RICHMOND HEIGHTS Mo. Panera Bread Co. chief executive Ron Shaich will step down as chief executive next May and be replaced by co-chief operating officer Bill Moreton, the company said late Tuesday. Shaich, who co-founded the bakery-café concept...
GAITHERSBURG Md. Contract feeder Sodexo Inc. said Monday it had promoted Lorna Donatone to chief operating officer and president of its Education Market division.Donatone, who currently serves as president of the company’s School Services division...
EMERYVILLE Calif. Jamba Inc. has promoted Susan Shields to the role of senior vice president and chief marketing officer for the 742-unit Jamba Juice smoothie chain, the company said Tuesday.Shields, who previously served as the Emeryville, Calif...
COLUMBUS Ohio Donatos Pizza has reorganized its corporate structure, dividing itself into restaurant and baking divisions to “better foster brand growth,” the company said Monday.The restaurant division retains the name Donatos Pizza and is...
DENVER The eight-unit Sage Restaurant Group said Monday it had hired Dave Hoemann, a veteran of hotel, contract foodservice and restaurant companies, to serve as its vice president of food and beverage operations. Hoemann most recently was vice...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Kona Grill Inc., parent of the 23-unit American grill-sushi bar chain, said Monday it had named Marc Buehler president and chief executive. Buehler succeeds Marcus Jundt, who resigned in May as chairman, president...
SEATTLE Starbucks Coffee Co. said Thursday it named former Microsoft executive Kalen Holmes executive vice president of the global coffeehouse chain’s “partner resources,” or human resources. Holmes previously served as HR general manager for the...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. said Kerrii B. Anderson, former chief executive and president of Wendy’s International Inc., had been added to its board, effective Oct. 22.The company said Monday that Anderson offered “significant...
SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. said it has settled a lawsuit against former executive Paul Twohig, who the coffeehouse chain alleged violated a non-compete agreement when he accepted a job at rival Dunkin’ Donuts. As part of the...
CULVER CITY Calif. The Counter, a 20-unit build-your-own-burger franchise concept, has hired former Panera Bread executive Peter Wright in the newly created position of senior vice president of franchise sales, officials announced Tuesday.Wright...
