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PLATINUM SPONSORS

Botrista provides automated craft beverage solutions to foodservice operators. Operators can increase ticket size and add a new beverage category to their menu without the operational complexities. The DrinkBot platform allows operators to subscribe to world-class quality from the leading ingredient manufacturers that they partner with. The vision is to make any staff member a professional barista or bartender with a DrinkBot.
Take orders over the phone with zero labor costs using the POS you have today. With OrderPerfect, you can set up your new, GenAI powered employee with a personality and instructions that represent your brand to ensure your restaurant always answers the phone, never misses an order, and gives your customers the experience they know and love - every time.
Uniforms should bring your brand to life in a way that appeals to both employees and customers. At Threads Uniform Agency, you can rest assured the process will be seamless from start to finish. From our global reach and custom designs to the fit capabilities and high-quality products we provide, you can achieve the look you want. We provide complete programs that accommodate the changing needs of your organization.

GOLD SPONSORS

Consolidated Concepts optimizes the foodservice supply chain and provides savings and solutions for multi-unit restaurants and their partners. Clients leverage our contract negotiation, spend management, and supply chain expertise to reduce costs and gain valuable insights into their business. Our data and technology are designed to identify areas where emerging, growing, and established restaurants may unlock additional opportunities to save money and increase profitability.
DSA Signage is a leading manufacturer of visual display solutions with 50 years of experience in accentuating brands. DSA develops illuminated static and digital signage solutions by partnering with leading brands to create exceptional visual experiences. DSA’s fully in-house capabilities include assessment, concepting, design, prototyping, engineering, fabrication, content management and technology integration. Product lines include drive-thru menu boards, interactive kiosks and light boxes.
FranConnect is the leading enterprise software provider for franchise and multi-location businesses. For over 20 years, the FranConnect platform has served as the sales, operations, and marketing backbone for over 1500 brands and over 1 million units worldwide. These brands rely on FranConnect to expand locations, streamline unit operations, enhance collaboration across the network of locations, and improve profitability. FranConnect’s customers are some of the most iconic and recognized brands in the industry.
At HYVE, we transcend conventional marketing services; we are your Brand Concierge, overseeing each critical detail of marketing logistics for consistent brand growth. From uniforms and apparel to intricate national promotions, our seasoned team adeptly manages the complexities of large-scale marketing operations. We go beyond conventional solutions, we offer a strategic partnership committed to ensuring your brand's success. Elevate your brand with HYVE – where every detail meets excellence.
Instacart Business offers a suite of products dedicated to helping businesses and restaurants save time, save money, and stay focused. From stocking up on snacks in the office break room, getting last-minute ingredients delivered to a family-owned restaurant same-day, supplementing supply chain gaps and more - our affordable, convenient and flexible marketplace and technology connects businesses to the retailers that they know and love but with new updates tailor-made for business purchasing.
