Having worked in the industry for more than 25 years, Jason Valentine has experienced every aspect of what it takes to operate a restaurant franchise. Jason is the President of Zoup! Eatery, which has restaurants across the U.S. and Ontario, Canada. Jason has a deep understanding of the restaurant industry from the perspective of both franchisee and franchisor, and his experiences have had a direct impact on how he leads Zoup! Eatery and their Franchisees.
Sessions for Jason Valentine
You Decide the Trends Defining the Future of Restaurants
Location: Grand Sonoran CYou decide, 5 restaurant trends that will define the future of food service.
The restaurant industry is on the road to recovery from Covid 19 but now it must face the longer-term effects from the pandemic such as a higher business costs, a shallow labor pool, and supply chain/procurement disruptions. There are several predictions for the future of food service but, what does the restaurant leadership see as the most influential key trends that will define the industry in the categories of: Marketing, Workforce/labor, Products/Service, Supply Chain, Technology and Sales/Economic?
In this interactive session a panel of food service and hospitality leaders in restaurant operations, distribution and culinary will discuss some of the evidence-based trends, innovation and influences predicted to impact the restaurant and hospitality industry. The panelists along with help from the attending audience will vote on what they see is the most impactful trends in each category and the most game changing trend of all.
Chief Executive Officer, Global and North America
Entegra
Executive Vice President of North America Retail and Kitchens
REEF Technology
Senior Vice President, Chief Customer and Business Development Officer
PepsiCo Global Foodservice Division
President
Zoup! Eatery
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Blaze Pizza
Supply Chain Disruption: Challenges and Solutions
In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from restaurant supply chain professionals on the current state of supply chain challenges facing restaurants. The group will discuss their approaches to managing the headaches that have arisen post-pandemic as supply chain lines have seen massive upheaval and will discuss their outlook for how and when things will return to some semblance of normalcy.
CEO
Smokey Bones
President
Zoup! Eatery
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Blaze Pizza
Managing Principal
Technomic
General Session Speaker &
Innovation Forum Speaker
Jason Valentine
Zoup! Eatery