This is part of NRN’s special coverage of the 2011 Multi-Unit Foodservice Operator conference, or MUFSO. The conference is taking place Sept. 25-28 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas. Follow all coverage on NRN’s ‘At the Show’ section, check out NRN editor blogs, The Reporter’s Notebook, and Tweet with us using #MUFSO.

Some of the restaurant world’s top innovators strutted their stuff on the first night of MUFSO, following up a discussion of their strategies, by handing out their food at a reception sponsored by Coca-Cola.

View the slideshow below to see the 2011 Hot Concepts winners and other industry insiders on the scene at MUFSO

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