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  • Fast Casual 2013 Top 100 Movers & Shakers

    FastCasual.com's eighth annual review of the restaurant segment's Top 100 movers and shakers takes a look at the brands, people, technology, menu trends and innovations …
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Top 100: Fast casual trends - No. 8
No. 8: Catering Catering sales represent a potential $33 billion opportunity for the restaurant industry. By expanding catering offerings, restaurant operators are leveraging their assets and paving a path to higher profits. To manage catering …
Top 100: Fast casual trends - No. 7
No. 7: Food trucks As more cities revise regulations that previously restricted food trucks, the number of meals being served on wheels is rapidly increasing. Fueled by consumer support, the popularity of food trucks is moving across cities, large …
Top 100: Fast casual trends - No. 6
No. 6: The better burger segment Unlike building a better mousetrap, building a better burger doesn't always require cheese, but non-frozen meat and fresh toppings are necessary ingredients. By serving burgers reminiscent of backyard barbeques, the …
Top 100: Fast casual trends - No. 5
No. 5: Social responsibility Since food production and consumption are closely linked to every dimension of sustainability, corporate social responsibility is especially important within the restaurant industry. Consumers and watchdog groups are …
Top 100: Fast casual trends - No. 4
No. 4: Local sourcing As awareness grows about the environmental impacts of food production, the importance of strategic sourcing is moving to the forefront of the restaurant industry. Pioneers in corporate social responsibility such as Chipotle are …
Top 100: Fast casual trends - No. 1
No. 1: Growth of Fast Casual Following a year in which Forbes magazine named a "burger joint" as "America's Most Promising Company," the fast casual industry is poised for phenomenal growth in 2013. With $27 billion in annual sales, the fast casual …
Top 100: Fast casual trends - No. 2
No.2: Social media Within the fast casual world, social media has proven an effective tool to influence diners, increase sales and improve brand loyalty. And its importance continues to grow. Experts say social media is now a discipline that should …
Top 100: People - Phil Friedman
No.20 Phil FriedmanCEO, Salsarita's Former McAlister's CEO Phil Friedman purchased Salsarita's Fresh Cantina in 2011, bringing on board Larry Reinstein, the former Fresh City president and CEO, as his operating partner. Salsarita's has 80 stores …
Top 100: People - Erik Oberholtzer
No.18: Erik OberholtzerCo-owner, Tender Greens The aim of Tender Greens' founders, Oberholtzer said in an interview last year, was to "fill the gap between the expensive restaurant world we worked in and the cheap-restaurant world we could afford …
Top 100: People - Geoff Alexander
No. 19: Geoff AlexanderVice president and managing partner, Wow Bao Part of Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Wow Bao has emerged as one of the coolest, most addictive of the group's 43 concepts. With the tagline "hot asian buns …
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