FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. After receiving an undisclosed capital infusion from Woodbridge Holdings Corp., an investment and holding company, Pizza Fusion, the eight-unit, fast-casual pizza chain, has hired the investment firm’s managing director as its...
COLUMBUS Ohio Damon’s International, the operator or franchisor to 65 Damon’s Grill restaurants, has named Robert Forbes vice president of operations for the casual-dining chain, the company said Tuesday. Forbes’ new role with Damon’s was...
WAYZATA Minn. David Goronkin has resigned from his post as president and chief executive officer at Redstone American Grill, the five-unit upscale casual-dining chain, both he and the company confirmed Monday. The management...
HEATHROW Fla. Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc. said Monday that chief executive and president Michael P. O’Donnell had assumed day-to-day responsibility for its Ruth’s Chris Steak House brand following the resignation of chain president Geoffrey D. K...
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas Whataburger Inc. said it has appointed as chief information officer Karen Bird, a foodservice technology veteran who most recently served as vice president of restaurant information solutions at Brinker International Inc. ...
DALLAS Corner Bakery Cafe said it has added three people to its executive team, including the appointment of Taco Bueno veteran Richard Peabody as chief financial officer. As chief financial officer, Peabody will oversee company finances...
LA JOLLA Calif. The 16-unit Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza chain said it has hired former Houlihan’s president Dan Clay as chief operating officer. Clay also has served in executive positions at Houston’s Restaurants Inc., Cooker Restaurant Corp....
BATON ROUGE La. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers said it has appointed H.G. "Carey" Carrington to the new post of chief financial officer. Carrington will oversee the 70-unit quick-service chain's finance, accounting, information technology...
LAKE FOREST Calif. Shirlene Lopez said she would step down as president and chief operating officer of Del Taco by Nov. 17, which is her 30th anniversary with the quick-service chain. Nick Shepherd, chairman and chief executive of Del Taco...
LOS ANGELES Red Mango said it has named Mark Archer chief financial officer as part of the frozen yogurt chain's continuing efforts to build management infrastructure after a private-equity buy earlier this year. Archer previously was...
