Filsaime Flavors Grand Opening Ceremony,

Waquim Filsaime

Waquim Filsaime founded and is Chairman of Perseverance Endeavors, Inc. This organization was set up to launch the Filsaime Flavors chain of Herbivore quick restaurants. Filsaime most previous role was at Denny's as a District Manager overseeing 6 stores in Utah and Idaho. Prior to that position he worked with Taco Bell as an ARLIT . During his time there he provided management, leadership, coordination, and support to Restaurant General Managers within market area. 

Prior to Taco Bell, Filsaime was the District Trainer for Kneaders Bakery & Café. Filsaime developed a world class training infrastructure across the state of Colorado for new hires and management programs. Filsaime evolved a 9-store management team within the district to deliver exceptional guest service in all stores. While with Kneaders, he planned, identified, communicated, and delegated key responsibilities and practices to each store management team to ensure smooth flow of operations within the district. Filsaime monitored and managed district-wide management staffing levels, he also ensured management-level employee development and talent acquisition to achieve and maintain district operational requirements. 

Filsaime’s first leadership role in Colorado was as the Franchisee Training Manager for Wing Stop. This is where Filsaime honed is vision for leadership. He maintained a 98% TOP GUN corporate audit evaluation revolving around brand standards & food safety. Filsaime took action and developed action plans by studying financial opportunities; presenting assumptions; and recommending objectives to the owner. He found that by focusing on the recruiting, training and coaching of General Managers he could achieve results that exceeded his company’s goals. His vision for building a quality customer experience was born here and has been the heartbeat of the Filsaime Flavors vision.