McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 37,000 locations in over 100 countries. More than 90% of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business men and women. McDonald's & our franchisees employ 1.9 million people worldwide. We serve the world some of its favorite foods - World Famous Fries, Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, Chicken McNuggets and Egg McMuffin. To learn more about the company, please visit www.aboutmcdonalds.com.

Panera began in 1987 as St. Louis Bread Company, a humble community bakery founded with a sourdough starter from San Francisco and a dream of putting a loaf of bread in every arm. While our business has expanded well beyond St. Louis since then, that same sourdough starter is still used in our iconic sourdough bread and the craft of baking bread fresh each day remains at the heart of Panera Bread. Each day, our trained bakers fill our bakery shelves with delicious freshly baked cookies, pastries, bagels, and a range of breads from focaccia to classic baguettes. We believe in serving delicious, freshly prepared, clean food made with carefully selected ingredients that we are proud to serve our own families. Our menu, crafted by chefs and bakers, features classic, comforting dishes, each with an intriguing twist. We respect our planet and take measures to lessen our impacts. We believe in treating people with warmth, kindness, and respect, whether it’s a guest in our cafe or one of our associates. And we believe in helping our local communities, especially in times of need. We’re also focused on improving quality and convenience. With investments in technology and operations, we offer omni-channel access to your Panera favorites – like mobile ordering, catering, and Rapid Pick-Up® for to-go orders, Curbside pick-up and delivery – all designed to make things easier for our guests. Today, Panera operates as both Panera Bread® or Saint Louis Bread Co St. Louis Bread Company in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Panera Bread is privately held by JAB Holding Company. Panera Bread is part of Panera Brands, one of the largest fast-casual restaurant platforms in the U.S., comprised of Panera Bread®, Caribou Coffee® and Einstein Bros.® Bagels.

Grubhub is a leading food-ordering and delivery marketplace on a mission to empower everyday convenience and champion merchants from coast to coast. Grubhub is part of Just Eat Takeaway.com, a global online food delivery marketplace, featuring numerous merchants in over 4,000 U.S. cities. Restaurants, grocery, and local merchants are the core of our offering—and the heart of the communities we serve. Our mission is to strengthen our roots, deepen our connections, and increase our positive impact. We strive to help merchants grow their businesses and experiment with new concepts. Our community is powered by thousands of drivers around the country. We provide drivers with flexible opportunities to work and earn on their own schedules—and keep 100% of the tips they earn while they deliver. Together with our merchants and drivers, we give customers more options for delivery, whether it’s their go-to meal from their favorite local restaurant, or a craving to discover something new. Through the Grubhub Community Fund, we have given more than $70 million to charitable organizations and communities nationwide since 2020. Focusing on supporting independent restaurants, helping close the hunger gap, and creating more opportunities for people in the hospitality industry, we forge nationwide partnerships that strengthen our competitiveness in the marketplace, attract and retain the best talent, and show customers how we support the communities they live in. Since we opened our doors in Chicago in 2004, Grubhub has been opening doors all across the country. With thousands of merchants nationwide, Grubhub delivers the best local, authentic cuisine right to diners’ doors—and new customers and billions in revenue to local businesses. And that helps open even more doors. Bakery doors in Hyde Park. Jibarito joint doors in Queens. And doors of opportunity all across the country. Grubhub. Delivering joy. Guaranteed.

Overview and Mission Founded in 1983, Flying Food Group LLC is a U.S. based and owned company providing authentic meals (fresh and shelf stable) as well as logistics and digital services to the travel and retail industries. Diversity, purpose and giving back to society is at our core, with all of our company profits benefiting the charitable foundation of our founder, Sue Ling Gin. Catering Our strategic network of 17 modern production kitchens stretches from Hawaii to Florida. We deliver an exceptional on-board passenger experience that elevates our customer’s brand value (Americas "Airline Caterer of the Year 2018 and 2020," Pax International). Retail For over 20 years, FFG has been delivering best in class prepared meal solutions to national and regional retail partners from concept to industrialization. Our expertise has allowed our partners to grow their businesses and build their brands through high quality food programs. Digital Services Move Fast LLC, our Digital Services Partnership, is based in Dallas (with offices in Chicago and Dublin). Move Fast has recently launched Most, a new retail and payment platform for the mobility industry. With Most, we are re-inventing the future of mobility for customers on the move.

