Speaker Spotlight: Jay Jhun, senior director, loyalty and digital, Church's Texas Chicken

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Jay Jhun, senior director, loyalty and digital, at Church's Texas Chicken, shares insight on his career, achievements and industry trends ahead of his appearance at the Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit 2026.

Secret Burger Kitchen targets 'institutional-grade' scaling with trio of industry heavyweights

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Dave Bloom will oversee development discipline and governance; Douglas Fry is in charge of menu discipline, throughput, training systems, decision architecture and operating guardrails, and Brad Haley will build the brand narrative architecture and content systems.

The future is collaborative: 17 female restaurant leaders reveal power moves

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Guided by the colors of progress, 17 industry trailblazers reveal how they are trading the grind for a new era of radical community.

Toast releases Q4 trends report, February price monitor

Toast has released its Q4 2025 Restaurant Trends Report and the February 2026 Menu Price Monitor.

The 4:30 am grind: How a cotton-field startup turned into an artisan pizza empire

by Mandy Wolf Detwiler — Editor, Networld Media Group

In episode of the Pizza Marketplace Podcast, host Mandy Detwiler, editor of Pizza Marketplace, talks to Joe Carlucci, founder and owner of Valentina's Pizzeria & Wine Bar in Alabama. Carlucci, who has dozens of years in pizza, is a member of the World Pizza Champions and a leader in the industry.

Momos Guest AI

Momos Guest AI is the leading AI platform built for multi-location brands. We help restaurants, QSRs, retail, and hospitality teams deliver better guest experiences across every location by unifying customer service, operations, and marketing into a single end-to-end platform - turning one-time customers into repeat guests.

The New Front of House: Why Pizza’s Next Growth Era Runs on Self-Order Kiosks + Intelligent POS Systems

Easy-to-use kiosks fully integrated with a modern POS system have emerged as the most efficient and cost-effective solution to the challenge of front-of-store ordering during busy times. This solution provides an app-like experience inside the store, built specifically for busy walk-in customers.

2025 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers

This year, the exceptional caliber of leadership across the industry led to a slight adjustment in our numbers—we were compelled to recognize 100 brands and 25 executives instead of our usual 75- 25 split. We also added an extra executive, a testament to the fierce competition and outstanding contributions within the fast-casual arena.