NASDAQ Food & Restaurant Industry Forum Podcast

BY JULIETTE ROSSANT Thinking of going public on NASDAQ? NASDAQ already lists approximately 98 companies within the Food & Restaurant industry sector. Many chefs have consulting deals with listed companies, like Tyler Florence, and a few super chefs have become part of publicly-listed companies for a time, like Roy Yamaguchi, David Burke, and Joachim Splichal. Most chefs of their caliber are part of independent, privately-held companies. (Companies are often valued based on publicly traded company performances). Restaurant industry groups like DineOriginals have been warning that the number of independents is steadily shrinking in America, loosing ground to publicly traded companies. Independents can learn plenty from publicly traded companies and one great way is the free NASDAQ Stock Market Food & Restaurant Industry Forum being held on August 1. NASDAQ along with the National Restaurant Association, executive leaders from the California Pizza Kitchen, Zagat Survey, Famous Dave's of America and Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, among others will discuss how to differentiate a brand in the oversaturated food and restaurant market, best practices among food and restaurant companies, and resources for public companies in this industry. The forum will be webcast live beginning at 11:00am on August 1 (Wednesday). Details of the agenda are available online (PDF format). Look for Cat Cora to provide closing remarks and participate in the Closing Bell ceremony. Could she be fishing for a NASDAQ partner herself? Super Chef will be tuning in. Previous articles: Betty Crocker Podcast 49Media Interview on Blogging and Podcasting Joachim Splichal Takes Smith & Wollensky Chefs & Branding Technorati Tags: superchefblog, Juliette Rossant, super chef, celebrities, chefs, food, restaurants, cooking, branding, cuisine, blogging, food blogging, NASDAQ --> back to superchefblog