Our Team

Randy Dickow

President and CEO

Randy Dickow, a Detroit native, grew up within a family of entrepreneurs. His father owned and operated numerous businesses, including one of the largest supermarkets in Detroit during the 1980’s and 90’s. Randy has been brought up working in the food industry. He has 15 years of hands on experience working at both gourmet markets and traditional supermarkets. After graduating from Oakland University with honors in 2003, Randy continued to build his general management skills within different industries. As he continued to gain more experience he decided to take his passion for food to the next level by purchasing his own restaurant. After meticulously researching the market for the right combination of location, demographic, product, and branding, Randy purchased a gourmet deli, Lunchtime Global (“LG”) in 2009. Randy immediately made food quality and freshness a top priority after purchasing LG. Meats, cheeses and produce are all cut and prepared on a daily basis to ensure freshness. As a result of the aforementioned, in addition to a variety of process and organizational improvements, Randy has been able to more than double annual sales since taking over in 2009. All of the restaurants have thrived under his leadership. Randy is the majority owner of all five restaurants and he partners with his brother Andrew.

Andrew Dickow

CFO and Managing Partner

After graduation from Michigan State University with high honor in 2006, Andrew Dickow went on to work for a Fortune 100 food company, General Mills in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Andrew worked at General Mills for over seven years in in many different capacities as a Senior Financial Analyst. During his time there he gained significant experience in financial management, budgeting, forecasting, marketing, supply chain, and general business management. Andrew is currently a Director for Greenwich Capital Group and specializes in mergers & acquisitions on both the sell-side and buy-side and has advised numerous clients through recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, business valuations and financial analyses. In addition to his role at Greenwich Capital, Andrew has taken his unique skillset and passion for food, in combination with his brother and partner Randy’s, to create an infrastructure for 1701 Hospitality that is sound on all fronts. Andrew works directly with his restaurant management teams to manage labor and food costs on a weekly basis. Andrew is responsible for the overall financial performance and reporting  and has played a critical role in its strong performance. While Randy brings significant experience on the operations and sales side, Andrew compliments that with his experience on the financial management, HR and marketing side to create a well-grounded infrastructure that has proven to be very successful for 1701 Hospitality. Andrew is currently an expert advisor to Crain’s Detroit in the food and beverage space and has also advised on numerous acquisitions of food companies.