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Facebook brought its global Boost with Facebook event back to Atlanta on Sept. 10 and the event was a huge success. Facebook welcomed over 1500 Atlanta community members to the Southern Exchange Ballroom and kicked off the two-day digital skills training event to empower small-business owners with the tools and resources they need to build their business.

A panel of Atlanta small businesses walked through their own experiences and shared how they use these skills every day in their business. Panelists included:

(L to R)  Maranda Walker-Dowell (Joes Gourmet) Nate Martin (Magnolia Room Tucker) and Farrah Haidar (Seven Sisters Scones) join Alexandra Duffield from Facebook (moderating panel) on a discussion on how having digital skills have helped their businesses.

Joes Gourmet - Maranda Walker-Dowell

Maranda came up with the idea of packaging a ready to cook breading mix about three years ago and the business has been growing ever since. Facebook and Instagram have been key to their growth, as they are trying to drive traffic to their e-commerce so they can sell their 12 oz fish fried package nationwide. They use advanced tools to target their audiences, the Facebook Pixel and Dynamic Ads being the most notable. Creating Custom and Lookalike audiences have made it easier to reach the right audience. Thanks to their success and community involvement they have been featured in Shark Tank and Good Morning America.

Seven Sisters Scones - Farrah Haidar

Seven Sisters Scones started their business in 2015, when one of seven sisters (who was actually a chef) decided to start selling her delicious scones. The business has expanded from selling simply scones to a cafe where they have a full breakfast and lunch menu. The scones have become so popular that Farrah decided to build an ecommerce business to start selling nationwide.

Magnolia Room Tucker - Nate Martin

Magnolia Room Tucker was created to pay homage to a restaurant called “S & S Cafeteria”, which the owner was a patron for 15 years. Nate said that the owner saw that people were going to lose a great restaurant to visit and work at, so he bought the business, moved it to Tucker, and even hired on at least 20-25 of the staff. While they have some local competition that has been in business for over 60 years, and Nate says that if it wasn't for Facebook, Magnolia Room would not have survived.

A Facebook representative also presented the latest tips and tricks for businesses on the platform. Participants learned best practices on connecting with more customers, creating ads to increase conversions, managing a digital presence and building awareness of a brand.

Learn more at:   https://www.facebook.com/boost

While at the event we interviewed Veronica Twombly, Head of Small Business Communications at Facebook.

Facebook brought its global Boost with Facebook event back to Atlanta and the event was a huge success. Facebook welcomed over 1,500 Atlanta community members to the Southern Exchange Ballroom and kicked off the two-day digital skills training event to empower small-business owners with the tools and resources they need to build their business.

There are more than 1 million small businesses in Georgia.

99.7 percent of companies based here have fewer than 500 employees

94.1 percent have less than 50

As part of our pledge to train 1 million small business owners and individuals by 2020, we want to make sure each and every one of them has the tools and tactics to succeed in today’s competitive marketplace.

When we spoke to the Georgia small business community about the most important factors when hiring employees, more than 8 in 10 (81%) said an individual's d...

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Barry Falcon

As iFranchise Group’s Senior Franchise Advisor in Atlanta, Mr. Falcon’s professional career spans more than 40 years across a range of industries and functions, including communications technology, operational and manufacturing consulting, marketing, project management, and business development. Mr. Falcon has over 16 years of direct experience in franchising, both as a franchisee and as an executive within multiple national franchisor systems.

Prior to joining the iFranchise Group as a Senior Advisor, Mr. Falcon served as CEO/Partner of Concrete Craft, where he implemented organizational and procedural improvements and initiated and led the sale of the company to Home Franchise Concepts.

Before his tenure at Concrete Craft, Mr. Falcon was President/Co-Founder and Partner, and remains the Chairman of the Board, at ShelfGenie Franchise Systems, where he helped to establish the franchise program and was instrumental in growing the concept to 145 locations in five years. ShelfGenie was recognized by both Inc. and Entrepreneur magazines on their lists of top-performing franchise systems.

Mr. Falcon was also a franchise owner with Velocity Sports Performance, where he was responsible for overall project management, hiring and training staff, implementing marketing efforts, and more. In the first year of operations, he grew revenues to $800,000. He ultimately sold the company to start ShelfGenie.

