling teeth with legs, denoting they “walk the talk” of leadership.

Cintas Foodservice Director Joins NFSI Board

QSR magazine — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:54:25 +0000

Cintas Corporation today announced the appointment of David Collette to the National Floor Safety Institutes’ (NFSI) Board of Directors. As the Director of Foodservice Marketing and Strategy for Cintas, Collette brings extensive experience to the NFSI board and will contribute to its mission of preventing slips, trips and falls in the workplace.

“No one ever thinks a slip and fall accident will happen until it’s too late,” Collette says.

Popeyes Honors 2011 Top Performers

QSR magazine — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:41 +0000

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, a division of AFC Enterprises recently presented its franchisee and supplier awards at its worldwide conference and 40th Anniversary celebration held in New Orleans, La.

During the meeting, the company recognized top operators in the areas of marketing, operations, development, and leadership. Also honored at the meeting were a Vendor of the Year, Supplier of the Year and a Distributor of the Year.

Execs to Discuss Supply Chain Management on May 3-4

QSR magazine — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:16:18 +0000

CEOs from leading multi-unit restaurant companies will discuss supply chain management hot topics at the National Restaurant Association’s newly formed Supply Chain Management Executive Study Group next month in Chicago.

The two-day conference will feature several leading restaurant executives discussing the value of managing supply chain issues, including sessions focusing on emerging issues, commodity strategies, and creating a culture of food safety.

NRA and Share Our Strength Partner to Triple Funds

QSR magazine — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:29:44 +0000

The National Restaurant Association today announced that it is committing to work together with Share Our Strength to triple the funds raised for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign through 2013, raising an incremental $5 million to end childhood hunger in the United States.

Tim Pulido Named President and CEO of Campero USA

QSR magazine — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:45:09 +0000

CMI (Corporación Multi Inversiones) today named Tim Pulido as the new President and CEO of Campero USA Corp. and Pollo Campero International, effective Monday, April 2, 2012.