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On Restaurant Tech Trends, we interview movers and shakers in the restaurant industry to identify how technology is changing the way multi-unit restaurants work.
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Eusha Bajwa, Founder/CEO @ Meal Dynamics (opens the original)
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His uncle started as a Papa John's delivery driver, then bought a single store in East Liverpool with a pile of used equipment. That business is now 275 restaurants across 10 states and they're rapidly closing in on 500. Today on 🍔Restaurant 🤖Tech 📈Trends I sit down with Eusha Bajwa, who leads technology for the Bajco Group and is Founder & CEO of Meal Dynamics. Eusha got tired of watching the back office run on spreadsheets and email, built the fix in-house, and turned it into a product he now
Aaron LeClair, VP Technology @ Jeff's Bagel Run (opens the original)
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They built their own POS. For bagels. On purpose. Today on 🍔Restaurant 🤖Tech 📈Trends I sit down with Aaron LeClair, VP of Technology at Jeff's Bagel Run, the Orlando-born chain famous for bagels baked hot ALL day long, now closing in on 40 locations (and eyeing 50 by year's end). A career technologist who came up in defense, climate tech, and supply-chain startups, Aaron traded enterprise software for fresh-baked bagels and built the brand's tech stack - POS and all - from scratch. 📺WATCH AND LE
John Lucas, VP Brand & Franchise Development @ Farmer Boys (opens the original)
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Time for the next 🍔Restaurant 🤖Tech 📈Trends!! Today I sit down with John Lucas , VP of Brand and Franchise Development at Farmer Boys , the farm-to-table brand that serves breakfast all day with full table service at QSR prices. John has spent 30+ years in hospitality with stops at Marriott, Starbucks, and Boudin, and hit his goal of executive chef by 30 (a goal he set at age 12). Most memorable part of this interview for me was when John said "No machine will ever out-hospitality a human." He m
Ted Hardy, Sr. Director Tech Transformation @ Topgolf (opens the original)
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He doesn't golf... but he rebuilt the tech behind Topgolf! Today on 🍔Restaurant 🤖Tech 📈Trends I sit down with Ted Hardy, Senior Director of Technology Transformation at Topgolf - the entertainment destination where gameplay, food, beverage, and events all run under one (very loud) roof. Ted spent two decades at the forefront of restaurant tech before this, with senior product and engineering roles at KFC and digital strategy at Papa John's, plus his own consulting firm and early days at Oracle a
Ken Knapton, CIO @ WIN Brands (Costa Vida & FatCats Entertainment) (opens the original)
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Tech debt isn't a liability to wipe out. It's leverage to manage - like debt on a balance sheet. Too much and you're bankrupt; too little and you can't move. That's the idea Dr. Ken Knapton literally wrote the book on. Today on 🍔Restaurant 🤖Tech 📈Trends I sit down with Ken, Chief Information Officer at WIN Brands, the parent company of Costa Vida, Fresh Mexican Grill and FatCats Entertainment . Ken took the scenic route into restaurants - two decades in the CIO seat across enterprise software, b
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