DALLAS Pizza Hut on Thursday said it promoted Brian Niccol to chief marketing officer to replace Bill Ogle, who a day earlier was named marketing chief of Samsung Telecommunications America. Most recently Niccol was vice president of...
LOS ANGELES Alan Ehrlich, vice president and corporate controller, has left the Los Angeles-based Frandeli Group to pursue other interests. Frandeli operates Papa John’s franchises in Ohio and acquired the 22-unit, Dallas-based Spaghetti...
LAKE FOREST Calif. Del Taco has named Mimi Somerman chief marketing officer. Somerman most recently was senior vice president of marketing for Johnny Rockets, and previously has served in marketing positions for Taco Bell, Coco's and...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Kahala-Cold Stone’s board of directors has exercised an option to end its relationship with chief executive Doug Ducey to enable Kahala founder Kevin Blackwell to take the reins of the franchisor of 14 brands, including Blimpie...
MIAMI Burger King Holdings Inc. has appointed 23-year company veteran Julio Ramirez as executive vice president of global operations, filling the vacancy left by the departure of James Hyatt. Hyatt resigned as chief global operations...
DEERFIELD Ill. The Cosi fast-casual sandwich chain has hired former Burger King global chief operations officer James Hyatt as president and chief executive. He succeeds Bob Merritt, who had been filling those roles on an interim basis...
CHARLOTTE N.C. Randy Kibler has been named chief executive of Bojangles’ Restaurants Inc., which last week was acquired by franchisee Jerry Richardson and private-equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners. Kibler replaces Joe Drury, who has...
SCOTTSDALE Ariz. Cold Stone Creamery has named Dan Beem president, succeeding Jim Flaum, who left recently to work on his family-owned Teakwoods Tavern & Grill. Beem most recently was Cold Stone’s vice president of profitability, and he has...
ANN ARBOR Mich. Domino’s Pizza has promoted Patrick Doyle to the newly created position of president of Domino’s U.S.A. as part of what the company described as a series of key management changes. But chief executive David Brandon stressed that...
LAKEWOOD Colo. Bagel specialist Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. has hired Mike Serchia away from the regional Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf beverage chain to serve as vice president of human resources. Los Angeles-based Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf...
