Michelle Weckstein is the Director of Food and Beverage Brands at SunStop.
In Weckstein’ s role as Food and Beverage Brand Director, she mentors and fosters the development of a highly talented team of foodies with a passion for quality, and culture of excellence.
Michelle’s vast industry experience stems from a variety of roles in Human Resources and restaurant operations where she has created training and development programs, management leadership programs and operational systems for other companies that include Pizza Hut, Applebee’s, Winking Lizard Tavern, Inc., and Parker’s Kitchens.
Michelle offers diverse industry insight and is considered a subject matter expert by her peers in foodservice systems, executional efficiency and profitability, building operational consistency, understanding costs and margins, development of people, and product development.
Under Weckstein’s leadership, the “Eat’s Southern Cookin’” and “Eat’s Fresh on the Go” brands were created and implemented in 36 of the company’s locations. Weckstein is committed to continuing the growth of those brands while making the company’s non-traditional deli locations a destination for fresh, quality, grab-and-go food. She is driven to enhance the guest experience and raise the standard for exceptional food service within the convenience store industry.
Weckstein is a graduate of the University Akron and is a certified ServSafe Instructor and registered examination proctor through the National Restaurant Association.
Michelle and her husband Bob reside in Thomasville, GA and have two sons, Anthony and Alex.
SunStop is owned and operated by Southwest Georgia Oil Co Inc. based in Bainbridge, Georgia. The company employees more than 1000 people and operates 80 SunStop convenience stores in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. It is ranked the 86th largest convenience store operator in the country.
