Industry Excellence Awards

January 1, 2019

2019 Management Excellence Awards: Bloomin’ Brands

When Lou Anich, Director of Key Accounts at Hatco Corp., is asked about his company’s business relationship with Bloomin’ Brands, he thinks first about the day a high-energy team from the Florida-based multiconcept operator showed up at Hatco’s manufacturing plant in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

January 1, 2019

2019 Management Excellence Awards: Shake Shack

If your company founder literally wrote the book on enlightened restaurant management, you’re automatically under extra pressure to operate an enlightened purchasing department.