Brief description of business: Franchisor of sushi restaurants within grocery stores, college campuses, airports and corporate offices.
Your responsibilities: I lead finance, accounting, supply chain and M&A.
Year started at company: 2018
Number of employees: More than 80 local; more than 250 total
Unique challenge of the past year:
Like everyone, the pandemic has been a challenge for our business; however, we were able to come together as a team to drive cost savings as well as generate creative promotional programs to improve sales results. While our business is not fully back to pre-pandemic sales in all channels, we are pleased with where we are today.
Advice to an aspiring CFO:
Take time to understand the underlying drivers of financial performance at your company so you can explain what the company needs to do to improve performance. A good finance leader does not just report news (i.e. make sure the numbers are correct and accurate); they impact future performance by helping educate others about changes they can make to help improve results and drive better returns.
Who or what made you successful?
I think having a blend of finance, strategy and business experience in my past roles has helped set me up for success. I tried to look for opportunities to take on a new challenge or move into a new area of the business because it helped me gain new experiences that increased my knowledge base or allowed me to develop a new skillset. This also enables me to look at key decisions from both the business side and the finance side so I can provide a balanced opinion to our team.
Hissho currently offers five different poke bowls, which vary depending on the location. The company’s signature bowls include Classic Hawaiian Poke, Mango Salmon Poke and Blake Dragon Poke. Grocery shoppers can order a signature bowl or build their own right there in the deli section.
In 2019, Hissho introduced two new bowls: Aloha Poke and Salmon Lover Poke.
Aloha pairs tuna, fresh ginger, edamame, blueberries, red onion and red radish on a bed of sushi rice and lettuce. The unique combination delivers “fresh, powerful flavors,” Wilde says.
Salmon Lover Poke Bowl boasts not only great flavor but eye-popping color, he adds. Hissho paired fresh citrus with cherry tomatoes and mangoes. Toppings like seaweed salad, sliced almonds and fried onions complete the savory, sweet bowl.
As far as trends in poke go, Hissho is seeing more and more consumers filling their bowls with bold fruits, spices, umami sauces and crunchy textures, Wilde says.
The demand among shoppers for wild and sustainably caught seafood is more prominent than ever across the industry, Rider says.
“Especially when it comes to preparations like poke, where quality is top-of-mind, specifying Alaska as the source helps communicate the message of quality and sustainability,” she adds.
Fifty-eight percent of seafood shoppers are more likely to purchase seafood when paired with the Alaska Seafood logo, Rider says, citing Technomic research from 2018.
ပွတ်ရိုင်းသွားပြီ
အထူးသဖြင့် Gen Z စျေးဝယ်သူများ၊ စားသုံးသူများအတွက်အဓိကကျသည့်ပရိသတ်များသည်သူတို့၏အစားအစာများသည်မည်သည့်နေရာမှလာသည်ကိုသိရှိရန်ပိုမိုစိတ် ၀ င်စားကြသည်။
WI အခြေစိုက် International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) မှ Madison ၏စက်မှုလက်မှုဆက်ဆံရေးညှိနှိုင်းရေးမှူးအဲရစ်ရစ်ချတ်က“ အချို့ကိစ္စရပ်များတွင်အချို့သောဆိုင်များတွင်သီးခြားအစိတ်အပိုင်းတစ်ခုဖြစ်နိုင်သည်။ သို့သော်၎င်းသည်စတိုးပုံစံပေါ်မူတည်သည်။ "စတိုးဆိုင်များထိုကဲ့သို့သော In-store ကိုထမင်းစားခန်းအဖြစ်အစီအစဉ်များကိုအမျိုးမျိုးသောအပေါ်ယူနေကြသည်။ "
ဒါကလက်လီအရောင်းအ ၀ န်းကနေပေးဖို့၊ မှတ်ထားဖို့အရေးကြီးတဲ့အချက်တစ်ချက်ဖြစ်တယ် သုံးစွဲသူများသည်အတွေ့အကြုံရှိသည်” ဟုအရောင်းဒုတိယဥက္ကဌ Larry Montuori, Nuovo Pasta Enterprises, Stratford, CT ။
ထို့အပြင်၎င်း၏ကမ်းလှမ်းမှုများတွင် Dim Sum မီနူးအတွက်ထည့်ထားသောဖလားခြောက်ခုနှင့်ပြည့်စုံသော dumplings တို့ပါဝင်သည်။ အသစ်သောအသင့်စားဆိုင်စားသောက်ဆိုင်အတော်များများအတုပါဝင်ပစ္စည်းများပမာဏကိုလျှော့ချခြင်းနှင့်ယခုသန့်စင်ပစ္စည်းများကိုစာရင်းကမ်းလှမ်းခဲ့ကြသည်။
Hissho Sushi recently opened World Bank in Washington, DC to raves from customers young and old. The lines were really long, but our Chefs were ready! During the first 2 days alone, orders for 45 platters came in! This just indicates how popular the Hissho items were, and how beautiful the presentations were. “Hats off” to our Opening Team and congratulations on a great job done by all.
With the holidays looming and parties scheduled for almost every day, we hope you’ll consider a few of Hissho’s party platters for your table as well. What a great way to impress and also please the palates of your guests.
Shown here is a platter made for the World Bank Opening! You can also customize your own platters by arranging with your Chef ahead of time! Enjoy these coming weeks with all the excitement of what the holidays bring……..
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As the summer swept by like a kite on steroids, we find ourselves in the midst of autumn with Christmas lights up outside already, the tree in place in our reception area, and bits of ornamentation around the office. But before we dive headlong into Christmas, we paused just long enough to give Thanksgiving its due.
