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2025 Agenda
     
  Wednesday, August 27
  5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CT


Welcome Networking Reception

Flight Club Chicago
111 W. Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601 

     
  Thursday, August 28
  7:00 am - 8:00 am CT


Registration & Networking Breakfast 

Swissotel Chicago
323 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601 

     
  8:00 am - 8:10 am CT


Welcome + Opening Remarks  

Adrienne Moncrief
Executive Director, Foodservice 
Cleveland Research Company
CRC

     
  8:10 am - 8:50 am CT 


Navigating an Uncertain Macroeconomic Environment

Skylar Xie, CFA
Director, Macro Research
Cleveland Research Company
CRC

     
  8:50 am - 9:30 am CT


State of the Foodservice Industry Keynote

Adrienne Moncrief
Executive Director, Foodservice 
Cleveland Research Company
CRC

     
  9:30 am - 9:45 am CT


Networking Break

     
  9:45 am - 10:15 am CT 


Outperformers & Winning Strategies at Chain Restaurants

Annie Ariens
Senior Research Associate
Cleveland Research Company

CRC

     
  10:15 am - 11:00 am CT


Chain Restaurant Operator Panel

Richard Bundy
Chief Financial Officer

Taco John's
Taco John's

Craig Dunaway
Chief Operating Officer

Penn Station Subs
Penn Station

Patrick Turek
Senior Vice President, Development

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
Freddy's

Angela Dempsey
Senior Director, Menu Strategy

Scooter's Coffee
Scooter's Coffee

     
  11:00 am - 11:15 am CT 


Networking Break 

     
  11:15 am - 12:00 pm CT 


Your Ultimate Foodservice Partner: How to Amplify Your Effectiveness with ChatGPT Today

Pat Mulhern
Managing Director
Foodscape Advisors

Foodscape Advisors

Natalie Laackman
Senior Advisor
Foodscape Advisors

Foodscape Advisors

     
  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT


Networking Lunch 

     
  1:00 pm - 1:30 pm CT 


Beyond Convenience: Strategies for Growth in a Shifting C-Store Foodservice Landscape

Josh Spicher
Market Research Associate
Cleveland Research Company

CRC

     
  1:30 pm - 2:00 pm CT 


Key Initiatives & Share Dynamics in Foodservice Distribution

Luke Mason
Research Associate
Cleveland Research Company 

CRC

     
  2:00 pm - 2:15 pm CT


Networking Break 

     
  2:15 pm - 3:00 pm CT


Foodservice Fireside Chat with CRC's Traditional Retail & eCommerce Analysts

Ben Metzger
Executive Director, Traditional Retail 
Cleveland Research Company

CRC

Michael Konrad
Research Associate, eCommerce
Cleveland Research Company

CRC

Adrienne Moncrief
Executive Director, Foodservice 
Cleveland Research Company

CRC

     
  3:00 pm - 3:15 pm CT


Q&A with the CRC Foodservice Team

     
  3:15 pm - 4:30 pm CT


Post-Event Happy Hour

Foyer outside the ballroom

 
*Agenda, speakers, and session topics are subject to change. The final agenda will be released later this summer.