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Executives on the move: 22 CEOs, CMOs, COOs and other C-suite positions that changed in the restaurant industry in FebruaryExecutives on the move: 22 CEOs, CMOs, COOs and other C-suite positions that changed in the restaurant industry in February

Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Denny’s and more chains name new executives while others move on from their positions during the shortest month of the year

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

March 2, 2020

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January was a busy month for executives across foodservice brands, and February showed no signs of slowing down either.

There were some major players moving between companies or leaving their posts altogether. Some companies shuffled several top executives within the span of a few days.

Frances Allen left her post as CEO of Boston Market abruptly at the beginning of the month and was announced as the new CEO of Checkers and Rally’s a week later.

Bloomin’ Brands, parent to Outback Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill and Carrabba’s Italian Grill, announced a flurry of executive changes starting with the biggest, executive chairman Elizabeth Smith’s departure from the brand.

Showing a sign of the digital times, the newly formed ghost kitchen company C3 named its first ever chief operating officer in former Smashburger executive Bradford Reynolds.

Restaurant companies such as Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Denny’s, Whataburger, Newk’s Eatery and more named new executives in February. Find out who they are.

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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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