Sara McKennedy is managing director at Coco di Mama, the UK’s most loved Italian-to-go brand. Since joining the brand in 2018, she has overseen the brands growth strategy that started with expanding their flagship cafes in central London in 2019, and then post-Covid expanding to 140+ nationwide delivery kitchen locations in 2021, and most recently launching their Italian deli retail range into 2,000+ supermarkets. The brand has been recognised with a collection of Great Taste awards, QSR Media Awards and Sammies retail awards. Sara has 15+ years’ experience across hospitality, FMCG, start-ups and social enterprise. She is an alumni of the Marketing Academy and Marketing Week Mini MBA, and a non-executive director of Well Grounded.