Michael Lewis Company is the worldwide leader for in-flight and catering products, global logistics and supply chain management solutions for the airline industry. Our services include dry, chilled, and frozen foods; cabin service supplies; refurbishing and cleaning programs; equipment balancing and kit/cart packing solutions; rotable, high heat plastics, and non-woven solutions; and in bond and wine distribution services. We offer a full array of supply chain solutions including significant sourcing and buying power, proprietary forecasting technologies and foreign trade zone (FTZ) facilities. Our major distribution centers are located near Chicago, IL, Phoenix, AZ and Rotterdam, Netherlands as well as Buenos Aires, Argentina servicing our customers in the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Pacific. We offer our customers a modern transportation infrastructure and state-of-the-art technology solutions to further improve efficiency and service. Michael Lewis Company was founded in 1928 and is based in McCook, IL, just outside of Chicago. We are privately held and fiercely independent allowing us to focus on providing a world class experience to our customers for generations.

With strong, Midwestern family values and genuine hometown hospitality, Culver’s has proudly served its signature ButterBurgers and Fresh Frozen Custard since 1984. There are now over 850 Culver’s restaurants in 25 states, with more than 30,000 team members offering deliciously handcrafted meals and desserts. We believe that the smart, dedicated and hard-working people of Culver’s are what drives us to succeed in the restaurant industry. Our growth also provides the opportunity for talented professionals to join our organization at our home office in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, or with us in field-based operational consultant roles, as well as the opportunity to join our franchisees’ organizations in restaurant leadership positions at their locations across the country. We provide a wide array of opportunities in numerous professional fields with a focus on advancing the Culver's organization, culture and experience. Professional positions cover a wide range of functions including accounting, operations, marketing, design, supply chain, human resources and information technology, just to name a few. We are committed to the growth of our team members through progressive work and career opportunities, development programs and a highly engaged work environment. The efforts and dedication of our team is what propels our success and has resulted in us being rated No. 1 in franchisee satisfaction by the Franchisee Business Review. Interested in a franchise opportunity? 98% of Culver’s restaurants are independently owned and operated. We are looking for franchisees with strong leadership skills to operate Culver’s restaurants with the same high standards we’ve held since day one. If you are interested in becoming a Culver’s franchisee, please visit http://www.culvers.com/franchise. To learn more about Culver’s, visit www.culvers.com, https://www.facebook.com/culvers, https://twitter.com/culvers or https://instagram.com/culvers.

Considered the oldest family name in Chicago pizza, Lou Malnati's is as rich in history as its pizza is in flavor. Lou Malnati got his start in the 1940's working in Chicago's first deep dish pizzeria. He took his pizza expertise to Lincolnwood, a northern suburb of Chicago, where he and his wife Jean opened the first Lou Malnati's Pizzeria on March 17, 1971. Lou was known for his fun-loving character as well as making Chicago's best pizza. Loyal patrons lined the streets on opening day for a taste of his delicious deep dish creations. Lou always thought it was funny that an Italian should open a pizzeria in a Jewish neighborhood on an Irish holiday. But that was Lou's style; he loved all types of people and didn't care much about what people thought. Today, we have 70+ locations across Illinois, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Indiana. We also ship over a million pizzas a year through our e-commerce business, Tastes of Chicago. Malnati’s success comes from our commitment to quality. Every Lou Malnati’s pizza is handmade from scratch using the finest and freshest ingredients. Every year, the Malnati team hand selects California vine-ripened tomatoes for the perfect sweet and tangy taste. The exclusive sausage blend is seasoned to our exact specifications. The fresh mozzarella cheese comes from the same small dairy that has supplied Lou Malnati’s for over 45 years. And our family’s secret recipe for flaky, buttery crust has been passed down from generation to generation. You’ll know with every bite that each pizza was made with care and special attention. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lou Malnati’s is proud to be ranked a top Chicago workplace 12 years in a row!

