Fast Casual Executive Summit ‘08

Many analysts ask if fast casual restaurants can sustain themselves under the current economic pressures and the competitive morphing designed to match the stride of these operators.  Learn about the new consumer-driven culture that makes fast casual the segment that will lead the limited-service market for the next three decades.

Food Factor - Menu trends that make fast casual hip and popular

Brands are abundant in the fast-casual segment and the power of consumer demand has started to help operators create new and exciting products. Learn how the menu trends of today mean brand and profit growth for tomorrow.

Brand Factor - Building your fast casual brand as a mature startup operation

Building a fast-casual brand takes a certain type of restaurant entrepreneur. Challenging the norm of what has set the standard for several decades — in the largest business segment in the U.S. — requires vision and tenacity. Learn how brand executives have faced these challenges and forged brands that are becoming fast casual icons.

Growth Factor – Franchise or company owned – what makes me grow

Understanding how to create brand incubators is an important asset in the fast-casual segment, which is why the fast-casual niche has evolved so fast and in so many new venues. Learn how getting your brand off the ground may not take the rocket science you thought.      

Fast casual is a trendsetting segment that is developing new metrics for the restaurant industry in ways never before defined. Learn how the segment is trending against the $500 billion restaurant industry and what to be on the lookout for in the coming years.