{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Welcome to the Arena from ICR – Conversations with Today's Innovators & Business Leaders","title":"Orazio Buzza, Founder & CEO, Fooda — Table Stakes: How Fooda reimagined workplace dining across America","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1813,"description":"What if instead of a corporate cafeteria, your employer brought a different local restaurant to your office every day? It’s a simple idea, but the execution is surprisingly complicated. \n\nOrazio Buzza is the founder and CEO of Fooda, a leading workplace dining platform serving offices, hospitals, distribution centers and other workplaces across the US. Before founding Fooda in 2011, Orazio was part of the founding team at Echo Global Logistics, where he served as president and COO and helped take the company public. \n\nToday, Orazio walks us through how Fooda went from a single pop-up program at a Chicago office to a national platform, how they rebuilt the company almost from scratch after losing 95% of their business during COVID, and why food has become table stakes for employers trying to attract the best talent. \n\nHighlights:\nEcho Global Logistics and the IPO (1:54)\nThe origin of Fooda (4:12)\nThe three-sided marketplace (6:06)\nThe scale of the business today (12:35)\nCity-by-city expansion (13:20)\nLosing 95% of business in COVID (15:00)\nReturn to office and food as a perk (19:07)\nTechnology and Fooda OS (22:33)\nGoals for ‘26 into ‘27 (27:20)\nLinks:\nOrazio Buzza LinkedIn\nFooda LinkedIn\nFooda Website\nICR LinkedIn\nICR Twitter\nICR Website\n\n \nFeedback:\nIf you have questions about the show, or have a topic in mind you’d like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, joe@lowerstreet.co","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VPbFZOgoHk78hrWlplrfMSrQROUNxI8jcZ2Gv-hyKm4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYmFh/NWFlNGJjY2Y0NGFk/YmM2NWJiMTI4NmVh/OWQ4Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}