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Restaurant Leader of the Year Reunion

You won’t want to miss what Brian Niccol, Greg Creed, Greg Flynn, Ron Shaich have to say in a first time reunion of past Restaurant Leader of the Year recipients, selected by the editors of Restaurant Business.
RLOY Reunion
Photograph by Christina Gandolfo

You won’t want to miss what Brian Niccol, Greg Creed, Greg Flynn, Ron Shaich have to say in a first time reunion of past Restaurant Leader of the Year recipients, selected by the editors of Restaurant Business.  With an introduction by Anne Fink, Global Foodservice President of PepsiCo, these leaders share thoughts on industry challenges and what is to come with editor Peter Romeo. 

 

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