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Stafford Shurden

Proprieter
Stafford's Market

Stafford Shurden is a restaurant owner, life long farmer, esteemed marketer, and retired Justice Court Judge from Drew, MS. 

Over the past four years between managing his farm and restaurant, Stafford has traveled the Southern United States in search of the best Gas Staion Food and filming it from the tailgate of his farm truck. His popular show, "The Tailgate Review", has amased millions of views on social media and garnered attention in national publications. 

Stafford's show has also had the side effect of growing his restaurant business almost two fold. 

Stafford resides in his childhood home on the farm in Drew along with his wife Leslie Shurden and daughters, Anna Walton Shurden and Mary Stafford Shurden. 

Format: Awards Awards
Awards announcements and presentation.
Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Panel Panel
Multiple presenters, experts in a certain field discussing and sharing expertise and experience with one another.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.

Speaking at:

Transforming Your Menu like a Restaurant

We all know food is the future of convenience, but how do we scale our menus to meet the needs of diverse customers? Hear from restauranteur Stafford Shurden on the hundreds of convenience...

October 07, 2024
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM PDT
Foodservice
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
 
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