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Industry movers and shakers, such as Fazoli’s CEO Carl Howard, at right, sat down for the first inaugural Power Lunch this May.
The luncheon, hosted at the W Hotel Chicago Lakeside, overlooked Lake Michigan.
Nation’s Restaurant News editor-in-chief Jenna Telesca welcomes attendees.
From left to right: chef Stephan Pyles of Flora Street Cafe, Sun Holdings CEO Guillermo Perales and NRN senior financial editor Jonathan Maze
Lizzie King of Impossible Foods, center, and Josie Arcidiacono of Sysco, right
White Castle president Lisa Ingram
NRN West Coast bureau chief Lisa Jennings and Cava Mezze Grill CEO Brett Schulman
The Soundtrack Your Brand team
From left: Sun Holdings CEO Guillermo Perales, NRN senior editor Ron Ruggless, managing editor Marcella Veneziale and editor-in-chief Jenna Telesca
Inside the Power Lunch
Tableside at the Power Lunch
Matt Mcgough, New Bohemia's director of operations
Aziz Hashim, managing partner of NRD Capital
NRN contributing editor Tara Fitzpatrick, left, and Lizzie King of Impossible Foods
Chris Schultz, senior vice president of operations at MOD Pizza
Jake Crumbine, left, of Impossible Foods, and NRN editor-in-chief Jenna Telesca
