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How Corner Bakery stays on trend as consumer needs change

Chief Marketing Officer Donna Josephson offers insights on menu evolution, the labor challenge and more.

Patricia Cobe, Senior Editor

February 13, 2020

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In this episode of MenuFeed, we talk with Donna Josephson, chief marketing officer and senior vice president for Corner Bakery Cafe, a fast casual that has been in Technomic’s ranking of Top 500 chains since 1999. Corner Bakery now has nearly 200 company-owned and franchised locations around the country. How has the chain changed with the times to move up in the Top 500 and grow? Listen as Josephson shares her insights about menu evolution, the labor challenge, off-premise trends and more.

About the Author

Patricia Cobe

Senior Editor

Pat plans and executes the menu sections of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She also contributes to the digital content of both RB and FSD and is editor of two weekly e-newsletters, Recipe Report and On the Menu. Pat’s weekly podcast, MenuFeed, covers a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.

Pat came to Winsight from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.

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