Mr. Falcon is an active marathon runner and cyclist and is involved in a number of professional and community organizations, including local chambers of commerce and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He received a Professional Designation in Business Management from UCLA and has also received Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) designation from the International Franchise Association.

Topics Discussed:

Emerging Franchises

Web Site / Social Media Links:

www.ifranchisegroup.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-j-falcon-cfe-8983a94

George Koulouris

Topics Discussed:

Company story, immigrant founder, generational family business

Trends in the food industry, communicating culture, bootstrapping to franchise.

Web Site / Social Media Links:

www.greciangyro.com

www.facebook.com/greciangyro

 

John Holman, Development Agent

HomeVestors franchisees for nearly 20 years. Bought & sold over 650 houses in the 1st 10 years, partner in several franchises.

Topics Discussed:

1) The market; is it still a good market to buy & sell houses?

2) How do you find good deals?

3) How do you make money buying & selling houses?

Web Site / Social Media Links:

https://homevestorsfranchise.com

The Franchise Business Radio show is a platform to bring together franchise professionals and resources to connect, educate, and collaborate to serve the franchise community and the franchise consumer. Spotlighting Leaders in the Franchise Industry, experts in funding, legal, marketing and consulting.

Franchise Business Radio hosted by:

Pam Currie, Founder

Franchise Intellect

 

Made possible in part by:

Franchise Intellect, visit: http://www.FranchiseIntellect.com

Knowledgeable Advisors to Guide You on Franchise Selection

 

 

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Franchise City, visit http://www.Franchise.city

A Better Way to Buy a Franchise!

 

 

 

 

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Interested in Franchise Ownership?

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Pamela Currie, Host of the Franchise Business Radio show and Founder of Franchise Intellect, Inc. www.FranchiseIntellect.com

Mobile: 847-970-8765

Email: [email protected]

To learn more about guest topics, contacting a guest or becoming a guest on the Franchise Business Radio show simply email [email protected]

Barry Falcon

As iFranchise Group’s Senior Franchise Advisor in Atlanta, Mr. Falcon’s professional career spans more than 40 years across a range of industries and functions, including communications technology, operational and manufacturing consulting, marketing, project management, and business development. Mr. Falcon has over 16 years of direct experience in franchising, both as a franchisee and as an executive within multiple national franchisor systems.

Prior to joining the iFranchise Group as a Senior Advisor, Mr. Falcon served as CEO/Partner of Concrete Craft, where he implemented organizational and procedural improvements and initiated and led the sale of the company to Home Franchise Concepts.

Before his tenure at Concrete Craft, Mr. Falcon was President/Co-Founder and Partner, and remains the Chairman of the Board, at ShelfGenie Franchise Systems, where he helped to establish the franchise program and was instrumental in growing the concept to 145 locations in five years. ShelfGenie was recognized by both Inc. and Entrepreneur magazines on their lists of top-performing franchise systems.

Mr. Falcon was also a franchise owner with Velocity Sports Performance, where he was responsible for overall project management, hiring and training staff, implementing marketing efforts, and more. In the first year of operations, he grew revenues to $800,000. He ultimately sold the company to start ShelfGenie.

Mr. Falcon is an active marathon runner and cyclist and is involved in a number of professional and community organizations, including local chambers of commerce and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He received a Professional Designation in Business Management from UCLA and has also received Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) designation from the International Franchise Association.

Topics Discussed:

Emerging Franchises

Web Site / Social Media Links:

www.ifranchisegroup.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-j-falcon-cfe-8983a94

George Koulouris

Topics Discussed:

Company story, immigrant founder, generational family business

Trends in the food industry, communicating culture, bootstrapping to franchise.

Web Site / Social Media Links:

www.greciangyro.com

www.facebook.com/greciangyro

 

John Holman, Development Agent

HomeVestors franchisees for nearly 20 years. Bought & sold over 650 houses in the 1st 10 years, partner in several franchises.

Topics Discussed:

1) The market; is it still a good market to buy & sell houses?

2) How do you find good deals?

3) How do you make money buying & selling houses?

