Fast Casual Nation

Guest: Jeff Dickerson, Head of Clover

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Guest: David Selman, Culinary Director - The Stand

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The Fast Casual Nation podcast offers exclusive interviews with experts ranging from top chefs and brand makers to executives and restaurateurs who work in one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry. In this episode, host Paul Barron chats with Joe Fontana, the owner and founder of Fry the Coop, to explore drive-thrus and the accelerated growth of chicken concepts in the fast casual space.

Fry the Coop is a Nashville hot chicken concept based in Chicago. Established in 2017, the chain specializes in Nashville hot chicken, fries, and a wide variety of chicken sandwiches. Mac and cheese, donut fried spicy butter, and a number of chicken combos are also featured on the menu.

“We are pretty new. We just opened up two drive-thru locations in the past five months, so we’re in the infant stages of our brand,” says Fontana. “We opened up pretty slow, but once we started getting media notoriety, the lines started forming.”

Fast casual chicken concepts have exploded in popularity in recent years. And since the pandemic, consumers have changed their dining habits—more people are ordering online or eating their food off-location, which pairs well with the fast casual model. Ghost kitchens have also seen success, though some operators are still hesitant to invest in the uncertain venture.

“The problem with ghost kitchens is you have to deliver food through a third party partner,” notes Fontana. “That’s 25 to 30 percent of your revenue. I think that makes sense when you have a lot of customers coming in and it’s an add-on, but if that’s your only business model it’s really hard to make a profit.”

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The Fast Casual Nation podcast offers exclusive interviews with experts ranging from top chefs and brand makers to executives and restaurateurs who work in one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry. In this episode, host Paul Barron chats with Jon Fish, the vice president of marketing for Worthington, to provide a hands-on look at some of the latest innovative plant-based products on the market today.

Worthington is a plant-based or “plant powered” brand that specializes in providing clean, healthy alternatives to meat products. The company’s products are packed with protein, and offer vegetarians, vegans, and health-conscious consumers a number of delicious meal options.

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The Fast Casual Nation podcast offers exclusive interviews with experts ranging from top chefs and brand makers to executives and restaurateurs who work in one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry. In this episode, host Paul Barron sits down with Chris Birkinshaw, the chief executive officer of Aloha Poke, to explore franchising a poke bowl concept during a pandemic.

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Fast casual must diversify in order to stay afloat after the delivery bubble bursts, according to Sam Nazarian, CEO of C3, the company behind Umami Burger, Krispy Rice and Sam’s Crispy Chicken. During Covid, Sam’s virtual restaurant company – a subsidiary of sbe – jumped from $20 billion to $40 billion in online sales. Now faced with the reality of a reopening economy, C3 is aggressively diversifying through the rapid development and expansion of virtual restaurant brands, the opening of over 300 ghost kitchens and digital food halls, and the introduction of a proprietary delivery app launching in 2021.

Guest: Sam Nazarian, CEO - C3
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Steele was the entrepreneur, founder, & CEO of STEELE Fitness, which was successfully sold to Lift
Brands Global in 2017. CRISP & GREEN is a fast-casual restaurant that combines delicious and sustainable chef-crafted menu featuring salads, grain bowls, and smoothies. They are committed to providing wellness resources and events to create healthier, happier and stronger communities. CRISP & GREEN’s second largest expansion with 10 stores set to open in the Florida
market with zero venture capital backing.

Guest: Steele Smiley, Founder & CEO of STEELE BRANDS
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Del Taco, the iconic Mexican-American concept, debuted its highly-anticipated new restaurant design prototype. The new "Fresh Flex" design focuses on: restaurant accessibility, speed of service and brand transparency. The latest design features third-party delivery pick-up stations, double drive-thru lanes dedicated to mobile orders or delivery driver pickups and dedicated parking lot areas for those who want to park, eat and go.

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The Fast Casual Nation podcast offers exclusive interviews with experts ranging from top chefs and brand makers to executives and restaurateurs who work in one of the fastest-growing segments of the restaurant industry. In this episode, host Paul Barron sits down with Travis Bickham, the vice president of marketing for Birdeye, to explore how restaurant operators can grow their businesses online in 2021.

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Better-burger chain BurgerFi is plotting a massive expansion strategy. With plans to add 30-35 new locations this year, expanding ghost kitchen operations and the brand’s first drive-thru it has been a tremendous year of growth for BurgerFi as they have just gone public (BFI). The company's new CEO also has nearly three decades of experience in various positions at Burger King. The 125-unit chain credited “significant increases” in delivery and app sales for the small revenue boost in 2020. Given the aggressive growth plan, BurgerFi could be an undervalued stock to own within the hard hit restaurant industry.

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