Hot dog! Since 1963, Portillo’s has been serving unrivaled Chicago street food in nostalgic themed restaurants. Get your buns ready for some delicious food! Will it be our classic Chicago-style hot dog or our legendary Italian beef sandwich with home-cooked sweet peppers? Perhaps you’re in the mood for one of our char-grilled burgers or a chopped salad. No matter what you order, finish your meal with a slice of our fresh-baked chocolate cake or a chocolate cake shake. There’s something for everyone at Portillo’s! In 1963, Dick Portillo and his wife Sharon invested their life savings of $1,100 into a hot dog stand called “The Dog House” in Villa Park, IL. The Dog House didn’t have running water or a bathroom. Dick had to run garden hoses from a local business to get the water he needed. The menu was simple – hot dogs, tamales, fries and a coke, all for under 35 cents. Through Dick’s hard work and determination, the Dog House evolved into Portillo’s and has become what it is today. Come and enjoy our legendary food served by the friendliest people in the business. Even better? Join our growing team!

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants was created with the inspiration of bringing the Napa Valley experience to all of America, by combining an elegant tasting room with a polished casual restaurant and scratch kitchen. Built upon the belief that food and wine hold the power to forge lasting connections, Cooper’s Hawk is home to one of the world’s largest wine clubs with nearly 600k-and-growing member base. The Cooper’s Hawk portfolio currently includes over 55 Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant locations throughout 11 states, as well as a new “by Cooper’s Hawk” brands introduced in 2022: Piccolo Buco by Luca Issa & Cooper’s Hawk. All Cooper’s Hawk concepts aim to deliver consistently memorable, life-enrichening experiences to members, guests, and each of the more than 8,000 team members. Cooper’s Hawk wines have won nearly 600 awards and are the Official Wines of the Screen Actors Guild® Awards. To learn more, follow us on Instagram: @Chwinery, like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coopershawk, subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CHWinery.

At Quality Dining, we believe in serving each guest with pride and enthusiasm. We take community involvement seriously and strive to be a leader in the communities where we are located. As a franchisee, QDI operates nearly 180 BURGER KING® restaurants in Florida, Indiana and Michigan; nearly 40 Chili’s® restaurants in Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. We also develop, own and operate Papa Vino’s® Italian Kitchen concepts in Indiana and Michigan.

Potbelly is a neighborhood sandwich shop that has been feeding customers’ smiles with signature oven-toasted sandwiches, soups, hand-dipped shakes, cookies baked fresh daily and other fresh menu items, customized just the way customers want them, for 45 years. Potbelly promises Fresh, Fast & Friendly service in a fun, welcoming environment that delivers good vibes. Since opening its first shop in Chicago in 1977, Potbelly has expanded to neighborhoods across the country, with more than 400 shops in over 30 states and Washington DC.

OUR VISION: Steak ‘n Shake is a classic American brand and we intend to lead and dominate the premium burger and milkshake segment of the restaurant industry. OUR MISSION: Constantly to serve our patrons the highest quality burgers and shakes along with extending them great service at the lowest possible prices. We are not your conventional restaurant company, and we don’t intend to become one. We are performance driven and customer focused unlike any other. Over and over again we hear that our people stay with us because they enjoy the people they work with. At Steak n Shake, you get to have an impact on peoples’ lives by making their work environment fun and exciting. The point is, Steak 'n Shake values people and wants to make their work environment enjoyable. Our fast paced work environment attracts candidates that long for more than just a desk job. They want a career where they can interact with people everyday and be part of a winning team.