Web Site / Social Media Links:

https://homevestorsfranchise.com

The Franchise Business Radio show is a platform to bring together franchise professionals and resources to connect, educate, and collaborate to serve the franchise community and the franchise consumer. Spotlighting Leaders in the Franchise Industry, experts in funding, legal, marketing and consulting.

Franchise Business Radio hosted by:

Pam Currie, Founder

Franchise Intellect

Sherry Heyl with Amplified Concepts Talks Freelance Work on Georgia Podcast

Sherry Heyl, Founder

Amplified Concepts

Sherry Heyl is an award-winning marketing professional with 10+ years of experience. She helps business leaders with limited budgets clarify and prioritize where they should, spend their sales and marketing budget to obtain the best results.

As the founder of Amplified Concepts, she uses her expertise in strategy development and project management combined with her relationships with some of the smartest freelancers in the digital world to deliver customized solutions and deep expertise to client projects.

Topics Discussed:

Benefits of hiring freelancers

How to scale your business using freelancers

Growth of the freelance work

How to manage freelancers

Web Site / Social Media Links:

www.amplifiedconcepts.com

www.sherryheyl.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherryheyl

More about Georgia Podcast

"Who's Who and What's New Georgia!"

Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. In addition to the live broadcast, content is distributed across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads.

Show Host:

Rich Casanova, Chief Visionary Officer

Pro Business Channel

Rich Casanova began his broadcasting career in California’s central valley at KSKS-FM. While in California he also ran a successful entertainment company whose staff and crew entertained over 100,000 people. After moving to Atlanta and selling his entertainment company, Casanova ventured into publishing as the Publisher and Franchise Owner of Coffee News, headquartered in Bangor, ME.

Later became the Founder and CCO, Chief Connection Officer, of an online platform where local business professionals register to receive a free list of the top 100 networking events in metro Atlanta.

With a name like Casanova and his gregarious personality, Rich was a natural as a music radio DJ. "I got the radio bug early in my career and often thought how great it would be if there was an opportunity to participate in a talk radio format with a pro-business perspective interviewing thought leaders from the local business community." Thus was born the Pro Business Channel where Rich is the CoFounder and Chief Visionary Officer.

http://www.ProBusinessChannel.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/richcasanova

https://twitter.com/RichCasanovaCom

Check out more episodes at: http://www.GeorgiaPodcast.com

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Rush Bowls and CG3 Fundraising on Franchise Business Radio

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Bhavin Vadgama, Franchise

Bhavin Vadgama has a background in mechanical engineering and a Master & PHD from Auburn University. He and his wife had a vision of having their own healthy food concept and fell in love with the Rush Bowls product and decided to become the Local Rush Bowl Atlanta Franchisee in Sandy Springs.

Please Stop by the Rush Bowls Sandy Springs location:

1110 Hammond Dr. Sandy Springs, GA 30328

Enjoy a tasty, healthy meal replacement of 5 servings of fruit and vegetables blended together and top it off with crunchy granola & a drizzle of the most delicious honey you’ve ever had.

 

SPECIAL: Let them know that you listened to the Franchise Business Radio show and receive 10% off of your Rush Bowl between now and December 31, 2019!!

Website:

www.rushbowls.com/sandysprings

Margaux Booren - Director of Brand and Digital Marketing

Rush Bowls

 

Margaux has been with Rush Bowls since April 2019 - and is currently the Director of Brand and Digital Marketing. Coming from Danone North America, working on marketing for Silk Milk and Horizon Organic, Margaux has a detailed understanding of marketing in the health food industry and the importance of reaching consumers with effective marketing campaigns. She came to Rush Bowls eager to help the brand's success and rapid expansion.

 

Topics Discussed:

Industry trends • Consumer research • Products • Branding • What's next

What's a Rush Bowl?

A Rush Bowl starts out with the finest all-natural fruit blended extra thick and creamy, to which we add nutrients, protein, juice or milk and an assortment of decadent yet wholesome ingredients. We top things off with crumbles of crunchy granola & a drizzle of the most delicious honey you’ve ever tasted.

It is a complete meal-in-a-bowl designed to satisfy your hunger and fuel your life

…whatever your RUSH might be!

