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1 week ago | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
Cava is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. The Mediterranean brand known for its customizable bowls, salads, pitas and grains has been on a growth streak in recent years, now with 360 locations across 26 states. It recently made its Midwest debut in Chicago and has plans to hit 1,000 locations by 2032.
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3 weeks ago | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
Playa Bowls is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. Founded by avid surfers Robert Giuliani and Abby Taylor, the brand was inspired by their surf trips to places like Panama, Costa Rica, and Hawaii. There, they discovered unique versions of acai and pitaya bowls. Wanting to bring a taste of these vibrant bowls to the Jersey Shore, the two launched a humble pop-up stand. As word spread, their business began to rapidly grow.
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1 month ago | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
Jason’s Deli is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. With 40 years of catering experience and a reputation for high-quality food, Jason’s Deli has developed the right strategies to balance dine-in and off-premises operations. The fast-casual brand has 239 locations across 27 states, offering a variety of sandwiches, salads, soups, and pasta dishes. About 63 percent of the brand’s sales go out the door.
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1 month ago | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
Chef on Call, a Canada-based quick-service delivery restaurant, that specializes in home-style comfort food, is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. Prashant Patel, a partner at Chef on Call’s corporate team, vividly remembers when he first discovered the brand as a customer. Back in 2009, during his college days, he was working at a hotel in Montreal and looking for something to eat late at night. The receptionist suggested Chef on Call. “I thought she was kidding,” said Patel.
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1 month ago | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
Freebirds World Burrito is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. For more than 30 years, the Tex-Mex brand has served monster-sized burritos, salads, and bowls. It has 64 locations in Texas with plans to open five more this year. “It’s super exciting,” said Thomas Lane, vice president of operations at Freebirds.
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1 month ago | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
7 Brew Coffee is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. The coffee chain, which also serves a range of smoothies, teas, lemonades, and energy drinks, keeps gaining popularity. Back in 2021, the brand had only seven locations in Arkansas; now it has more than 340 locations across 32 states. So, what’s brewing this rapid growth? Nick Chavez, 7 Brew’s CMO, says it’s not just about the high-quality drinks that keep customers coming back. It’s also exceptional customer service.
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1 month ago | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
White Castle is a Food On Demand Outstanding Operator. White Castle—known for its famous sliders—continues to innovate in several areas, including the off-premises side of its business. To handle the growing demand for delivery, the over 300-location brand prioritizes reducing stress for team members during peak times. It has added extra monitors in kitchens to keep delivery orders separate from in-store orders.
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May 2, 2024 | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
GoTo Foods is Food On Demand’s next Outstanding Operator. The multi-brand platform is being recognized for implementing strategies to best manage and grow the off-premises side of each of its seven brands, while building and integrating technologies to streamline operations. GoTo Foods (formerly known as Focus Brands) rebranded in February. The rebrand served as a means to scale existing brands and acquire new ones.
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May 2, 2024 | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
Chick-fil-A is Food On Demand’s next Outstanding Operator. The chain is being recognized for innovating its off-premises side of the business, from building digital-friendly prototypes, order-ahead mobile lanes to testing new concepts to streamline delivery. The fast-casual has over 3,000 locations and opens more than 100 stores each year. Most recently, it opened its first mobile pickup restaurant in New York City where it solely fulfils digital orders.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
foodondemand.com | Bernadette Heier |Outstanding Operators
Mamma Ramon’s is Food On Demand’s next Outstanding Operator. The smaller pizza chain is recognized for consistently testing and implementing new technologies from robots to software—all amid a goal to build an automated pizzeria powerhouse. In 2020, just one month before the pandemic forced restaurant doors to shutter, Andrew Simmons purchased a small-town pizza restaurant outside of San Diego, called Mamma Ramona’s.
