Rafi Taherian, 2016 IFMA Gold Plate Award Winner, Colleges & Universities Category
Rafi Taherian, associate vice president, Yale Hospitality, Yale University, received the Silver Plate Award in the Colleges & Universities Category. He was then named the 2016 IFMA Gold Plate Winner for overall industry excellence at the 62nd Annual Gold & Silver Plate Celebration held May 21 in Chicago. Rafi was nominated for his Silver Plate Award by Basic American Foods, JL&A Communications and Sysco.
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65th IFMA Gold & Silver Plate Awards Celebration Recap
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The New Go-to-Market Model Webinar
The latest release from IFMA's Food Future 2025 platform focuses on what influences a foodservice operator's purchasing decisions and offers recommendations on how a foodservice... [more]
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OMNIA Partners Introduction
Harness the group purchasing power of OMNIA Partners to reduce your day-to-day indirect and direct costs. To learn more, watch this short webinar and contact Jennifer Tarulis to get s... [more]
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Webinar: Introduction to 5 Operator Archetypes
This webinar introduces listeners to a brand new foodservice operator segmentation, Archetypes. Archetypes helps manufacturers design sales and marketing efforts that are aligned... [more]
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2019 Silver Plate Stories: John Arena & Sam Facchini
Meet John Arena & Sam Facchini, Co-Founders/Co-Owners of Metro Pizza. John & Sam received the 2019 Silver Plate Award in the Independent Restaurant/Multi-Concept category,... [more]
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2019 Silver Plate Stories: Regynald G. Washington
Meet Regynald Washington, President, Dining Division of Paradies Lagardère. Regynald received the 2019 Silver Plate Award in the Retail & Specialty Foodservice category and took... [more]
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Webinar: The Consumer Food Journey℠ Report
This webinar will provide you with an introduction to IFMA's brand new Consumer Food Journey℠ Report. This report is the result of 15,000 consumer surveys over a 12-month time... [more]
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Welcome to IFMA's 2019 Presidents Conference
A look inside the video that kicked off the 2019 Presidents Conference, Decoding the Consumer.
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IFMA's 2019 Excellence in Distribution Award
Vistar receives the IFMA Excellence in Distribution Award. This award recognizes a corporate or independent distribution organization that has demonstrated excellence in the... [more]
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IFMA's 2019 Distributor Sales & Marketing Performance Award
Gordon Food Service is awarded the IFMA Distributor Sales & Marketing Performance Award, which recognizes a single independent distributor or an individual operating company of a... [more]
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IFMA's 2019 Distinguished Industry Achievement Award
The Hallam Family is named winner of IFMA's Distinguished Industry Achievement Award, which recognizes leaders who have brought about positive change in the foodservice distribution... [more]
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Webinar: Top 2019 Operator Trends and 2020 Predictions (Firefly 500)
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Silver Plate Class of 2017 - Ted Faulkner
Silver Plate Recipient, Ted Faulkner, Director of Dining Services of Virginia Tech. Colleges & Universities category.
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UberEats: Building a digital market to deliver the right food for right now
The IFMA Presidents Conference is the place where leaders meet. In this episode, Liz Meyerdirk takes an inside look at how UberEats is changing the way restaurants can do business.
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Anheuser-Busch and Buffalo Wild Wings: A Recipe for Mutual Success!
Josh Halpern from Anheuser-Busch and Todd Kronebusch from Buffalo Wild Wings describe how their collaboration helped them create a better, more valuable guest experience.
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Eater Types: Overview
Jack Li, managing director at Datassential, provides an overview of the four eater types – the basic eater, the quality essentialist, the progressive and the experientialist. These... [more]
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Arby's: The Transformation of a Brand – Pt. 1
How was Arby’s able to transform their brand and gain transaction in a time when other restaurants were struggling? Find out in this installment of IFMA TV. Watch 'Arby's: The... [more]
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2016 IFMA COEX Innovation Award for Culinary and Operations – Regional Chain – Mellow Mushroom
Congratulations to the 2016 IFMA COEX Innovation Award winner for Culinary and Operations for a Regional Chain – Mellow Mushroom!