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The best of the best look to the future, defining how the industry will change and making moves to take advantage of new opportunities, markets, trends, and technologies.
We serve as industry leaders’ thought partners, collaborating with them to devise, test, validate, and embark on exciting initiatives that will transform their organizations, and the foodservice space itself. With decades of experience across all functional areas of the hospitality industry and in every region, market, cuisine, segment, and category, we help clients chart the future of their operations, from brand and marketing strategies to growth, expansion, and investment opportunities.
Our clients come to us to better understand and capitalize on future of foodservice implications, sourcing capital and concepts, M&A opportunities, cross-border expansion, countermeasures to declining sales in saturated and slowing markets or categories, and new approaches to their planning processes that anticipate and respond to the rapid evolution of disruptive technologies, emerging consumer dining behaviors, and increased competitive dynamics.
We support emerging and established restaurant brands with:
We are focused exclusively on the global foodservice and hospitality industry. You can think of us as a research company, think tank, innovation lab, management consultancy, or strategy firm. Our clients count on us to deliver on our promises of meaningful value, actionable insights, and tangible results.
Founded and led by third-generation restaurateur, Aaron Allen, our team is comprised of experts with backgrounds in operations, marketing, finance, and business functions essential in a multi-unit operating environment.
We bring practical, relevant experience ranging from the dish room to the boardroom and apply a holistic, integrated approach to strategic issues related to growth and expansion, performance optimization, and enterprise value enhancement.
Working primarily with multi-brand, multinational organizations, our firm has helped clients on 6 continents, in 100 countries, collectively posting more than $200b in revenue, across 2,000+ engagements.
We help executive teams bridge the gap between what’s happening inside and outside the business so they can find, size, and seize the greatest opportunities for their organizations.