MRM EXCLUSIVE: Food Tankers Group Launches to Attack Restaurant Industry Problems

Taking the motto, “We Eat. We Drink. We Think. We Solve,” The Food Tankers, a group comprised of restaurant industry professionals, is launching in Los Angeles with the goal of working collectively to produce solutions for current issues affecting restaurants and the food industry such as waste, sustainability and safety.

“The Food Tankers Group came out of an idea to first start yet another ‘dining’ group and moved full speed toward something bigger, an opportunity to get a group of professional, successful women and men together to make a difference in today’s food industry, specifically restaurants,” explained organizer Elizabeth Thompson, who has experience as a culinary instructor, restaurateur and food marketing consultant. “We are banding together to socialize, try out new restaurants, talk about things related to the meal such as the food, service, the plates … and then move to bigger topics that need to be addressed today. The name The Food Tankers Group is…