Dutch Bros’ Barone on Driving Strong Sales Gains

The great ideas in the restaurant industry are typically the ones your customers and teams are already asking for, Dutch Bros CEO Christine Barone tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Barone sits down with BI’s senior restaurant and foodservice analyst Michae…

Hershey’s Rothman on Re-Skilling the Workforce

This is a really exciting time to be in HR as we figure out how to re-skill employees so they can use new tools and fit into new roles, Hershey Chief Human Resources Officer Natalie Rothman tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Rothman sits down with BI’s seni…

McWin Capital Partners on Investing in Europe

Europe is a complex market, so the cookie-cutter approach to international expansion doesn’t work, Vaibhav Juneja, a principal at McWin Capital Partners, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Juneja sits down with BI’s senior restaurant and foodservice analyst…

TGI Friday CEO’s Plans for Top-Line Growth

TGI Friday’s is eliminating busy work from their general manager’s plates, allowing them to focus on the team members, Sugarloaf Holdings Founder and CEO Ray Blanchette tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Blanchette sits down with BI’s senior restaurant and …

Fooda’s CEO on Its Asset-Light Foodservice Model

Employers are increasingly paying for more and more food to boost recruitment, productivity, retention and “earn the commute” of their workers, Fooda Founder and CEO Orazio Buzza tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Buzza sits down with BI’s senior restaurant…

Quality, Portions Feed Handel’s Ice Cream Sales

If you do something well with consistency and discipline in the food business, guests will come back, according to Handel’s Ice Cream CEO Jennifer Schuler. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Schuler and Chief Marketing Officer Hillary Frei sit down with Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior r…

Piada Italian Street Food’s Sales Outperform

Our comparable sales over the last six years are a reflection of the brand, menu and execution of the concept by our team, Piada Italian Street Food’s founder and CEO Chris Doody tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Doody sits down with BI senior restaurant a…

Matternet CEO Raptopoulos on Drone Delivery

The return on investment for drone delivery is attractive today and is going to get way more attractive over the next few years as the industry scales, Matternet founder and CEO Andreas Raptopoulos says on this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Choppin’ It Up podcast. Raptopoulos joins BI senior …

SignalFlare’s Lukianoff on Gas, Fast Casual, AI

Fast-casual chains are most exposed to the gas-price spike as their menu prices have crept up to rival full-service, SignalFlare.ai’s founder and CEO Michael Lukianoff tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, Lukianoff sits down with BI’s senior restaurant and fo…

Craftable’s Cantu on Boosting Restaurant Profits

“We have taught restaurant employees to focus on prime costs, but there are so many other ways to lose money,” Craftable’s CEO David Cantu tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up podcast, he sits down with BI’s Senior Restaurant and Foodservice Analyst Michael Halen to d…