QSR June 2022

DEPARTMENTS June QSR / LIMITED-SERVICE, UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES

TABLE OF CON T E N T S J UN E

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14 CLIMATE RESPONSIBILITY Seamless Sustainability

A low-effort, high-impact initiative allows operators to sit back and save the planet. BY RACHEL PITTMAN

I N S I G H T 7 FRESH IDEAS

The Breakfast Bounce Back A category crushed by the pandemic is finding new legs. BY AMANDA BALTAZAR 12 ONES TO WATCH Joe & the Juice Playing in two beverage segments is providing

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24 / INTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION OF INDUSTRY

massive runway for growth. BY BEN COLEY 61 OUTSIDE INSIGHTS Can Tipping

Solve Labor Woes There’s a lot more to this movement in quick service today than flipping the iPad around. BY JUSTIN ROBERTS 64 START TO FINISH Matt Ensero The CEO of Wing it On! opened the first outpost of his fast casual on a budget of just $40,000.

LEADERS, INCLUDING WENDY’S KRISTIN TORMEY (BOTTOM LEFT), CHIPOTLE’S CANDICE BECK (TOP LEFT), AND WIENERSCHNITZEL’S J.R. GALARDI.

CHIPOTLE, WENDY’S, GALARDI GROUP

16 The Great Migration BYDANIEL P. SMITH Full-service restaurants continue pushing their way into the quick- service world. And it’s no great mystery why.

24 35 Young Leaders to Watch BY QSR STAFF

In the end, the pandemic might have created the most resilient group of innovators the restaurant industry has seen.

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4 EDITOR’S LETTER

63 ADVERTISER INDEX

ON THE COVER Wienerschnitzel CEO J.R. Galardi is carrying on the family business. PHOTOGRAPHY: GALARDI GROUP

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