Web Site / Social Media Links:

https://business.facebook.com/RushBowls/

https://www.instagram.com/rushbowls/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-booren-9b67a2143/

Charles Grosse

CG3 Battery Fundraising Founder & CEO

Charles has a background in Econometrics and Corporate Law, Charles served for over 25 years as the General Counsel and held various business executive roles for companies like RaceTrac, Barco, Glock and WAI Global. He currently lives north of Atlanta with his wife Sarah and two daughters. Hobbies include golf, traveling and competitive swimming. Charles created CG3 Battery Fundraising with the goal of operating a lean and efficient company offering a unique product to the fundraising market. In doing so, CG3 has tapped into a lucrative niche market while helping organizations raise much needed funds for great causes.

 

 

What has evolved with CG3 Fundraising from a year ago when they were on the show:

Expansion of the Product Line (additional fundraising streams)

Technology Enhancements to Make Fundraising Easier & Extend your Fundraising Reach (E-Donor Portals)

Don’t touch the product and worry about sorting of product, delivery of product or collecting money. Fundraising Ease!

Remove Administration Fundraising Hassles & Put FUN back in Fundraising

Value of listening to Franchisees is the growth...

Nancy Hoehn, Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce CEO & President on Georgia Podcast

 Nancy is currently leading the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce as their first CEO/President. It is an honor to have the opportunity to work for an organization that is serving the business community in the 6th fastest growing city in the United States! Nancy looks forward to sharing her expertise in the industry and skills to take the Alpharetta Chamber to the next level of growth.

Beginning her professional career in the accounting industry both public and private, she developed a strong sense of analyzing business trends. After earning her Master’s Degree, she advanced to business administration where she gained experience in contract negotiation, HR management and large-scale event planning (conferences, training, etc.) After serving for nearly a decade in several elected district leadership positions with Toastmasters International including the CEO Position of District 84 Director, her professional focus expanded to public relations, community relations and non-profits.

During the past several years, Nancy has been involved with several Chambers in Florida to lead, grow membership, improve retention and educate the community on the value of Chamber membership. Her successes with building a stronger community of businesses and creating more value for the members, gave her the skills and experience to take a young chamber to the next level of growth.

For close to a decade, serving in District Leadership for Toastmasters International; the most current being the Executive Director/CEO position of District Director, Nancy led an all-volunteer leadership team of more than 70 individuals to provide support and guidance to the more than 4000 members in the 200+ clubs in Central and Northern Florida. This team exceeded all goals, won several awards and insured the members were well-served. This experience gave Nancy the leadership and staff management skills to be a strong community leader!

Topics to Discuss: 

About Our Chamber

Our Role in the Community

How We Serve Our Members

There is a battle happening in your community. Communities, towns, & cities need to be economically vibrant to provide services and environmental aesthetics and there is competition from other communities for businesses to invest in development to provide the ever-increasing revenue source required.

Your community Chamber of Commerce is on the frontline promoting your community to be more advantageous to business and development than the next community.

Atlanta is the fastest growing metro area in the U.S. and Alpharetta is the fastest growing city in the Metro Atlanta area.

Our guest on the Georgia Podcast is Nancy Hoehn, the CEO & President of Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce is here to share what the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce is doing that is making it one of the fastest growing cities in America.

Before becoming the CEO / President of Alpharetta’s Chamber, Nancy had been involved with several Chambers in Orlando, Florida area.

She was also Executive Director/CEO position of a Toastmaster District Director and led a team of 70 providing support and guidance to the 200+ clubs and over 4,000 members in the in Central and Northern Florida.

Chamber:

Most of us know something about our community Chamber of Commerce.

But most of us do not think too much about why it is important to our business and quality of life.

A little history about Chambers of Commerce:

The first chamber of commerce was founded in 1599 in Marseille, France and the 1st in the U.S. was in NY 1768.

A chamber of commerce, also referred to as a board of trade, is a business network, whose goal it is to advance and promote the economic environment for business and general welfare of the community they serve. They are usually independent and sometimes quasi-government organizations that have influence on legislators by lobbying to have laws passed favorable to busine...

Interviews LIVE at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

The Georgia Podcast Interviewing the "Who's Who and What's New Georgia!"

Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. In addition to the live broadcast, content is distributed across multiple syndicated platforms with more than 500,000 downloads.

Check out more episodes at: http://www.GeorgiaPodcast.com

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Learn more about the Chamber at:  https://www.alpharettachamber.com

Learn more and get involved with:  https://www.secondhelpingsatlanta.org

Nancy Hoehn, Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce CEO & President at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast Visit:  https://www.alpharettachamber.com

Butcher and Brew at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit: http://www.butcherandbrewshop.com

South Main Kitchen at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit: https://southmainkitchen.com

Clean Juice at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit: https://cleanjuice.com/locations/alpharetta

Oak Steakhouse at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://www.oaksteakhouseatlanta.com

Ray’s at Killer Creek at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://www.raysrestaurants.com/raysatkillercreek

Colletta at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://www.collettarestaurant.com

Fire and Brimstone Tavern at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  http://fireandbrimstonetavern.com

2B Whole Bakery at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://2bwhole.net

Nothing Bunt Cakes at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/bakery/GA/alpharetta

La Teda Tapas and Tequilas at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://latedamex.com

BurgerFi at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://order.burgerfi.com/locations/GA/alpharetta/9750

Ruth’s Chris Steak House at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://www.ruthschris.com/restaurant-locations/alpharetta

Serendipity Labs at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://serendipitylabs.com/us/ga/alpharetta-north-point

3:8 Juice and Eatery at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://www.juiceshopalpharetta.com

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://www.fuzzystacoshop.com/locations/alpharetta-ga

Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

Visit:  https://www.alpharettachamber.com

Interviews LIVE at 29th Annual Taste of Alpharetta on Georgia Podcast

The Georgia Podcast Interviewing the "Who's Who and What's New Georgia!"

Interviewing industry and thought leaders with compelling stories. In addition to the live broadcast,

Bill McGill, Atlanta Attorney at Law Magazine and Jake Evans, Holland and Knight on Business Developers Network

Practicing law is a business; like any other business, it must generate revenue.

Generating revenue can be challenging. Fortunately, our guests, the Publisher of Atlanta Attorney at Law Magazine and a Senior Associate at Holland & Knight, one the world’s largest global law firms will share what their canons for being successful practicing law whether you are a sole practitioner, work in small firms, or are working in a large firm.

Bill McGill, Publisher of Atlanta Attorney at Law Magazine

Topics Discussed:

Law Firm & Lawyer Practice Marketing

Web Site / Social Media Links:

atlantaattorneymagazine.com

 

 

 

Jake Evans Senior Associate, Holland & Knight

Senior associate at Holland & Knight law firm. Representing individuals and corporate entities in matters involving complex litigation; government relations at the local, state, and national level; and general business law advice and counsel. Chair of Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance

On-Air Guest Linkedin Profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-evans-54710935

Web Site / Social Media Links:

https://www.hklaw.com/Jake-Evans

 

 

Show Host: Artie Ruderman

The Business Developers Network where today’s leading business developers share and learn innovative business development concepts to generate greater value for their businesses. Broadcasting LIVE from the Pro Business Channel studios in Atlanta.

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:arrow: :arrow: Transfiguring an Iconic Architectural Firm into a Global Real Estate Development Company

An Interview with Jack Portman

Chairman of John Portman & Associates and Portman International

John C. (Jack) Portman, III is the Vice-Chairman of Portman Holdings, the land and property development company. Jack is responsible for the international development activities of the company.

By the 1970’s, Portman Associates had already established its reputation as a transformative architectural firm.  After graduating college, Jack embarked on a global journey where he developed an affinity for SE Asia and envisioned that Portman should pursue international real estate development and property management in the Pacific Rim.  Jack would later established Portman Overseas and today a significant amount of Portman’s business is in the Asian market.

Jack Portman’s vision and business acumen has had a major impact on the Portman companies and their international real estate development and management projects for almost 50 years.

Jack envisioned the market potential within China and only one week after China opened its doors to trade with America met with Chinese Prime Minister, Deng Xiao Ping to press to become the first foreign real estate development in China.

