MINNEAPOLIS Granite City Food & Brewery said it has promoted Darius Gilanfar to chief operating officer. He replaces Tim Cary, who resigned. Gilanfar was hired last September to serve as operations senior vice president at the 25-unit...
GREENVILLE S.C. Former Red Lobster president Edna Morris has joined CityRange Steakhouse Grill here as a partner in the casual-dining restaurant, which she helped devise while working for the company that is now Denny’s Corp. The...
COLUMBUS Ohio The 20-unit Roosters casual-dining chain said it has hired Tanny Feerer as vice president of purchasing. Previously, Feerer was vice president of purchasing for Damon’s Grill. He also has served as a Damon’s franchisee and a...
NEW ORLEANS Emeril's Homebase here, the owner of celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse's 10 restaurants, said David McCelvey has rejoined the company as vice president of operations and culinary. McCelvey most recently was executive director of...
CHARLOTTE N.C. Compass Group North America has appointed Amy Knepp senior vice president of its strategic alliance group, with responsibility for retaining the contract feeder’s top 800 accounts. The appointment is effective Sept. 1. Knepp...
OKLAHOMA CITY Sonic Corp., owner and franchisor of 3,400 drive-ins, said Thursday that it promoted Paul Macaluso to vice president of marketing after the departure of chief marketing officer Todd Townsend. The company said Townsend had...
IRVING Texas Former Jamba Juice chief financial officer Don Breen will take on the CFO role at the 70-unit Cheddar's Casual Cafe chain, beginning in September, Breen said in an e-mail on Tuesday. Cheddar's, based here, is a privately held...
CARY N.C. The largest shareholder in the Bear Rock Cafe sandwich brand has brought in a management company to run the 27-unit regional operation, whose founder and chief executive has resigned, a company employee confirmed. Reached at...
DALLAS Bennigan's Franchising Co. LP, which is leading the Bennigan’s franchise community following the bankruptcy filing of brand owner S&A Restaurant Co. last month, has retained industry veterans Doug Benham and Vince Runco to assist in setting...
DENVER Quiznos chief executive Greg Brenneman will become executive chairman and president Dave Deno will take on the additional title of CEO beginning Sept. 30, the company said Tuesday. The shift in leadership is not expected to change...
