Leadership

Individuals influencing the direction of the restaurant industry

Leadership

For PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Adaptability is Key to Business Success

Indra Nooyi came aboard PepsiCo in 1994 to steer the foodservice division, visiting front- and back-of-the house operations across America.

Leadership

Get to know life services expert Laurie beth Jensen

With one foot in HR and the other in marketing, Jensen has the express job of making employees feel good about their positions at Zoës Kitchen, the Plano, Texas-based Mediterranean fast casual with more than 110 units

Systemwide meetings can serve many purposes—damage control, ideation, recognition, training—but do you need a meeting? Is your message being understood?

The family-dining concept has promoted one executive and added another.

J.R. Galardi has assumed the role after spending over 15 years learning the family business.

The CIA called him the Chef of the Century. His influence may have been to show that fashion and classic culinary techniques were not incompatible.

Dire warnings led off a session focused on government issues relevant to restaurant franchisees and franchisors.

Saber, who joined Panera in 2003 after a 17-year run at McDonald’s as a franchisee and senior corporate leader, posed a question that ultimately led to Panera Cares, the company’s groundbreaking pay-what-you-can business model designed to “share the warmth” with those less fortunate.

Why LYFE Kitchen President and CEO Chance Carlisle? He’s juggling franchisor, franchisee and fatherhood.

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