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Top 100: People – Maria & Sean Pourteymour, Luna Grill

Maria & Sean Pourteymour, founders of Luna Grill, are number 19 on our list of the 2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers: People.

September 23, 2014

Maria & Sean Pourteymour, founders of Luna Grill, are number 19 on our list of the 2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers: People.

For the last 15 years, Maria and Sean Pourteymour have been working together. Getting engaged after only one-and-a-half weeks of knowing each other, they took another leap of faith and opened their first Luna Grill in 2004, after not being able to find a healthy fast-food alternative.

A decade later, their 10-chain business is going strong, with Maria serving as the chief cuisine officer and Sean adding his European influences to create a menu of Mediterranean dishes, including kabobs, original salads, gourmet wraps, desserts, beer and wine.

The plan is to double units to 20 by the end of the year, and each new unit will have a state-of-the-art POS system to improve efficiency and reduce ticket times. This fast casual power couple is proving they have the recipe for success.