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NRA Show attendees pursue new digital marketing solutions May 21, 2013 Mark Brandau This is part of NRN’s special coverage of the 2013 NRA Show, being held in Chicago, May 18-21. David Stidham, vice president of marketing for Prairie du Sac, Wis.-based Culver’s, called all the new marketing capabilities and solutions on display at the NRA Show’s Technology Pavilion “almost overwhelming,” but he still planned to stifle his amazement for two days and search for more new VooDoo BBQ Fast Casual Franchise Makes First Appearance on FastCasual.com Movers & Shakers List5/14/2013  Why is this important? A few reasons. Mainly, fast-casual is the fastest-growing segment in the restaurant industry and has been for the last few years. Eight of the 10 fastest-growing restaurant chains with sales of more than $2 million are fast-casual chains, according to research this year by the Chicago restaurant consulting and research firm Technomic. Second, we’ve committed to the fast casual franchise concept, which allows us to serve our guests high-quality barbecue quickly and at affordable prices while keeping overhead down for our franchise owners. They don’t have to hire wait staff, and since plates and utensils are disposable, they can do without dishwashers — and those savings get passed on to our guests. Those factors — plus the natural appeal of Louisiana cuisine and barbecue, which everybody loves — has led to our rapid expansion over the last two years, from a modest 12 locations in south Louisiana to a planned 57 in six states. Going full-bore with the fast casual franchise concept has helped make us one of the hottest food franchisors around. Just about everybody in the segment looks regularly at FastCasual.com, an online trade publication for fast-casual operators that’s compiled its Movers & Shakers list for the last eight years. The 2012 list named Smashburger; Zoës Kitchen; Firehouse Subs; Zoup! and Freebirds World Burrito as its top five concepts. FastCasual.com will reveal the final rankings for the 2013 list at its banquet May 19. Needless to say, we look forward to the banquet and to finding out where we are on the list. Even more, we look forward to years of success as a top-ranked fast-casual franchise system with unique food and fun in a fast-casual atmosphere. Momentum is clearly on our side. Interested in jumping on board and tasting some of our magic? Fill out the form on this site, download our free franchise report, and let’s start a conversation — and go ahead and check out our Facebook page while you’re at it! Influential organization includes rising fast casual franchise on annual list of top concepts, people, trends Great news for us! VooDoo BBQ & Grill has made its first appearance on FastCasual.com’s annual (and influential) Movers & Shakers list, which names the top franchises, people, trends and technological advances among fast-casual restaurants. |
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