Steven Wells is Chief Operating Officer of American Food & Vending Corporation. Founded in 1990 in Syracuse, N.Y., American Food & Vending has expanded beyond its original charter as a dining account to become one of the largest independent corporate dining and vending firms in the U.S. The company has consistently achieved annual growth rates exceeding 20 percent by carving out a niche as a viable alternative to the three large international foodservice companies. Clients include Anheuser-Busch, General Motors, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Nestle-Purina Petcare.
This lecture is part of the "Conversations with Entrepreneurs" series presented by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration.
Steven Wells is a graduate of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration.
People. Number one thing without question. I mean we're in the hospitality business, it's people. I mean that's... our only check or limit on our growth is the ability, quite honestly, right now they continue to attract quality people at the rate that we need because that's what separates us from...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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