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TOKYO McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), a 50-percent-owned arm of McDonald's Corp. and the burger chain’s largest national system outside the United States, reported that its daily sales hit an all-time high last Saturday. Despite struggling with a...
CHICAGO An experienced hand at selling private companies to the public has been named chief financial officer of Potbelly Sandwich Works, the 140-unit, privately-owned fast-casual chain based here. James Hirshorn assumes the CFO’s title...
PHILADELPHIA Aramark Corp., the foodservice contractor based here, appointed Frank Sica vice president of client solutions and strategy and named Carmen Torzon director of business development for the Western region of its sports and entertainment...
Betting on a vertically integrated business model and a streamlined store equipment package that showcases exhibition cooking, a newcomer to foodservice aims to make a former special-occasion food into a staple of shopping mall crowds. ...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. has named Tim McDougall, a former ad agency and sports-marketing executive, its chief marketing officer. McDougall will be responsible for developing brand strategy for the company’s three...
Careers in the movie industry were not very promising when Mike Schneider graduated from Florida State University in 1972 with a degree in television and motion picture production. Landing a job as a bartender was the closest he came to...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. is reshuffling management of its domestic operations to make two executives each responsible for several of the quick-service behemoth’s U.S. brands. On Dec. 1, Emil Brolick will assume the newly created...
Scheduled to open its 100th unit this month, Robeks Corp., an all-franchised smoothie chain based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., recently hired Sheri Miksa to lead the brand to the next level of growth. The former president and chief...
