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Execs on the move: 20 people who took on new C-suite roles at restaurant companies in MayExecs on the move: 20 people who took on new C-suite roles at restaurant companies in May

BurgerFi, Jack in the Box round out executive suites as C3 adds 20 executives to leadership team

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

June 2, 2021

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After a slow few months, restaurant companies have picked up the hiring pace for the C-suite. The month of May saw more appointments than we’ve seen in months amid a lower-level employee labor crisis but a return to positive financial quarters.

Two chains — BurgerFi and Jack in the Box — say they have completed their C-suites after months of hiring and rebuilding the executive section of these growth companies.

Another two chains, Shipley Do-Nuts and Freddy’s Frozen Custard, named CEOs, while ghost kitchen brand C3 named over 20 new executives to positions across the country.

There was also movement between chains as a former McDonald’s executive made the move to Bojangles, Mooyah’s former president took on a new role at Jack in the Box, and a Noodles & Company leader moved to FAT Brands.

Meanwhile, Domino’s lost its chief financial officer and executive vice president, Stu Levy, this month. Levy was in his role for just one year before announcing his departure from the quick-service brand to “pursue opportunities outside the company.” CEO Ritch Allison has established a committee of other executives to serve as interim CFO while the company begins a search for a replacement.

See which executives took on new roles at restaurant chains across the country in the month of May.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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