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Just rewards: A special report on industry salaries

Just rewards: A special report on industry salaries

Study shows link between compensation, performance

Nation’s Restaurant News and HVS Executive Search have partnered again this year for a look at compensation trends in foodservice. The 2010 salary study focused on pay-for-performance metrics, and it is clear that the overpaid chief executive is on the way out the door and a new focus on performance metrics has kicked in.

The special report — which can be read in its entirety in the Nov. 22 issue of Nation’s Restaurant News and is available online for subscribers only — dissected the 2009 compensation packages for 54 chief executives at publicly traded restaurant companies. The data showed that three-fourths of executives were “underpaid” and only 14 chief executives were “overpaid,” as judged by peer groups.

The labels “overpaid” or “underpaid” were granted based on a proprietary formula from HVS, which looked at performance metrics, stock price fluctuation and the size of the company a chief executive is running.

The full report includes:

Online extras:

Here's quick look at the top five overpaid and underpaid CEOs:


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