Winsight Announces Restaurant Recovery Summit for November
One-time-only event--live and virtual--to feature CEOs of Yum! Brands, Domino's and Inspire Brands
CHICAGO, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Winsight—the producer of the National Restaurant Association Show, the Restaurant Leadership Conference, Restaurant Directions and Global Restaurant Leadership Conference, and the parent company of Technomic—today announces a special one-time-only event, Restaurant Recovery Summit (RRS), that will occur Nov. 17-19, 2020, at the Sheraton Dallas in Dallas, and virtually around the world.
Leaders of major restaurant companies will be sharing their views on the ongoing coronavirus crisis, and the steps needed to recover from it. Already signed on to speak are David Gibbs of Yum! Brands, who stepped into the CEO role as the crisis was beginning; Ritch Allison of Domino's, whose delivery model and value offerings have weathered the storm; and Paul Brown, who is building a multiservice restaurant company with Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic, Jimmy John's and Rusty Taco. Additional speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
The agenda will focus on 10 key areas of the restaurant business that are rapidly evolving: consumer experience; off-premise; labor; safety, sanitation and security; technology; supply chain; finance; menu evolution; engagement/loyalty; and operations. C-suite executives from the biggest restaurant companies in the world and the fastest-growing emerging brands will share their stories from the year that was, and their plans for the future.
The in-person version of RRS will be supported by a virtual component that streams recorded sessions to operators all over the world. The virtual component will occur in parallel with the live event and the weeks after so that suppliers and operators with travel bans in place can still participate. In the event the live conference cannot go on, the virtual event will still happen.
"One of the lessons of history is that calamity inspires innovation," said Chris Keating, head of conferences for Winsight. "The restaurant industry is full of creative entrepreneurs who can work together to inspire the greatest comeback in business history."
Winsight is proud to launch this event with the support of the National Restaurant Association, which will be sharing policy initiatives with the Winsight audience. In addition, the event will support the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund, created by the National Restaurant Association's Educational Foundation, to help restaurant industry employees experiencing hardship in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Major industry suppliers have pledged their support to this conference and to the recovery of the industry. The Founding Sponsors are The Coca-Cola Company, IFFCO, NCR Corporation, PepsiCo Foodservice and Unilever Food Solutions. Additionally, Chowly, Ecolab, Nestle Professional, Certified Angus Beef, Hormel Foods Corporation, Procter & Gamble, NuArx, OpenCity and Welbilt have already signed on.
Winsight remains diligent in ensuring the health, safety and security of all attendees and are working to exceed guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and local health organizations. In addition to several new safety measures, Winsight will be creating a contactless event and has implemented an attendee capacity limit to ensure proper social distancing.
To learn more about RRS, https://restaurantrecoverysummit.com/
To read RRS's Safety Statement, https://restaurantrecoverysummit.com/rrs-safety-statement
Contact: Britta Baarstad, [email protected]
About Winsight, LLC
Winsight, LLC is a business-to-business information company serving the restaurant and noncommercial foodservice, convenience and petroleum retailing and grocery industries. Winsight provides research and analytics, branding solutions, face-to-face opportunities, lead generation initiatives, and content marketing services through products including subscription data products, reports, research tools, research programs, fully custom studies, conferences, custom marketing services, meetings, print and digital trade media.
To learn more, www.winsightmedia.com.
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