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Trending this week: Boston Market's CEO leaves, Bar Louie goes bankrupt, a deep dive into Red Robin and Donato's partnershipTrending this week: Boston Market's CEO leaves, Bar Louie goes bankrupt, a deep dive into Red Robin and Donato's partnership

Also popular, Popeye's clothing line compared to Beyonce's, Shaq approves of the Papa John's LTO and more

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

February 6, 2020

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This week, the exit of Boston Market's CEO took the top spot on our website making the fast casual brand's second CEO in two years to step down. A succession plan was swiftly carried out as a new CEO was named immediately but that doesn't change the brand's trajectory. What's in store for the brand that closed 10% of its stores in 2019 with a new CEO at the helm? Stay tuned for more but, in the meantime, read about the newly appointed CEO.

Recently, there's been a spotlight on employee benefits. We've certainly covered it, from maternity leave to paid sick leave, and now our contributor, Joe Kefauver, has done an analysis of what this means for brands now and how they can become leaders in their segments. Learn more about hot to accomplish this from Joe.

In lighter news, several QSR chains used celebrity power to fuel campaigns this week. Popeye's used social media's influence to sell the brand's own uniforms online after seeing comparisions to Beyonce's Ivy Park x Adidas collection. Papa John's, lacking a spokesperson after the fiasco of 2018, has been using Shaq as its defecto spokesman since he joined the board in 2019. The company's latest food item was unveiled by the former basketball player himself.

See what else was trending this week.

 

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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