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MRM People & Places: Azteca Foods Celebrates 50 Years and State Dish Showdown

Modern Restaurant Management

“We very much look forward to partnering with the brand to extend its reach to new consumers and strengthen its brand equity through strategic licensing and product extension initiatives focused on the specialty food and grocery space.” ” Senior Vice President of Supplier Management and Business Development, Cindy Leonard.

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

Modern Restaurant Management

“This alignment, along with TouchBistro’s global market leadership and powerhouse team of restaurant industry veterans, represents a great opportunity to get the proprietary capabilities we’ve built into our guest retention solution into the hands of significantly more restaurants.” ” Tyga Bites Launches.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Currying Up Favor and Committed Taco

Modern Restaurant Management

For those who may not want to be in a manager role, the brand is introducing "Makers," a program for restaurant team members who want to elevate their passion for the brand and want leadership experience. Paris Baquette's Leadership Changes. From 2011 to 2019, Karel served as senior vice president for ARCOP, Inc.,

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Pizza Technology Growing at an Accelerated Pace?

Aaron Allen & Associates

The company is using licensing to expand from Canada to the U.S. Back in 2011, Domino’s AUV was similar to that of Pizza Hut — actually, it was 1% lower. By 2011, the pizza category was largely back to historical valuation multiples. Pizza Vending Machines PizzaForno is bringing its automated pizza ovens to the U.S.

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The Boundary Pusher

EATER

The first of these were directly tied to issues of racism and anti-Blackness, but they have since expanded to the broader problem of toxic leadership in the industry, and the dominance of white men and women in positions of power. Chasing the unexpected hit led to a fuzzy leadership structure and a bicoastal operation.