JANUARYGREG BRENNEMAN was appointed president and chief executive of Denver-based Quiznos, succeeding Rich Schaden, who is now chairman. Brenneman was previously chairman and chief executive of Burger King Corp., based in Miami. BILL...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc. has appointed 12-year company veteran Roger Eaton chief operating and development officer-designate. Eaton, 47, will replace Peter Hearl, 55, who said he would retire from the Taco Bell and KFC parent at the end of...
FOODSERVICE OPERATORS LOOKING BACK AT 2007 MIGHT BE CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT it deserves to be called “The Year of the Heartburn.”Across the foodservice landscape, operators from all segments, including quick service, fast casual, fine dining...
NEW YORK Yum! Brands Inc. officials reportedly told analysts and investors Wednesday that it would follow the lead of archrival McDonald’s in attempting to turn around lagging domestic sales at its five major quick-service chains. The operator or...
AUSTIN Texas Retailing veteran Kelly Roddy has been named president of 365-unit Schlotzsky’s , replacing Steve Romaniello, who remains president and chief executive of the sandwich brand’s parent company, Focus Brands Inc. Romaniello had been at...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Yum! Brands Inc., the parent of Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell and several smaller quick-service other brands, said this month it expects to post a 10-percent increase in its 2008 per-share profit, which has been the company’s long-term...
MIAMI Burger King, which has been the target of protests at its headquarters and restaurants by a farmworkers advocacy group, is refusing to pursue the course taken by several quick-service peers of paying Florida laborers a penny more per pound...
MIAMI A farm workers’ advocacy group marched nine miles through Burger King’s home city on Friday to pressure the chain to pay an extra penny per pound for tomatoes, as McDonald’s and Taco Bell parent Yum! Brands have already agreed to do. ...
ATLANTA Frank J. Belatti, founder of AFC Enterprises Inc., which is now parent to the Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits brand, is retiring as chairman of the company, according to a Dec. 3 statement. AFC board member John M. Cranor, a former leader of...
