Lauren Cahill is an NRAEF Certified Foodservice Management Professional who has negotiated contacts, sourced products, managed vendors, overseen inventory control and distribution, and managed multi-million dollar budgets.

She has worked in a variety of venues, including full service, fast casual, quick service and third-party operations. Lauren has consulted for over fifteen years with a variety of clients including BJ’s Restaurants, Starbucks, Steak n’ Shake, Tocaya Organica, Veggie Grill and Yard House Restaurants. She also spent four years with The Walt Disney Company as Manager of Food & Beverage Sourcing for Disneyland Resort and ESPN Zone restaurants. She earlier served in several sourcing and procurement positions with Fresh Choice and El Torito Restaurants. Her product knowledge has allowed clients to trim food costs by anywhere from 100 to 500 basis points, saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars.