JOSEPH BONA Named founding partner and president of newly formed MOSELEYBONA RETAIL
New Entity to Specialize in Integrating Restaurant-Quality Food Service in Non Traditional Retail Channels
JAN 12, 2016 Franklin, MA – The Moseley Group announced today that Joseph Bona, veteran store designer and consultant to the retail industry worldwide, has joined newly formed MoseleyBona Retail as founding partner and president. MoseleyBona Retail (MBR) will specialize in integrating the science of retail with the art of design for the food & beverage and convenience retail industries.Joseph Bona brings extensive store design experience in all sectors of retail, from convenience and mass market to drug and luxury, across six continents. 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 to name a few.
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.
Tom Moseley, president of the Moseley Group, said, “We are pleased to have Joe Bona head up the newly formed MBR venture. 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 food service 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.”
MOSELEY GROUP
The Moseley Group serves as strategy and design consultants to the food & beverage industry, helping to create and integrate enhanced food service programs and inviting dining environments into brand-name businesses and to help launch new ventures, both nationally and internationally.
Founded 26 years ago, Moseley Group’s initial focus was to enable 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. Today, Moseley Group’s unique “holistic” expertise enables it to provide meaningful insight and improvements to restaurant businesses, strengthening brands and improving profitability. Moseley Group recent clients include Au Bon Pain, Kudu, Smashburger, Speedway, Cumberland Farms and Coca-Cola. From menu mix and kitchen operations, to branding and creating the dining experience, Moseley Group helps restaurants and food service providers worldwide identify and implement the changes necessary to continue to delight their consumers and grow their businesses.
