Local restaurant entrepreneur Ray Wiley has unique experience in founding or co-founding new business ventures during challenging economic times. Wiley was a Dayton-area franchise owner for the Subway sandwich chain for nearly two decades before he co-founded the Hot Head Burritos restaurant concept in 2007, just as the Great Recession was starting to suck the life out of the U.S. economy. The burrito chain, with a fast-casual service concept quite similar to the well-established Chipotle Mexican Grill national chain, flourished despite the competition, the anemic economy, and a crippling miscalculation Wiley made about his food costs. Today, there are […]
