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title: "CEO of Famous Toastery Robert Maynard Featured on Restaurant Strategy Podcast"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/dfcd5d93-8ca4-44a0-a310-f608c6d51aef
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/ceo-of-famous-toastery-robert-maynard-featured-on-restaurant-strategy-podcast-2714582
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2020-12-23T23:18:25.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:25:47.417Z
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# CEO of Famous Toastery Robert Maynard Featured on Restaurant Strategy Podcast

**TL;DR:** Famous Toastery's CEO Robert Maynard discussed the chain's growth across the Carolinas and East Coast on the Restaurant Strategy Podcast. Maynard also spoke about navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and implementing features like first-party delivery.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-12-23. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/ceo-of-famous-toastery-robert-maynard-featured-on-restaurant-strategy-podcast-2714582).*

## Story

Famous Toastery’s CEO Robert Maynard sat down virtually with Chip Klose of Restaurant Strategy Podcast, a marketing podcast for restaurant operators, to discuss how they’ve grown their breakfast, lunch and brunch chain across the Carolinas and East Coast. Maynard also spoke on how they pushed their franchise restaurants through the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’ve started first-party delivery and we’re looking to go deeper into that because I don’t think it’s going away,” Maynard said. “In the restaurant business, you have to find a way to get back on the saddle, and I think the new features of restaurants like first-party delivery, online ordering and curbside pickup and so on are here to stay.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Famous Toastery (company)
- covid-19 pandemic (topic)
- Robert Maynard (person)
- restaurant strategy (topic)
- first-party delivery (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/ceo-of-famous-toastery-robert-maynard-featured-on-restaurant-strategy-podcast-2714582). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/dfcd5d93-8ca4-44a0-a310-f608c6d51aef).