Loop, is a pioneering SaaS provider specializing in maximizing profitability and operational excellence for restaurants in the 3rd party delivery space. By addressing critical pain points such as financial reconciliation & bookkeeping, sales tax & franchise fee liability, real-time store availability management, and marketing optimization, LoopAI offers a comprehensive suite designed to elevate the customer experience and financial outcomes for its partners.
Lunchbox is the premier online ordering system for Enterprise restaurant chains to grow their online presence. Lunchbox enables restaurant chains to take control of their digital growth strategy through its suite of products specializing in app and web ordering, guest loyalty, marketing, and third-party order aggregation to increase sales. The company has empowered over 4,000+ restaurant locations nationwide including Firehouse Subs, Walk-On's, Torchy’s Tacos, Taco Bueno, and Clean Juice.
Messner Reeves LLP is truly a full-service law firm. From corporate compliance to crisis management and food safety, real estate to labor & employment, franchising to intellectual property, we love our restaurant and hospitality clients. Whether a corner hotdog stand, a locally loved chain, or an international brand, we can help!
Opus is the hospitality training platform purpose-built for the frontline. Train 100% of your team in 101 languages on the job to quickly get them up the productivity curve. With full visibility across your workforce, you get the frontline business intelligence needed to drive your business. We work with growing multi-unit brands, including Jose Andres Group, Craveworthy Brands, Post Road Hospitality, and Big Chicken.
Otter is Mission Control for your restaurant allowing you to manage all of your apps, orders, analytics and beyond from a single platform. With 275,000+ restaurant customers in 40+ countries around the world, Otter helps bring order (and orders) to restaurants. We help our customers increase revenue, delight guests and simplify operations with our all in one multichannel restaurant operating system.
Ovation is a multi-unit operations tool designed to enhance guest feedback for restaurants. Using a 2-question, SMS-based survey as a “digital table touch” and frictionless integrations with over online ordering platforms and 50+ other tools, Ovation allows restaurants to easily resolve guest concerns in real-time, get more 5-star reviews, discover insights to improve, and drive revenue.
Placer.ai is the most advanced location analytics platform describing physical locations, the people and businesses that interact with them, and the markets they inhabit. Placer empowers restaurant professionals to inform real estate decision making like expansion and lease negotiations, analyze consumers to enhance marketing and merchandising, and understand market trends for benchmarking and operational improvements.
Qvinci, the leader in franchise financial performance, helps restaurant brands effectively measure, monitor, and communicate financial performance in a manner location owners can understand, make sense of, and act on. Qvinci solves the 3 main challenges faced by restaurant franchises: 1. Near real-time access to location data mapped to a brand-defined standard. 2. Advanced coaching for performance tools. 3. Brand compliance and expansion solutions. Onboarding is simple, ROI is immediate!
SkyTab is a best-in-class restaurant technology platform packed with robust features to boost your bottom line and deliver a five-star dining experience. Starting at $29.99/month, SkyTab will transform your restaurant’s operations — from front-of-house to back-of-house and everything in between. Learn more at skytab.com.
With Square powering your restaurant, stay in the flow of hospitality by connecting your favorite business tools. Get everything you need to turn diners into regulars, support your staff, and put profit in your pocket. Start with what you need today, and adjust as you grow.

