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ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants veteran Doug Doran confirmed Monday that he has left Group Four Restaurants, the development company he joined last December after working for the Red Lobster parent for 11 years. Doran said he left Group...

INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Steak n Shake's chief marketing officer, Steven Schiller, has left the company, a corporate receptionist confirmed on Monday. Schiller is the latest executive to depart the beleaguered 491-unit family-dining chain, following the...

ATLANTA Triarc Cos. Inc. has picked three Wendy’s insiders to assume key leadership roles after the close of the companies' merger, which is expected in the second half of 2008. New officers will be: J. David Karam, president; Stephen Farrar...

CALABASAS HILLS Calif. In another high-level executive change at The Cheesecake Factory Inc., Michael Dixon has resigned as senior vice president and chief financial officer after eight years with the casual-dining operator. The company did not...

GLENDALE Calif. Food retail veteran Desmond Hague has been named president of IHOP Restaurants, effective immediately, officials at parent company DineEquity Inc. said on Monday. Hague steps into the role previously held by Julia Stewart...

CALABASAS HILLS Calif. The Cheesecake Factory Inc. has named veteran marketer Mark Mears to the new position of senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Mears is responsible for all of the company’s branding, including marketing...

TAMPA Fla. Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. has hired two industry veterans in newly created franchise positions as the 830-unit quick-service company ramps up for a promised growth push. Valerie McCartney was named director of franchise...

BATON ROUGE La. Clay Dover has been named president and chief marketing officer of the 70-unit Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers here. Dover most recently was president and chief executive of Metromedia Restaurant Group of Plano, Texas, the...

LACOMBE La. Randy Lewis will soon be named executive chef at La Provence here, according to restaurant owners John Besh and Octavio Mantilla of the Besh Restaurant Group of New Orleans. Lewis replaces René Bajeux, who the company said last...