Hot Palette America

We are very excited to share a story about the milestones and specific highlighted acheivements our team has reached in the first full year of franchising Pepper Lunch in the U.S.!! Thank you to our entire U.S. based team for all of your hard work, dedication, and excellent teamwork to make these and many more internal goals happen!! To our APAC and Tokyo based family, we absolutely could NOT have gotten so much done in such a short time without your all hands on deck approach to supporting us! We are very fortunate for your partnership and hard work! A special shout out to our global business leader, Yuto Tago; you are an incredible and inspiring leader and amazing partner to me and our team. I am grateful, as we all are! To our franchise partners; you are the pioneers of this concept in the U.S., and we are all grateful for your willingness to trust in us and build this plane while flying it! Thank you for your dedication, patience, understanding l, and most of all your enthusiasm for this brand! Your partnership is our success! Here is to the second year of even bigger results to come! Cheers! https://lnkd.in/gCxkksjP #restaurantsuccess #restaurantfranchise #franchising #franchiseopportunity #franchisee #franchisor #fastcasual Nation's Restaurant News Fast Casual QSR Franchise Business Review Franchise Times Restaurant Business Online

Pride: We have earned the trust of a legend. Proof: We have a valuable desired franchise brand. Promise: We will live up to the highest expectations. I am immensely proud of our entire team who have built a franchisor business that is worthy of an industry icons investment in our brand at a major level! Carl L Karcher is the son of the founders of Carl’s Jr, an iconic fast food restaurant brand. His organization operates 145 locations across 3 brands today; Carl’s Jr, Jamba Juice, and Dave’s Hot Chicken. Today we announce that they have invested in Pepper Lunch Restaurants with the commitment of 20 stores over 4 territories; S. San Diego County, the Inland Empire and Dessert Communities of California, and Las Vegas! This is further proof that we have a brand worthy of being partnered with by people who know what a high value brand is! We must now keep our promise to provide the highest level of professional support and be the best franchise partner in the industry in order to keep the trust that has been placed in us by all of our franchisees! Read the article written by Franchise Times in the first comment below! #franchisesuccess #restaurantsucces #franchisee #franchisor #restaurantinvestment #restauratuer #franchiseopportunity #franchising #fastcasual

Our North American CEO, Troy Hooper, has been named one of the nations Top 50 Most Influential Marketers by Nation's Restaurant News! “We are introducing a legacy brand which is very well known and popular in all of Asia to the American consumer and franchisee community. Even though we have had 7 stores in North America for up to seven years, we have a whole continent to get to know us!! We must share our story and our value propositions to both equally, as loudly and widely as we can. It’s a big part of my job in these early years.” says Hooper. We congratulate all who made this prestigious list which is voted on by the trade publications readers! A special high five to our friends and colleagues; Gregg Majewski, Shawn P. Walchef, and James Walker, CFE! See the full list here: https://lnkd.in/g4Z4Tb_G #restaurantfranchise #fastcasual #restaurantsuccess #franchising #franchisor #franchisee #restaurateur #restaurantmarketing

#4?!? WHAAAT?!?! I have truly never been more shocked in my entire life! Pepper Lunch Restaurants has been not only named a Fast Casual Top 100, but was ranked by a committee of trade press, industry vendors, and brand executives as #4 among the 2024 class! 15 months ago almost no one in the industry had heard of our incredible brand of 30 years with 516 (463 then) locations in 15 countries. They certainly didn’t know we had been open in North America for 6 years with 7 stores. But today the industry certainly has said they see us, they are paying attention to what we are doing, and more importantly how we are doing it! This is acknowledgement that our teams insanely hard work is being noticed! That how is more important than how many! Congratulations to the entire global team for being the best, the most passionate, and the most consistent brand group I know! Thank you to the committee, this incredible community of leaders, and to our team who deserve this recognition for their hard work, dedication, and passion for the mission they bring everyday! Congratulations to so many of our friends who deservingly made the list and everyone who plays a part in making this community so amazing! Here is the full report: https://lnkd.in/eUH4e5ti #fastcasual #restaurantindustry #restaurantsuccess #restaurantfranchising #franchiseopportunity

Time to pack for #RLC2024! Put this on your calendar!! The very first session (immediately after the first days fun group activities) is this incredible Panel+Roundtable with some incredible brand leaders. We will be talking with you (and listening to your stories) about using a variety of menu related strategies to attract and retain guests and improve your bottom line. This is a learn from your peers and discuss the details type experience that always yields great new ideas! I will be sharing our year long journey to a complete product supply revamp, resulting in an all new menu at Pepper Lunch Restaurants that on the surface won’t look very different, but the guest experience of the new ingredients and recipes will be dramatically elevated while the store level economics have improved significantly! Join us Monday at 11:30 for this Lunch and Learn! Come sweaty and casual (I am coming right off the pickle ball court)!! #restaurantleadership #restaurantsuccess #continuingeducation #restaurantfranchise #franchiseopportunity #restaurateur #restaurantcommunity #lunchandlearn #scottsdale #phoenix

It is always an honor to be asked for an update on Pepper Lunch Restaurants by our trade publication partners in the industry! There is some real breaking news embedded in this article!! What’s something that you don’t know or stands out in this write up to you? #restaurantnews #restaurantsuccess #restaurantfranchise #franchiseopportunity #restaurateur #japanesefood #asiancuisine #franchising #franchisee

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 We're ecstatic to welcome Dana Hathaitham as our new Director of Real Estate and Development. Dana, a modern-day renaissance woman, joins us with a wealth of experience from Kitchen United to leading Ghost Kitchen Brands' expansion into the U.S. Her passion for design and innovation, combined with over a decade in hospitality, makes her a perfect fit to lead our growth strategies. Here's to soaring to new heights with Dana on board! 🚀 #GrowthAndInnovation #HospitalityLeaders #RealEstateAndDevelopment #HotPaletteAmerica #SizzleItYourWay #DIYTeppanyaki #RestaurantFranchise

It’s finally official! Jonathan Ehiteside has been a trusted contractor for me for many years and has put in more time on Pepper Lunch Restaurants over the last year than anyone besides me. It’s my great pleasure to welcome him to Hot Palette America as our Director of Creative and Technology!! Jonathan has built the backbone of our operation and lead the creation of our marketing engine and our digital infrastructure! We are ever more efffocient and effective everyday because of his talents and dedication! Now that he is here full time, we are truly going to be unstoppable! #newhire #restaurantfranchise #franchisesuccess #fastcasual #multiunit https://lnkd.in/gYGKThNh