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Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
How a Wichita burger stand named after a Purple Heart veteran turned thin patties, fry sauce, and frozen custard into a roughly 580-store chain worth $700 million.
Del Taco
The Mojave taco stand that grew into America's number-two Mexican drive-thru now serves fries next to burritos, runs a loyalty app with four heat-rated tiers, and just changed hands for the second time in three years.
LIFELENZ
LIFELENZ is an AI-driven workforce management platform for large hourly and shift-based employers, best known in quick-service restaurants. It uses self-tuning machine learning to forecast demand store-by-store, then builds optimized, compliant schedules and handles time & attendance, people management and reporting. Founded in 2017 with technical roots in Australia, it now serves major QSR brands including thousands of McDonald's restaurants across the US, UK and Ireland.
Shin Starr Presents Corp.
Shin Starr Presents Corp. is a Korean-American foodtech company building autonomous, AI-powered robotic kitchens. Its 'Autowok' system - a modular, Lego-block robotics platform - cooks Korean BBQ and seafood with minimal human intervention, including inside moving OLHSO food trucks that finish dishes 'en route' so meals arrive minutes after cooking. Founded in 2019 by Kish Shin and Jay Shin, the company operates OLHSO branded trucks and a San Mateo restaurant in the San Francisco Bay Area and is targeting airports, campuses, and corporate cafeterias for expansion.