Thanksgiving is my favorite time of year, mainly because it’s not fraught with pure commercialism. It’s a time for reflection, and giving thought to what we have and appreciate the gifts given by God each and every day. Thinking back on how Thanksgiving began, with the Pilgrims and Native American Indians coming together and sharing what they had, to create a meal to give thanks for all that had happened leading up to that moment.
It’s the same today, just in a different environment and over 500 years later. That we can share, love, and laugh together are the things that make life meaningful. We at Hissho are so grateful for our teams around the country who make us proud, our staff who share the same mission, and a CEO who leads by example. We are truly blessed, and stopping to acknowledge this is paramount to our continuing success.
Each year we celebrate Thanksgiving by sharing a delicious meal together. Some years we prepare everything ourselves, some years we have it catered, and for the past two, our generous CEO has treated us all. This is so appreciated in that all we had to do was show up, eat up, and clean up. Seems so simple until we remember who made it happen. In pausing to give thanks to the ones who prepared it, the one who paid for it, and the teams who cleaned up, our gratefulness became boundless.
Thanksgiving is now in the rear view mirror, but should always be in the periphery. We at Hissho hope yours was wonderful, and we’re sure it was if you had a platter of our delicious sushi to share. If not, be sure to order your platters for the Christmas holidays and New Year’s.
CHARLOTTE, NC – For the 1st time, Hissho Sushi has been named a winner in the Charlotte Business Journal’s 2016 FAST 50. Congratulations to Philip Maung and the Hissho team.
The Charlotte စီးပွားရေးဂျာနယ် has just recognized the 2016 fastest-growing private companies in our region. This awards program recognizes 50 local companies with outstanding growth, entrepreneurial excellence and leadership.
During the awards dinner posted for Thursday, December 8, 2016 from 5:30pm –8:30pm at the Hilton Charlotte Center City, 222 East Third Street Charlotte NC, 28202, CBJ will reveal the 2016 honoree company rankings based on their percentage of annual growth over a three-year period. The top-ranked companies will also be profiled in a CBJ special report on December 9.
Hissho Sushi, headquartered in Charlotte NC, is a thriving sushi and Pan-Asian hot bar franchise which now has over 900 locations in 40 states. Philip Maung, the CEO, came to the United States from Myanmar in 1989 with only $13 in his pocket, and started his sushi business in 1998.
For more information, http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/event/140262/2016/2016-fast-50-awards, www.hisshosushi.com, or contact Andrea Lee at 704-926-3989 or andrealee@40.87.96.138
CHARLOTTE, N.C.– Hissho Sushi has once again been recognized as part of the 2016 Grant Thornton North Carolina 100® (NC100), which ranks the state’s largest private companies by revenue. The complete list was released in the October issue of Business North Carolina and can be viewed at GrantThornton.com/NC100.
“We are honored to be included on this year’s Grant Thornton North Carolina 100® list,” said Philip Maung, CEO. “This award reaffirms our prominence in the marketplace and our commitment to the community. We are proud to be recognized as one of the largest privately-held businesses in North Carolina.”
Hissho Sushi, headquartered in Charlotte NC, is a thriving sushi and Pan-Asian hot bar franchise which now has over 900 locations in 40 states. Philip Maung, the CEO, came to the United States from Myanmar in 1989 with only $13 in his pocket, and started his sushi business in 1998.
Since 1984, the NC100 has ranked the state’s largest private companies by revenue in the mot recent fiscal year, based on data provided by the participants.
To view the complete 2016 list, visit GrantThorton.com/NC100
For more information on Hissho, visit www.hisshosushi.com, or contact Andrea Lee at 704-926-3989 / and/ andrealee@40.87.96.138 About Grant Thornton North Carolina 100®
Since 1984, the Grant Thornton North Carolina 100® has ranked the state’s largest private companies by revenue in the most recent fiscal year, based on data provided by the participants. The NC100 is a voluntary list restricted to companies based in North Carolina that do not have publicly traded stock. Companies owned by private equity are permitted. Nonprofits, financial-services companies, health care providers such as hospitals and subsidiaries of corporations are excluded. For more details, visit GrantThornton.com/NC100. About Grant Thornton LLP
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2016 N.C. Mid-Market Fast 40 Winners Announced
By Ben Kinney Publisher of Business NC Magazine
Posted September 21, 2016
Hissho was among forty North Carolina companies honored on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at Pinehurst Resort for being named to the 2016 Mid-Market Fast 40 list. Created by accounting firm Cherry Bekaert LLP and Business North Carolina magazine, the list ranks mid-size companies on revenue and employment growth. Capturing the 11th space, Hissho was honored to be a recipient for the 3rd consecutive year.
Companies who made the list were recognized at the luncheon, which included an awards presentation and a video of a round table discussion with representatives from the top five companies on the list. The ranking, coverage of the round table, and company profiles will be published in a supplement to the November issue of Business North Carolina magazine.
For more than 69 years, Cherry Bekaert LLP has been helping clients take their businesses as far as they want to go. As one of the largest national public accounting firms headquartered in Richmond, Va., Cherry Bekaert’s resource network stretches across the Southeast: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C. It also extends nationally and internationally through an alliance with Baker Tilly International, an association of independent accounting services and consulting firms. For more information, visit www.cbh.com or contact August P. Keller III, chief marketing and sales officer at 800-849-8281. Business North Carolina magazine has explored what’s happening in one very special place — North Carolina — for more than 35 years, producing quality, in-depth journalism that digs into the stories behind the news. In addition to the monthly magazine, BNC publishes its annual North Carolina Economic Development Guide and partners on projects with various statewide organizations. For more information, visit BusinessNC.com or contact Ben Kinney, publisher, at 704-927-6273.