Webinar: The Technomic Top 500 by Technomic

The Technomic Top 500

About

Join Technomic and media partners Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Business on this deep dive into the state of the U.S. restaurant industry. Joe Pawlak, managing principal at Technomic, will provide insights on restaurant chain performance based on Technomic’s Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report, as well as forecasts for 2024. Then, learn more Top 500 insights from a panel discussion with Restaurant Business Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Maze and Nation’s Restaurant News Editor-in-Chief Sam Oches, followed by an audience Q&A.

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Agenda

Technomic Top 500 Overview
Panel Discussion
Q&A

Presenters

Joe Pawlak

Managing Principal, Technomic

Joe Pawlak, Managing Principal, serves as the head of Technomic’s Advisory Group and is responsible for conducting consulting and research engagements for food & beverage manufacturers, trade associations, private equity firms as well as restaurant chains. His experience covers virtually every food, beverage and supply category and channel. His specific responsibilities include project management, study design and planning, analysis of research findings and client business planning immersion.

Sam Oches

Editor-in-Chief of Nation's Restaurant News

Sam Oches is an award-winning Editorial Director with Informa Foodservice and Editor-in-Chief for Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. A graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, Sam previously served as Editorial Director of Food News Media, publisher of QSR and FSR magazines. He’s a past president of the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC) and a past board member with the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). His foodservice insights have been shared in national media outlets such as the New York Times, USA Today, National Public Radio, Morning Brew, and CNBC. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and three kids.

Jonathan D. Maze

Editor-in-Chief of Restaurant Business Magazine

Jonathan is a seasoned journalist who has covered just about everything in nearly two decades in the foodservice business, though most of his reporting has focused on business and politics. Jonathan is currently the editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business Magazine. He covers finance, franchising and tracks restaurant stock performance.