LOS ALTOS Calif. Bruce MacDiarmid has been named president and chief operating officer of the Black Angus Steakhouse chain, officials said Tuesday. MacDiarmid, who has been the chain's chief operating officer for two years, succeeds Ralph...
OAK BROOK Ill. McDonald’s Corp. has appointed Peter J. Bensen chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, the company said Tuesday. He succeeds Matthew Paull, who said earlier this year that he is retiring. Bensen, 45, is currently senior...
MINNEAPOLIS Michael Coles has stepped down as chairman and chief executive of Caribou Coffee Co., the coffeehouse operator said Tuesday. The company has named board member Gary Graves non-executive chairman and Rosalyn “Roz” Mallet interim CEO...
ATLANTA Focus Brands, franchisor of Moe’s Southwest Grill and four other quick-service brands, said it has promoted several executives of its chains to new corporate posts. The company said the realignment would facilitate expansion of the...
MIAMI Burger King Corp. has appointed a 33-year company veteran to oversee the chain’s restaurant development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Armando Jacomino, who started out as a Miami restaurant crewmember in 1970, was elevated to president...
CARROLLTON, Texas T.G.I. Friday’s has named Anette Grecchi Gray as corporate executive chef for the 800-unit casual chain. Grecchi Gray was most recently chef de cuisine at Jiko in the Walt Disney Co.’s Animal Kingdom Lodge in Lake Buena...
CARLSBAD Calif. Rubio’s Restaurants Inc. here has added two executives to its management team, the company said. Marc Simon was named senior vice president of operations, and Ken Hull was named senior vice president of development.Simon...
VANCOUVER Wash. The Holland Inc. said its 39-unit Burgerville quick-service chain would expand its pilot composting and recycling program systemwide by next year. Currently, 34 Burgervilles are participating in a recycling program and eight...
ATLANTA Cheryl A. Bachelder, a one-time president of KFC, has been named chief executive of AFC Enterprises Inc. and president of its 1,878-unit Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits chain. She replaces interim CEO Frederick B. Beilstein. Bachelder...
LOS ANGELES Rick Howard has been named director of franchise development for Adir Restaurants Corp., the master franchisor for Pollo Campero in six Western states. Founded in Guatemala, Pollo Campero includes more than 200 stores...
