{"podcast":{"title":"The Food Professor","slug":"the-food-professor-1242175","podcast_index_feed_id":1242175,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Hox9Oi2V","website_url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7052712a-5e8d-4859-ad44-dbe25616454f/ae8c6be8-872f-457e-8237-2cc070842511/3000x3000/food-20professor-20concepts-20final-20copy-20high-20res.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Michael LeBlanc","episode_count":267,"summary":"Join Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Halifax with host Michael LeBlanc as they look at the hot issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries. We'll discuss proprietary industry and consumer food related research, check out fresh new ideas and talk about half baked strategies. © 2020-2026 M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. All Rights Reserved.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T16:20:35.449097+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175"},"episode":{"title":"Carney’s Trade Avenger Squad, U.S. Beef with Beef & Cracking the Code for Localizing Global QSR Food Trends with Trinh Tham, CEO of the Kevito Group, operator of Chatime and Bake Code","slug":"carney-s-trade-avenger-squad-u-s-beef-with-beef-cracking-the-code-for-localizing-global-qsr-food-trends-with-trinh-tham-ceo-of-the-kevito-group-operator-of-chatime-and-bake-code","published_at":"2026-04-23T07:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/carney-s-trade-avenger-squad-u-s-beef-with-beef-cracking-the-code-for-localizing-global-qsr-food-trends-with-trinh-tham-ceo-of-the-kevito-group-operator-of-chatime-and-bake-code","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175","url":"https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com/episodes/guest-trinh-tham-ceo-of-chatime-bakcode-hJzEUecU","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/34a41864-7f8f-466e-bd73-c7c06de4d535/4ffff844-94ca-4fef-a148-428c21b081f6/episodes/audio/group/6cf1d463-15b6-4a50-8d14-8262e501f73f/group-item/5f82296e-fbc1-43d0-99be-176f92278c15/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Hox9Oi2V","summary":"Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois welcome Trinh Tham, CEO of the Kevito Group, to discuss scaling QSR concepts Chatime and Bake Code across Canada. Tham shares insights on brand building, franchise growth, and bringing global food trends to Canadian consumers through authenticity and localization. The episode also covers key food industry news, including inflation, sustainability trends, grocery pricing, and global trade pressures impacting Canada’s agri-food sector, as well as thoughts on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Canada-U.S. trade advisory council.","meta_description":"Michael LeBlanc and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois welcome Trinh Tham, CEO of the Kevito Group, to discuss scaling QSR concepts Chatime and Bake Code across Canad…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3345,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-food-professor-1242175/episodes/carney-s-trade-avenger-squad-u-s-beef-with-beef-cracking-the-code-for-localizing-global-qsr-food-trends-with-trinh-tham-ceo-of-the-kevito-group-operator-of-chatime-and-bake-code/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-food-professor-1242175/carney-s-trade-avenger-squad-u-s-beef-with-beef-cracking-the-code-for-localizing-global-qsr-food-trends-with-trinh-tham-ceo-of-the-kevito-group-operator-of-chatime-and-bake-code.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}