Blaze, Cousins, Torchy's, &Pizza, Slim Chickens CEOs: 'Chaos is the new normal'
In this recent Fast Casual Executive Summit roundtable, &pizza Co-founder and CEO Michael Lastoria, Blaze Pizza CEO Mandy Shaw, Cousins Subs CEO Christine Specht, Slim Chickens Co-founder and CEO Tom Gordon and Torchy's Tacos CEO G.J. Hart discussed how things have changed and why it's not going to end any time soon.
Is chaos really the restaurant industry's new normal? (Photo: iStock)
If you buy into the notion that true business growth can be uncomfortable, then it would not be a stretch to say that for the restaurant industry, this year has been like hitting puberty: painful, but as it turns out, necessary for the industry to reach the next level.