QSRweb Podcast

Up close with The Halal Guys, HungerRush

The Halal Guys CEO talks about riding the choppy seas of a rough restaurant year, while HungerRush stops in to recount the many ways restaurant management tools can help operators navigate their brands in good times and bad.

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Photo: The Halal Guys

October 9, 2020

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Podcast Summary

Abouelenein.

When it comes to tough markets, there's likely few tougher than the streets of New York City. But that's exactly where The Halal Guys was born and raised, beginning as a street cart food concept focused on the city's Muslim taxi drivers, who needed great on-the-go food that complied with the dietary restrictions of the faith.

Flash-forward 30 years and now one of the original street cart's owner's son is the CEO of the company, in charge of a burgeoning 90-plus location national chain that still holds Halal food sacred, but has vastly widened its customer base to include many thousands of customers of every belief and background. They all, however, share a love of Middle Eastern cuisine done right.

Seymour.

On today's podcast, The Halal Guys CEO Ahmed Abouelenein stops in to talk frankly about an insanely scary year in the restaurant industry which the brand has managed to survive and thrive through.

And speaking of thriving, restaurant management tech is helping tons of brands do just that, through tools provided by experts in this increasingly important area of operation like those at HungerRush. In the second part of today's podcast, HungerRush executive, Eric Seymour joins the conversation to detail the many ways restaurant management tech can boost the health and bottom line of just about any restaurant brand.

Photos provided.