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Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantFAB with Randi WeinsteinRandi Weinstein is located in Charleston, SC and is the founder of FAB, educational, inspirational business workshop women in the food + beverage industry which hosts over 400 attendees every year. Previous to FAB she served as the Director of Events for the Charleston Food + Wine festival for 8 years. We’re delighted to talk to Randi today about her journey and her thoughts on community in the restaurant industry. Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.MORE FROM FTOB:Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_Read Elided...
2025-02-1020 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant2025 Forecast: What's Next for Restaurants?2025 predictions from your hosts! Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
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2025-01-2117 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantRoux with Lisa GrimmLet's get in the weeds about Roux with Lisa Grimm. Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
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2024-12-1132 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantIn the Weeds with Savannah Miller (Top Chef)This episode explores the challenges and benefits of chefs experiencing a platform, personal brand development, and the realities of the restaurant industry with recent Top Chef finalist Savanah Miller. We’ll hear about Savannah’s experiences being propelled into the spotlight while balancing her craft as a chef and developing her own voice and platform.
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2024-11-2129 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantGrowing Restaurant Concepts with Andy HusbandsThis epsiode focuses on guest Andy Husbands, Chef/Owner of Smoke Shop BBQ in Boston, MA a growing restaurant concept with 4 locations and plans for more. In this episode we’ll explore Husbands experiences in the restaurant industry, how he has seen restaurants evolve in his long tenured career, and how he thinks about scaling and growing a restaurant concept, and his vision for the future.
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
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2024-10-3125 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantRethinking Leadership in RestaurantsIn this episode, Deirdre discusses the changing landscape of leadership in the restaurant industry, emphasizing the need for leaders to adapt to new expectations from employees and the complexities of the current economic environment.
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
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2024-10-2509 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantBallot 5 with Ryan LotzThis episode explores the upcoming ballot measure 5 on the MA general election. Ballot measure 5, promoted by One Fair Wage, seeks to elimiate the tip credit from MA over the next 5 years raising the minimum wage for tipped employees to the same minimum wage as all other workers (currently $15). This episode explores the challenges of that change with Mass Restaurants United President and hospitality professional, Ryan Lotz.
Articles credited include, but are not limited to, the following:
UC Irvine Study
Impacts in Washington D.C.
Tufts Center for State Policy
Local Business Multiplier Effects
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2024-10-0926 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantNA isn't just Not ApplicableIn this week's episode we get in the weeds about NA beverages and major changes in the alcohol consumption space. Is the dip in alcohol permanent or temporary?
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
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2024-09-2725 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantDear Pete WellsDear Pete Wells, you're not 20 years old and the industry is not your toxic ex-girlfriend. In this episode we discuss Pete Well's last article for the New York Times.
I Reviewed Restaurants for 12 Years. They’ve Changed, and Not for the Better.
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
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2024-09-2022 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantMcDonald'sFast food isn’t the focus of this pod but we think what’s happening at McDonald's tells a story about what the short to medium term for the broader restaurant industry could look like. Articles credited include, but are not limited to, the following,
Marketing + Marketing, Sales Drops & Inflation, Value Meal Impacts
Market Rewarding Value Refocus
Also Coke, Pepsi, Chipotle…
McDonalds is a Warning Shot for the Larger Economy
Cracking of Low Income Consumers
McDonald’s said the Word Value 90 Times on it's Q2 Earnings Call
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2024-09-1235 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantRestaurant Economics with Ara KharazianWe’re delighted to welcome our first guest to FTOB, Ara Kharazian. Ara is the economic research Lead at Square where he spearheads research on consumer, labor, and business trains and developed Square Payroll Index, a public tool to track and measure wage growth for service workers in the restauarnt and retail sectors. Ara has been cited in the NY Times, Bloomberg, and the Australian Financial Review and we are delighted to talk to him about his thoughts on restaurant economics and labor.
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2024-08-2955 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantThe World's Largest Catering EventThe second most important thing about the Olympics is food. An insightful conversation around the complexity of large scale catering, lesson in change management, digital versus analog, and more. Sports and restaurants are the same; you must have a player, you must have physical production of food. Articles credited include the following,
Olympics Budget and Cost
Food and the Olympics
Tik Tok Reviews on Food in the Olympic Village
How to Feed the Olympics
Tourism Down During Olympics
Paris Restaurants Struggle with Security Zones
Second Half of July was Tough for Cafes and Bars in Paris
Paris is...
2024-08-1557 minFrequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantThe History of ReservationsA Brief History of Reservations; an insightful conversation around payment, reservations, OpenTable, Resy, Tock and more. Articles credited include the following,
JP Morgan acquires Infatuation
Where Reservations Come From
History of Credit Cards
CNN on Amex Buying Resy and Tock
Restaurant Reservation Timeline
Amex Earnings Call on Dining
Digital Rservation Sellers
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
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2024-08-081h 00Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally BrilliantWelcome to FTOBWelcome to Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant.
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