SILVER SPONSORS

agEnterprise is your go-to platform for managing print and signage needs across multiple fast-casual restaurant locations. It ensures brand consistency by centralizing all branded materials, from menus to promotional signage, while allowing for local customization. With local production capabilities, agEnterprise reduces costs and speeds up delivery. Whether it’s window graphics, in-store posters, or outdoor banners, agEnterprise streamlines the process, helping you maintain a cohesive brand image.
Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, GRUBBRR is the leader in self-ordering technologies that are revolutionizing the way commerce is transacted. GRUBBRR's award-winning ecosystem, which includes kiosks, smart lockers, kitchen display systems, order progress boards, digital menu signage, mobile ordering, POS, online ordering, and more, are proven to help businesses maximize revenue, decrease labor costs, and improve the consumer experience.
Halton Group, a leader in advanced indoor air solutions, excels in diverse environments, from commercial spaces to marine vessels. Emphasizing safety, well-being, and sustainability, our innovations, like the patented Capture Jet hood technology, reduce exhaust airflow by up to 30%. This efficiency not only optimizes energy use but also allows for the potential elimination of the MUA unit, leading to cost savings and a reduced environmental footprint.

BRONZE SPONSORS

Bikky is a customer data platform for multi-location restaurants. We help brands like Dave's Hot Chicken, Krystal, and Eggs Up Grill use customer data to understand the success of every marketing, menu, and operational decision. Brands on Bikky see double-digit same store sales increases after launch, driven by better decisions that improve profitability and the customer experience.
Chunk Foods is on a mission to make plant-based eating accessible and enjoyable for everyone, using recognizable ingredients crafted through fermentation. Our award-winning whole cuts have the cleanest ingredient list in the category, free from thickeners, binders, preservatives, and additives. Packed with 25g of protein, no cholesterol, and no GMOs, Chunk easily replaces beef in all your favorite recipes. Pan-sear, grill, smoke, braise, sous vide or stew — Chunk does it all!
Delightree is an all-in-one franchise management software platform that simplifies every stage of franchise management. From helping franchisees launch new locations to ensuring brand consistency and operational efficiency across all locations, Delightree streamlines the entire process. Learn more at Delightree.com.
Health-Ade makes feel-good bubbly beverages for a happy gut. Health-Ade Kombucha is a bubbly fermented tea packed with living probiotics and detoxifying acids. It has no artificial flavors or sweeteners - just cold-pressed juice from organic produce. Our kombucha is certified organic, non-GMO, gluten-free, vegan and kosher. Health-Ade Pop is our new prebiotic soda with detoxifying acids, natural antioxidants and 3 grams of prebiotic fiber. This product is low in sugar with no fake sweeteners.
isolved is the most trusted HCM technology leader, providing the best combination of software and services to meet the needs of today’s People Heroes – HR, payroll, and benefits professionals. isolved People Cloud, our intelligently connected platform, automates the entire employee experience by design, so that organizations can engage, empower, and energize their talent while freeing their People Heroes to exceed their goals and grow their careers.
March Networks works with restaurants worldwide, delivering secure, cloud-based intelligent video solutions, enhancing security, operational efficiency, and profitability through real-time business intelligence. Through advanced point-of-sale (POS) integrations, we go beyond traditional video surveillance, empowering restaurants of all sizes to utilize video and AI analytics to reduce loss, drive growth, and enhance the customer experience.
PepsiCo Foodservice leverages the best of PepsiCo to drive what is next with food and beverage experiences. We strive to build a competitive advantage for our customers with proprietary consumer insights, best-in-class service and equipment, world-class marketing, and an unparalleled portfolio led by Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Lipton Iced Tea, Aquafina, Lay’s, Doritos, Gatorade, Quaker, and Tropicana.
Reality Based Group is a customer experience firm, specializing in mystery shopping services, specifically video mystery shopping, to help clients improve their CX and drive revenue. With GameFilm® for Business, our tech-enable mystery shopping, you see exactly what your customer sees and experience exactly what your customer experiences. No other tool is more valuable for business owners to improve their customer experience by coaching to objective and quantitative results.
Savi is the cloud-first video platform for modern operators, designed to streamline access to video, optimize physical operations, and grow profitability. Savi’s product suite delivers a unified platform by unifying surveillance, POS, security, and other IoT data into one platform to save time and increase profitability. Savi’s cloud architecture allows operators to adopt new technologies and advancements without needing to change onsite infrastructure.
vPromos has patented an automated loyalty system that ties the credit card to a phone #, so users never have to enter a phone number after they've initially joined. The credit card is recognized after the first use and then the program is entirely seamless and automated for the consumer and the merchant after that. The terminal simply recognizes the credit card and tracks the purchase. No need to ask for an app, QR code or to ask for phone number ever again.
Reduce interview no-shows, automate hiring follow-ups, and digitize onboarding paperwork with Workstream, the platform for hiring and retaining the hourly workforce.

PROVE YOUR CASE SPONSORS

Data is valuable, but gathering it can be painful and acting on it impossible. RAD solves the restaurant data problem by transforming the wealth of transactional details into a correlated decision-making machine purpose built for analytics. Powered by data, RAD provides restaurant operators with a prescriptive experience that guides you to what you should do, instead of what you did. With RAD, any restaurant concept can be data-driven. That’s RAD – pun intended.
ResQ is the only facilities management platform designed to streamline repair and maintenance operations for restaurants. It allows operators to efficiently track their assets, choose from a network of high-quality vendors, enhance team productivity through work order management, and gain better visibility into financials.
S-NET is your trusted QSR technology provider, offering comprehensive communications solutions with personalized, white-glove service. We are large enough to deliver robust solutions yet small enough to care deeply about each client. As a versatile "Swiss army knife" vendor, S-NET addresses all your technology needs and helps overcome business challenges. Our reliable QSR communications solutions meet your business needs and provide peace of mind, all from a single expert provider.

