by Aaron Allen
Restaurant Consultant, Speaker & Industry Analyst
Aaron Allen & Associates
Questions like “What’s next?” and “Where should we go from here?” arise a lot, especially for family-owned middle-market restaurant chains. It’s often the case that the CEO is so pressed with the day-to-day that it’s impossible to find the time to put everything on hold and work on defining (and documenting) what’s the vision for where the company should go, honoring the brand’s heritage and history while adding significant economic value across the portfolio of restaurants.
Here are a few insights to show you how some of the leading restaurant chains are outgrowing and outsmarting their competitors by using the power of long-term thinking.
Aaron Allen & Associates works alongside senior executives of the world’s leading foodservice and hospitality companies to help them solve their most complex challenges and achieve their most ambitious aims, specializing in brand strategy, turnarounds, commercial due diligence and value enhancement for leading hospitality companies and private equity firms.
Clients span six continents and 100+ countries, collectively posting more than $300b in revenue. Across 2,000+ engagements, the leading consulting firm has worked in nearly every geography, category, cuisine, segment, operating model, ownership type, and phase of the business life cycle.