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CEOs of PathSpot, Opus Training share how they’re building start-up companies serving restaurantsCEOs of PathSpot, Opus Training share how they’re building start-up companies serving restaurants

Christine Schindler and Rachael Nemeth talk food safety, labor, and how they rise above the industry noise.

Sam Oches, Editor in Chief

January 18, 2024

 

There are so many aspects to successfully running a restaurant that small details often get neglected in the hustle and bustle. Food safety is a good example: If a restaurant causes food-borne illness, it could be the end of the business, yet investing in food-safety tools beyond the basics required by law may be an afterthought for some operators.  

There are, however, thousands of companies offering goods and services that can help restaurants cover those small details.

Rachael Nemeth, cofounder and CEO of Opus Training, and Christine Schindler, cofounder and CEO of PathSpot, are leaders of two companies that offer these kinds of services for the restaurant industry: Opus is a training platform for frontline hospitality employees, while PathSpot is a system for restaurants that detects harmful contaminants on the hands of employees. They joined the latest episode of Take-Away with Sam Oches to share the unique perspective of vendors who are serving the restaurant industry, but also to get a glimpse at what it’s like for these two young leaders who are building companies designed to meet the needs of the restaurant of the future.

Contact Sam Oches at [email protected].

About the Author

Sam Oches

Editor in Chief

Sam Oches is an award-winning Editorial Director with Informa Connect Foodservice and editor in chief of Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. A graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, Sam previously served as Editorial Director of Food News Media, publisher of QSR and FSR magazines. He’s a past president of the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC) and a past board member with the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). His foodservice insights have been shared in national media outlets such as the New York Times, USA Today, National Public Radio, and CNBC. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and three kids.

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