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EXCLUSIVE PODCAST: Surviving the Downturn Panel Discussion | WEEK 2: Controlling Food Costs

R&I and Chain Leader present a series of weekly podcasts addressing the challenges posed to foodservice by the economic slowdown--and offering insights from leading industry experts. Week 2: Controlling Food Costs

-- Chain Leader, 10/22/2008 5:23:00 PM

WEEK 2: Controlling Food Costs
Surviving the Downturn podcast; R&I; Chain Leader
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PANELISTS
Moderator: Kate Leahy, Senior Associate Editor, R&I
Current Week's Podcast

J. Brooks Broadhurst, Senior VP, Food and Beverage, Eat’n Park Hospitality Group
J. Brooks Broadhurst, Senior VP, Food and Beverage, Eat’n Park Hospitality GroupJ. Brooks Broadhurst is Senior VP, Food and Beverage for Pittsburgh-based Eat’n Park Hospitality Group.  Broadhurst oversees all aspects of food and supply procurement, food manufacturing, supply chain management, food specification, sustainability, energy procurement and government affairs for the company’s three divisions:  Eat’n Park Restaurants, Parkhurst Dining and CURA Hospitality. Broadhurst lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Jen, and their three children.

Kenneth K. Toong, Executive Director of UMass Dining
Kenneth K. Toong, Executive Director of UMass Dining Kenneth K Toong is the Executive Director of Dining for the University of Massachussets, Amherst, one of the largest campus dining operations in the country. During his 10-year tenure with the university, UMASS Dining Services has been the recipient of 15 national awards, including Restaurants & Institutions' prestigious Ivy Award. Toong began his career in food services in 1983 with Marriott International. In 1993, Ken also founded an annual Tastes of the World Chef Culinary Conference held for college culinary professionals. Now in its fifteen year, it has grown into an international event with over 200 chefs from higher educational institutions across North America.

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