FastCasual's 2024 Perfect Pitch winner inks major expansion deal

August 26, 2025

Co-founders Cassie Ghaffar and Sandy Nguyen, will serve as advisers at this year's Perfect Pitch, a round robin featuring eight founders vying to see which…

Dave's Hot Chicken COO: Winning the Top 100, growing from 4 to 300 units

Join Restaurant Masterminds hosts Paul Barron and Cherryh Cansler as they sit down with Jim Bitticks, president and COO of Dave's Hot Chicken, to discuss…

It's 'peanut butter jelly time' at Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Hundreds of restaurant execs will kick off the annual summit by making over 2,000 sandwiches to help feed those in need in South Carolina.