Having words with Edie Ames, chief operating officer, Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group


For Edie Ames, a 30-year foodservice veteran and incoming chief operating officer for Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, the secret to success is simple: It’s the people.


Ames, who will assume her new post July 14, will oversee the 2,500 employees of the 20-unit Sullivan’s and the eight-unit Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse brands, which had annual net sales of $76 million and $84 million, respectively. She takes over the position from chief executive Mark S. M