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title: "Famous Toastery President to Speak at Inaugural NextGen Restaurant Summit on Sept. 6"
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source: "Franchising.com"
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category: "Restaurants"
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published: 2023-08-21T12:00:00.000Z
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# Famous Toastery President to Speak at Inaugural NextGen Restaurant Summit on Sept. 6

**TL;DR:** Famous Toastery's President Mike Sebazco will speak at the NextGen Restaurant Summit on September 6, focusing on menu innovation and the future of full-service restaurants. Sebazco has 30 years of experience in the franchising and restaurant industry, including roles at MOOYAH Burgers, Fries and Shakes, Boston Pizza, and Texas Land & Cattle.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2023-08-21. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20230821_famous_toastery_president_to_speak_at_inaugural_nextgen_restaurant_summit_o.html).*

## Story

Next Gen Restaurant Summit takes place on Sept. 6-7 at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead. Sebazco will join a panel on Sept. 6 titled, “Menu Lessons from Fast Casual,” focusing on how fast casual has been on the cutting edge of menu innovation in terms of both cuisine and execution over the past decade, but now NextGen Casual is following suit.

Famous Toastery has spent time looking granularly at all operational aspects of this business and made decisions to improve upon the franchise model. This resulted in gaining a competitive edge in brunch cuisine and execution, and a profitable business with increased value for franchisees, employees and guests.

“I’m excited to join my fellow panelists to discuss the current restaurant landscape and share key menu learnings and lessons to help benefit NextGen and emerging full-service restaurant brands,” said Mike Sebazco, President of Famous Toastery. “I’m looking forward to sharing great insight on the panel topic having developed and instituted new operational efficiencies driving system-wide sales and helping grow the franchise system, reengineered the menu and prices to improve unit level economics, and launched a ‘Famously Fresh’ campaign at the restaurant level and across marketing channels to leverage our fresh, simple-scratch menu.”

Sebazco has been Famous Toastery’s President since October 2022. With 30 years of experience in the franchising and restaurant industry, Sebazco has also been involved in the operations and growth of various brands, including Don Pablo’s, Boston Pizza and Texas Land & Cattle. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President of Operations and Development at MOOYAH Burgers, Fries and Shakes.

Over his impressive career, Sebazco has been directly involved in opening 350 restaurant locations across the country and has played a key role in leading innovative prototype and menu engineering programs.

Famous Toastery believes food should be both decadent and nutritious, uncompromisingly fresh, and served to order quickly with service that is just as satisfying as the menu. With an emphasis on perfecting classic breakfast items while simultaneously injecting craveable twists to their food and cocktail menus, Famous Toastery prides itself in serving a fresh, simple-scratch made breakfast and brunch menu in a welcoming atmosphere.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- fast casual (topic)
- franchise model (topic)
- menu innovation (topic)
- MOOYAH (company)
- Famous Toastery (company)
- Mike Sebazco (person)
- Boston Pizza (company)
- full-service restaurants (topic)
- NextGen Restaurant Summit (event)
- Grand Hyatt Atlanta (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20230821_famous_toastery_president_to_speak_at_inaugural_nextgen_restaurant_summit_o.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/3ad94daa-b6d1-412d-9c92-34444b16e1b5).