Red Lobster has promoted Chip Wade to the position of executive vice president of operations.
Wade succeeds Doug Green, whom the casual-dining chain said left “to pursue other opportunities.”
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Wade has been with Red Lobster’s parent company, Darden Restaurants Inc., for 11 years. Most recently, he was Darden’s senior vice president of enterprise operations. Previously, he served as a divisional senior vice president of operations for Red Lobster, overseeing about 100 restaurants in seven mid-Atlantic states.
As of the end of May, Red Lobster had 677 units in the United States and 27 in Canada. Orlando, Fla.-based Darden had 1,994 casual-dining restaurants across its Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52 and Eddie V’s brands.
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