Inspired through Story

Story is the great motivator.

And we have an industry full of individuals with amazing stories. Each week the Foodservice Powerplant Network sits down for a conversation with industry leaders who have dared to dream big and turn their dreams into reality. We hear of the challenges overcome, the detours on their road to success, all the reasons why they do what they do. It’s in listening to another person, who’s willing to be genuine with their story, that we come to realize we’re all really quite similar, and all equally capable of.

“Jason Wange is the Oprah Winfrey of the foodservice industry.”

— Maureen Slocum, CEO & Publisher, Zoomba Group

Chris East – Chrane

Chris East – Chrane

Chris East makes it his mission to attend as many Oktoberfest's in Germany as possible. With every industry accolade he receives, he goes out of his...

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Tim Irey – Bargreen Ellingson

Tim Irey – Bargreen Ellingson

Tim Irey is one of the most respected leaders in all of foodservice (and has been for over two decades). As VP of Sales & Marketing for Bargreen...

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Dave Taplin – Chick-fil-A

Dave Taplin – Chick-fil-A

Dave Taplin is one of the strongest people I know (and someone I've known for over 20 years). He has had an incredible journey within Chick-fil-A,...

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Chris Jeens – W.D. Colledge

Chris Jeens – W.D. Colledge

Chris Jeens might just be the coolest person in foodservice. In addition to his role as a partner in an incredibly successful rep firm in Canada,...

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Patricia Bible – KaTom

Patricia Bible – KaTom

Patricia Bible is the charismatic Founder & CEO of KaTom Restaurant Supply, Inc., one of the fastest growing dealers in foodservice. Coupling...

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David Richman – Cheforward

David Richman – Cheforward

David Richman is the founder of Cheforward LLC, a trend-forward melamine tabletop company created to give back. After years creating, designing and...

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Maureen Slocum – Zoomba Group

Maureen Slocum – Zoomba Group

It's all about the people for Maureen Slocum. The day she decided to create the company that she always wanted to work for, the founder & CEO of...

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Taz Sutherland – Walmart

Taz Sutherland – Walmart

Taz Sutherland is a facilities project manager at Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas and also an original Foodservice Powerplant (we call him our...

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Brian Wood – RABCO

Brian Wood – RABCO

By anyone's standards, Brian Wood had experienced a successful foodservice career running manufacturers and buying groups when on the morning of...

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Jen “Bolt” Bolton – Avanti

Jen “Bolt” Bolton – Avanti

If you know her, call her a friend or a colleague, it's no surprise that Jen (Bolt) Bolton goes by BOLT. The 2020 FE&S DSR of the Year, she...

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Tom Stritch – Positivity Legend

Tom Stritch – Positivity Legend

Tom Stritch has a story, and it not might be the story you expect. During some challenges in his youth, he recognized that he had choices. He could...

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Wade Koehler – FCSI/Forte

Wade Koehler – FCSI/Forte

Wade Koehler, CAE is an open book. As the Executive Director of FCSI The Americas, he is the ultimate connector and brings together the industry's...

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Rachael Weaver – SEFA

Rachael Weaver – SEFA

Rachael Weaver loves to build and create. She's an industry veteran whose progressive insight and leadership, at both WebstaurantStore and now with...

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FSPN Culinary Academy

Chefs create meals which both fill us and inspire. Yet, it’s the stories of their lives which have the capacity to provide the greatest inspiration. Join Jason and some of the Foodservice Powerplant’s best Chefs as they prepare an amazing meal together, and talk through both the passions of each Chef and lessons learned along the way.