Jack describes the extraordinary challenges that Portman had to surmount to develop Shanghai Centre, one of China’s most successful mixed-use developments.

Develop and deliver a winning value proposition to convince the Chinese National and Shanghai governments to support Portman for the project

Align with Kajima, one of Japan’s largest construction companies

Develop a consortium of investors (18 banks from 8 countries) whom had wanted to cautiously initiate business within China while at the same time limit their exposure

Negotiating with the Bank of China to assume 70% of debt

It makes one wonder if Jack and Portman would be interested in becoming the first foreign real estate developer inside normalized North Korea?

Topics to Discuss: 

Recognizing the tremendous potential in the Pacific Rim

Portman Overseas

Pursuing international real estate development and management of overseas projects

Web Site / Social Media Links:

www.portmanusa.com

Guest Linkedin Profile: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-portman-822b7011

Show Host:  Artie Ruderman

The Business Developers Network where today’s leading business developers share and learn innovative business development concepts to generate greater value for their businesses. Broadcasting LIVE from the Pro Business Channel studios in Atlanta.

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Interview with Founder of the Taste of the NFL Wayne Kostroski

   

It was great having the Founder of the Taste of the NFL Wayne Kostroski join us in the studio!

Lean more: www.TasteoftheNFL.com

Taste of the NFL is in Atlanta! This year's event will take place on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Cobb Galleria. Guest Tickets for the event on Sale Now at: www.TasteoftheNFL.com

The Taste of the NFL’s annual strolling wine and food event features a chef from each NFL city serving their signature dish alongside a current or alumni NFL player. The result? 35+ food stations where guests can sample fine cuisine, meet and mingle with renowned chefs and NFL greats and participate in a silent auction with unique sports memorabilia and other exciting items.

The Hunger Issue

As you read this, millions of people in America are struggling with hunger. In fact, 1 out of 6 people in our country face this serious issue – many of them are children and seniors. For over 25 years, Taste of the NFL has been working to kick hunger. While we're proud to report that we've raised more than $25 million during that time, we're saddened to report that the need to do more is greater than ever. We hope you'll support our efforts by becoming a contributor or partner in our mission.

Taste of the NFL Mission:  To address the needs of the hungry and homeless by raising awareness and money through special events and programs.

Each year, net proceeds from the Taste of the NFL's programs and events are donated to designated Feeding America affiliated food banks in each of the 32 NFL team cities, as well as other select hunger relief organizations.

Special Musical Guest Multiple Grammy Nominated Martina McBride

Special Musical Guest Country Icon Martina McBride

Guest Tickets on Sale Now at: www.TasteoftheNFL.com

The Kick Hunger Challenge is an online-only fundraising campaign spearheaded by Taste of the NFL.

This friendly “competition” pits fans from all 32 NFL teams against each other to raise money for food

banks in NFL communities nationwide. Throughout the 2018-19 football season, fans will have the

opportunity to support one of the 32 NFL teams and directly impact the donation of thousands of meals to food banks in their team’s community. Learn more about the Kick Hunger Challenge

at kickhungerchallenge.comKostroski is founder of Taste of the NFL, a mainstay event on the eve of the Super Bowl since 1992. The fundraising event, which pairs celebrity chefs and football greats representing each NFL team and serving plates at 35+ food stations, has raised more than $25 million dollars for hunger relief since its inception. “Giving is Good Business” is Kostroski’s motto and theme of his many presentations. “We are all fortunate to be so passionate about what we do every day,” Kostroski acknowledged during his MRA acceptance speech. “Together we all focus on changing lives and creating memories for everyone we encounter in our cafes, restaurants and foodservice operations. We are all truly blessed to work in the hospitality industry.” Kostroski is co-owner of Cuisine Concepts, a full-service consulting and management company offering specialized services to the hospitality industry. His entrée into the food and hospitality industry began in the late 1970s. A professional musician at the time, he was offered the opportunity to enter into the restaurant industry as the beverage and entertainment manager for the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres and the St. James hotel in Red Wing, Minn. Since 1980, he has played an instrumental role in creating and developing several of the Twin Cities premier dining establishments, including Pronto Ristorante, Figlio, Tejas, Goodfellow’s, and Bar Abilene.