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About This Webinar
Join The Food Institute on Tuesday, May 27 for Restaurant Industry Insights for 2025 - a webinar that will focus on the current state of the foodservice industry and where it’s headed in 2025. The webinar will feature two experts: R.J. Hottovy, head of analytical research at Placer.ai and Sunny Khamkar, Co-Founder and CEO of MenuData.

R.J. and Sunny will delve into the following topics:

  • Consumers Dynamics: A deep dive into dining trends across the foodservice landscape (e.g., QSR, full service, fast casual, c-stores, fine dining, etc).

  • Menu Innovation: An analysis on how restaurant chains are driving growth and margin in the current inflationary environment.

  • Competitive Dynamics: Insights into certain fast-casual and quick-service restaurants that are winning market share and the underlying drivers of their growth.

  • Pricing Strategies: A look into how chains are optimizing their pricing strategies to lure consumers into their stores.


    • Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the dynamics impacting the foodservice industry!

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    Sponsored by:

    Placer.ai

    Placer.ai is the most advanced foot traffic analytics platform allowing anyone with a stake in the physical world to instantly generate insights into any property for a deeper understanding of the factors that drive success. It is the first platform that fully empowers professionals in retail, commercial real estate, dining, and more to truly understand and maximize their offline activities with reporting capabilities that include visit trends, True Trade Areas, cannibalization/void analysis, demographics, cross-shopping, and favorite places.

    To learn more, visit https://www.placer.ai/.

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    R.J. Hottovy, CFA
    Head of Analytical Research, Placer.ai
    R.J. Hottovy, CFA is Head of Analytical Research for Placer.ai. He has covered the restaurant, retail, and e-commerce sectors for nearly 20 years. He has held several analyst positions in the past, including Global Consumer Equity Strategist at Morningstar and equity analyst roles at William Blair & Co. and Deutsche Bank. Hottovy also brings a wealth of experience with early-stage investments as an investor and member of the investment committee for the IrishAngels Venture Capital group. Over the past three years, he has worked with more than 50 consumer and technology companies, advising on more than $200 million in early-stage capital raises and other buy- and sell-side M&A transactions. Hottovy is also a member of the Chicago Seed Co. network, a group of Chicago-area investors focused on early-stage food & beverage companies.

    Hottovy's efforts have been recognized by several financial and trade publications, including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Barron's, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and The Economist. He is an active member of the CFA Society of Chicago and maintains a regular teaching schedule through the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business and the Girls Who Invest program. He was also a finalist for Crain's Chicago "40 Under 40" award in 2011. Hottovy graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Finance and a second degree in Computer Applications.
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    Sunny Khamkar
    Co-Founder, CEO at MenuData
    Sunny Khamkar is the Cofounder and CEO of MenuData, a company that uses social listening and generative AI to track global menu innovations, providing sales and marketing insights for the food and beverage industry. Previously, he co-founded Zaru, an automated invoice processing solution for hospitality and restaurant clients. Prior to Zaru, Sunny was an Enterprise Engineer at Crowdflower (now Appen). He holds an MS in E-Business Technology from Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in crowdsourcing and human-in-the-loop AI, and a BS from UC Santa Barbara.
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