Exec Edge hosted a fireside chat at the ICR Conference 2026 with Orazio Buzza, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Fooda. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-at-Large Jarrett Banks, and they discussed how Fooda supports companies like Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV), and restaurants’ workplace dining experience especially with hybrid work culture, among other topics.
About Orazio Buzza
Orazio Buzza is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fooda, a Chicago-based workplace dining platform he founded in 2011. Fooda partners with companies and office buildings to bring meals from local restaurants directly into the workplace, reimagining corporate dining with flexibility and variety. Under Buzza’s leadership, Fooda has grown to operate in dozens of U.S. cities and employ more than 1,000 people, serving offices, hospitals, distribution centers, and other workplaces across the country.
Before founding Fooda, Buzza built a strong track record as an operator and financial leader in transportation, logistics, and marketplace-driven businesses. He was part of the founding team at Echo Global Logistics, where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2005 to 2010, helping scale the company from concept to a publicly traded, Fortune 1000 logistics provider. Echo completed its IPO in 2009, and Buzza remained in a C‑suite role following the offering.
About Fooda
Fooda is a leading provider of workplace dining solutions that partners with top restaurants to bring fresh, local meals directly to people where they work, including corporate offices, hospitals, higher education institutions, retail environments, and distribution centers. An innovator in workplace food delivery, Fooda stands out by working with independent restaurants, franchisees, big brand names like Amazon, Netflix, JP Morgan, Southwest Airlines, Best Buy, and StubHub as well as fast-casual brands like Chick-fil-A to deliver a daily variety of quality restaurant meals at scale.
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