Chain: Women's Foodservice Forum

Women’s Foodservice Forum Teams Up with Men, Millennials

The Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the premier leading national organization for advancing women within the foodservice industry has joined forces with men and Millennials to support their common goal of moving women into leadership roles. The three groups are working together to change the face of leadership. “Many women don’t realize all the opportunities that […]

WFF Conference Draws 3,000 Attendees, Social Media Buzz

The Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the industry’s premier leadership development organization, hosted its 2015 Conference that celebrated the culmination of its 25th anniversary and featured an exciting roster of industry and world-renowned keynote speakers. Three-thousand attendees from the U.S. and Canada participated in the event. Over the course of four days, the conference garnered nearly […]

WFF Presents Outstanding Board Service Award

The Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the industry’s premier leadership development organization, announced that Marie Perry, interim chief financial officer, senior vice president, controller, and treasurer for Brinker International Inc., is the recipient of the WFF Outstanding Board Service Award. The award was presented during the 2015 Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida March 8–11 at the […]

WFF Awards Highest Organization Honor to Kraft

The Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the industry’s premier leadership development organization, announced that Kraft Foods Group Inc., is the recipient of the SOAR Award. The prestigious SOAR Award sponsored by Yum! Brands, stands for Standard-Setters for Opportunity, Advancement, and Recognition of women, and annually honors one foodservice company that is supremely dedicated to attracting, educating […]

WFF Conference Aims to Change the Face of Leadership

In the restaurant industry, 60 percent of frontline managers are women. From the perspective of the Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the figure signifies considerable progress since the organization was founded in 1989. Moving up the corporate ladder, only 15 percent of women hold leadership roles, meaning that the WFF still has their work cut out. […]

Ahead of Conference, WFF Announces Award Recipients

The Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the premier leadership development organization for women in the foodservice sector, announced the recipients of its 2015 top awards: The Fritzi Pikes Woods Trailblazer Award, SOAR Award, Volunteer of the Year Award, and Outstanding Board Service Award. The formal presentations will be held during the week of March 8 at […]

Women’s Foodservice Forum Features 3 Keynote Speakers

The Women's Foodservice Forum (WFF) announced that industry icons Buffalo Wild Wings CEO Sally Smith, Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent, and McDonald's outgoing CEO Don Thompson will keynote the 2015 WFF Annual Leadership Development Conference to be held on March 8–11, 2015 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida. The lineup of […]