Arby's has named industry veteran Hala Moddelmog to the post of brand president, parent company Wendy's/Arby's Group said Wednesday. Moddelmog, 54, replaces Tom Garrett, who resigned in January amid falling sales at the 3,700-unit chain. She will...
TAMPA Fla. Beef ‘O’ Brady’s has named Chris Elliott chief executive of the chain of family sports pubs.Elliott replaces Chuck Winship, who is retiring after more than a decade with Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, during which time he helped grow the brand from...
NEW YORK —The restaurant industry’s merger-and-acquisition market is heating back up after a near blackout on buyouts caused by the credit crisis and the slumping economy. Combine two recent multi-million-dollar deals for Church...
ALHAMBRA Calif. Shakey’s USA has created two new management positions as part of an ongoing plan to grow the 56-year-old pizza chain.Jake LaJoie has been named chief financial officer, and Craig Hopkins has been named senior vice president of...
ATLANTA Church’s Chicken said Monday that Mel Deane has replaced Harsha V. Agadi as chief executive. Deane has worked for the past 10 years with Friedman, Fleischer & Lowe, the private-equity firm that acquired the 1,700-unit...
ATLANTA Church’s Chicken said Monday it has named Anthony M. Lavely its new chief marketing officer. In his new post, Lavely will be responsible for all of the 1,650-unit fast-food chain’s marketing activities as well as menu and product...
ATLANTA Church’s Chicken reportedly has converted the first two of 23 restaurants it acquired from the Mrs. Winner’s Chicken & Biscuits chain. Church’s, whose namesake Atlanta-based chain has about 1,204 U.S. restaurants and another 450 overseas...
After more than 34 years in the United States, Filipino-born Veny Gapud still has a strong accent, and although she has at times encountered gender or race discrimination, she has not let that erase her uniqueness or deter her from advancing in...
