Taco Bell CEO Mark King announces retirement; Sean Tresvant to take the lead. Yum Brands today announced that Taco Bell CEO Mark King is retiring. He will be succeeded by the brand’s Global Chief Brand and Strategy Officer Sean Tresvant, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Tresvant will report to Yum CEO David Gibbs. As CEO, Tresvant will be responsible for driving Taco Bell’s growth strategies, franchise operations and overall performance.
In other news, Chick-fil-A once again outpaced every other restaurant brand in this year’s American Customer Satisfaction Index, released today. The perennial favorite for nine years running scored an 85 on the index, up 2% from last year’s ranking and higher than every other quick-service and full-service brand on the list.
Also. in May, three Louisville, Kentucky-area McDonald’s franchisees were ordered to pay over $212,000 in civil penalty fines after a Department of Labor investigation found over 300 minors – including two 10-year-olds – working more than their legally permitted hours.
According to franchisee Bauer Food LLC, which was assessed $39,711 in civil money penalties, the two 10-year-olds “allegedly employed were children of a night manager who were visiting their parent at work and were not approved by the franchise organization management to be in that part of the restaurant.”
