In September, a slew of CEOs across the restaurant industry left or started new roles.
KFC and Chick-fil-A named new CEOs, and the chief executives of Dave & Buster’s and Carrols Restaurant Group announced their retirements. Both of the latter two companies are looking for permanent replacements.
Additionally, growing chain Mici Handcrafted Italian hired a chief growth officer as the chain announced plans to franchise.
The former CEO of Jimmy John’s took over a new role at Mongolian Concepts, parent to Genghis Grill, FlatTop Grill, and bd’s Mongolian Grill, while a former executive at Blaze Pizza joined Wetzel’s Preztels as chief marketing officer.
Also, Tropical Smoothie Cafe and Luna Grill both announced new chief operations officers.
And Focus Brands named a new chief brand officer for McAlister’s Grill.
