FRANKLIN, Mass. -- The Moseley Group has announced that Joseph Bona, veteran store designer and retail consultant, has joined newly formed MoseleyBona Retail (MBR) as founding partner and president.
MoseleyBona Retail (MBR) will specialize in integrating the science of retail with the art of design for the food and beverage and convenience-store retail industries.
Bona brings extensive store design experience in all sectors of retail, from convenience and mass market to drug and luxury. During his career, Bona has directed a wide range of initiatives for such companies as Hess, Topaz, PetroChina, Wawa, Duane Reade and Shinsegae Department Stores and more.
Prior to co-founding MoseleyBona Retail, Bona was a founding partner and president of the retail design firm GroupRed Global, which was merged with CBX in 2006 and where Bona served as president of the branded environments practice; prior to that he was president and COO of CDI Group, an international retail design agency serving the petroleum, convenience-store and supermarket industries.
A frequent speaker on retail trends at international industry forums such as NACS, Insight, EURO Shop, National Retail Federation and FMI, Bona was also a featured expert in the History Channel’s episode Modern Marvels, an overview of the convenience-store phenomenon that initially aired in December 2011.
“We are pleased to have Joe Bona head up the newly formed MBR venture," Tom Moseley, president of the Moseley Group, said. "With the growth of foodservice advancing at an extremely accelerated rate across a broad range of non-traditional food retail industries from wine bars in department stores, sushi in drug stores and elevated food offerings in convenience stores, Joe and the MBR team will be uniquely positioned to harness this momentum. Our more than 60 years’ combined experience in foodservice consulting and retail design will allow us to serve a wide spectrum of retail industries to help operators improve their competitiveness and strengthen their brand performance.”
The Moseley Group, Franklin, Mass., serves as strategy and design consultants to the food and beverage industry, helping to create and integrate enhanced foodservice programs and inviting dining environments into brand-name businesses and to help launch new ventures, both nationally and internationally.
Its initial focus was to enable quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and fast-casual restaurants to enter non-traditional markets such as colleges, airports, hospitals and retail environments.
Moseley Group technologies have also helped transform the way fast food is prepared by restaurants; it held the original patents for the technology behind the Turbochef and Impinger ovens.
From menu mix and kitchen operations, to branding and creating the dining experience, Moseley Group helps restaurants and foodservice providers worldwide identify and implement the changes necessary to continue to delight their consumers and grow their businesses.
Recent clients include Au Bon Pain, Kudu, Smashburger, Speedway, Cumberland Farms and Coca-Cola.
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