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS

Apex Order Pickup Solutions delivers innovative, smart order pickup technology that boosts the customer experience by reducing wait times, order mixups, and needless friction. Our lockers solutions streamline order management and back-of-house operations across foodservice, higher-education, B2B, healthcare, and more. Apex proprietary technology integrates seamlessly, offering businesses data insights and operational efficiencies to adapt to changing customer demands and digital habits.
Diversey’s mission is to protect and care for people through leading hygiene, infection prevention, and cleaning solutions. We develop and deliver innovative products, services, and technologies that save lives and protect our environment. Over the course of 95 years, the Diversey brand has become synonymous with product quality, service, and innovation.
DonationScout is a cutting-edge SaaS platform that simplifies every aspect of managing restaurant fundraiser events, from scheduling to donation payments. We empower brands like Panera Bread, Jason’s Deli, and Slim Chickens to scale their community fundraiser programs, enabling them to host more events with ease. Say goodbye to busy work and welcome a streamlined solution that aligns with your brand standards and operational nuances, while enhancing the experience for your fundraising partners.
Hang is the leading next-gen CXM platform that transforms customer loyalty through AI-powered personalization, digitally immersive experiences, and omnichannel integrations to offer restaurants a radically different digital experience for customers. Customers on Hang see the strongest performance in all of loyalty, with over 8x ROI and a 60%+ average increase in customer spend. Access a full customer engagement suite including loyalty, CRM, gift cards, online ordering, minigames, and more.
KPS Commercial Construction is a nationwide general contractor and one of America’s leaders specializing in new rollouts and remodels of multi-site QSR locations. “Building on a Foundation of Trust” is how we earn long-term business relationships. We have experience in all aspects of QSR construction and our total-solutions approach guarantees quality and consistency.
Momos is the first platform that allows you to consolidate all of your guest support and feedback channels into one consolidated platform. Track, respond, analyze all of your guest interactions from one place, boost your SEO/search rank, recover more guests, build more brand loyalty + engagement, and quickly learn about what is or isn't working across your brand and locations to maintain operational excellence.
Olo is a leading restaurant technology provider with ordering, payment, and guest engagement solutions. Over 700 restaurant brands trust Olo and its network of more than 300 integration partners to innovate on behalf of the restaurant community, accelerating technology’s positive impact and creating a world where every restaurant guest feels like a regular.
Restroworks is a leading cloud-based restaurant technology platform powering over 20,000 restaurants worldwide. It offers a unified solution for Front-of-House (FOH), Back-of-House (BOH), Integrations, Analytics, and Digital Ordering. For more information, visit www.restroworks.com.
USA Rice is the global advocate and trade association for all segments of the U.S. rice industry working to ensure the health and vitality of a unified U.S. rice industry. With more than 20 billion pounds of sustainably grown rice produced each year, U.S.-grown rice accounts for 80% of all the rice consumed domestically. USA Rice encourages greater use and promotion of U.S. rice through promotional programming, partnerships, and marketing support to foodservice owners and operators.

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Fast Casual is the global online leader for news, analysis, blogs and research in the worldwide fast casual restaurant industry.
Food Truck Operator was launched in 2017 to meet the needs of the thriving food truck industry. The new digital property covers industry trends and news, profiles business owners, and explores the technologies and tools available to help operators grow their businesses.
Pizza Marketplace is the premier online destination for C-level pizza executive leadership seeking cutting-edge intelligence for their multi-unit restaurant concepts.
QSRweb delivers fast-breaking news, features and analysis on the quick-service restaurant industry.
Rewards That Matter brings awareness to consumers of the hundreds of loyalty programs available across markets in restaurants, retail, travel, banking, entertainment and more. The site offers insight on loyalty program news and rewards program updates. Brands can submit their loyalty programs for inclusion on RewardsThatMatter.com via a convenient online form.
October 15-16, 2024 | Denver, CO -- The Restaurant Catering Workshop immediately follows the Fast Casual Executive Summit and provides a blueprint for restaurant operators focused on catapulting catering sales. Attendees will learn how to choose the right platforms and how to work them into their operational models.

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