Sunny side up: Restaurant group's focus on beachfront locales pays off

The pandemic was a gut punch for Florida’s hospitality industry. SunPubs used the time to regroup and reinvest in its future.

By Brian Hartz
| 12:10 p.m. December 2, 2021
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Mark Wemple. Randy Esponda, 34, is SunPubs' operations director.

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Like most, if not all, of his colleagues in the restaurant industry, 2020 was a year to forget for Randy Esponda — but it also came with opportunities and lessons to be carried forward.

Esponda, operations director for SunPubs, the company that owns local bar and restaurant brands Caddy’s and MacDinton’s, was forced to play the role of the villain in the early days of the pandemic.