{"id":11586,"date":"2019-02-19T16:47:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T21:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=11586"},"modified":"2019-02-19T16:47:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T21:47:16","slug":"datatrac-restaurant-foodservice-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2019\/02\/datatrac-restaurant-foodservice-february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice \u2013 February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personnel Updates<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Bloomin Brands\u2019 (145) <\/strong>named Jeff Carcara (Del Frisco\u2019s Restaurant Group)<\/strong> as the new President of Bonefish Grill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bojangles (33)<\/strong> named Jose Armario as CEO and Brian Unger as COO. The company also named Kenneth Koziol Chief Restaurant Support Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop<\/strong> (25)<\/strong> named Brent Erwin SVP of Finance.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chipotle (51)<\/strong> hired Kerry Bridges as VP of Food Safety to replace the retiring James Marsden. Bridges comes to Chipotle from Walmart.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Church\u2019s (65) <\/strong>promoted Andra Terrell to VP and Deputy General Counsel.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fazoli\u2019s (32) <\/strong>brought in Kathy Davidson as Senior Director of Franchise Sales.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jamba Juice (19) <\/strong>named Geoff Henry as the brand\u2019s President and Shivram Vaideeswaran as Chief Marketing Officer while promoting Jaime Denney to VP of Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 On the Border (22) <\/strong>appointed Amy Smith VP of Culinary.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Papa John\u2019s (37)<\/strong> brought in Marvin Boakye as the company\u2019s first Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Primanti Bros. (20) <\/strong>named its first Chief Marketing Officer, Adam Golomb.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Punch Bowl Social<\/strong> (23)<\/strong> reorganized its executive ranks. It brought in Peter Gaudreau as the new COO, replacing Rob LeBoeuf who becomes President of Organization Development and Strategic Projects.\u00a0 Former Controller at Smashburger,<\/strong> Stacy Galligan, joined the company as its new CFO, replacing Robert Cornog, who remains a partner.\u00a0 Linda Sim came onboard to fill the newly created position of VP of Sales and Events.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Restaurant Brands International (61)<\/strong> (parent to Burger King, Tim Hortons <\/strong>and Popeyes<\/strong>) CEO Daniel Schwartz has moved on to an Executive Chairman role to be replaced by new CEO Jose Cil. Also moving into the leadership structure is new COO Josh Kobza.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Salata (6) <\/strong>promoted CMO Michelle Bythewood to President.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shake Shack (80)<\/strong> appointed Jay Livingston to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shari\u2019s Management Corp (15) <\/strong>has brought in Stan Frankenthaler to serve as Executive Chef and SVP Supply Chain.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shula\u2019s Restaurant Group<\/strong> (10)<\/strong> named Bill Freeman as its new CEO, Shardul Kiri as Chief Brand Officer, Demetrio Zavala as Corporate Culinary Director, and Gordon Gilbert as Director of Operations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stacked (3) <\/strong>named Yard House<\/strong> veteran as its first COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tim Hortons (45)<\/strong> co-Founder Ron Joyce passed away.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tropical Smoothie Caf\u00e9<\/strong> (29)<\/strong> promoted Charles Watson to CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wetzel\u2019s Pretzels (16) <\/strong>promoted Jennifer Schuler to CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022 YUM! Brands (98) <\/strong>promoted David Gibbs the company\u2019s President and COO. He\u2019ll directly lead operations for KFC global, and leaders of all three brands KFC, Pizza Hut <\/strong>and Taco Bell <\/strong>will report to him.<\/p>\n

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Financial Focus<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Chipotle <\/strong>digital sales grew to nearly $500 million in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u2022 FAT Brands <\/strong>received a $20M investment\/load from the CEO of Biglari Holdings (Steak \u2019n Shake).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Restaurant Brands International<\/strong> grew sales by 7.4% in 2018, primarily driven by restaurant openings.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SSCP Management <\/strong>acquired 13 Applebee\u2019s in Northern California from two other franchisees.<\/p>\n

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Industry Insight <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Blaze Pizza<\/strong> is testing a larger, 14-inch pizza, to target carryout and delivery customers and compete against traditional pizza chains.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chipotle<\/strong> opened its 2,500th<\/sup> restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Coolgreens <\/strong>opened its first franchised restaurant and in doing so expanded to Texas.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Denny\u2019s <\/strong>looks to refranchise 125 restaurants in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fuzzy\u2019s Taco Shop <\/strong>opened its 150th<\/sup> store.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Golden Chick <\/strong>will open 25 new restaurants this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gold Star Chili <\/strong>is rebranding, to the tune of $25 million, and shifting its focus to burgers and fries. As part of the effort, the company has developed a redesigned 2,600-sq.ft. store prototype.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jimmy John\u2019s <\/strong>has stated that it won\u2019t partner with 3rd<\/sup>-party delivery services and instead will keep all efforts in house.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Krystal <\/strong>will redesign 75-100 restaurants over the next five years, representing approximately 40 percent of the company\u2019s corporate portfolio.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Papa John\u2019s<\/strong> is offering to cover 100 percent of the tuition for corporate team members along with a significant discount for franchisee team members in cooperation with Purdue University Global online program. Employees can work toward undergrad or graduate degrees and only have to have worked for the company for 90 days and average 20 hours a week.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Papa John\u2019s <\/strong>received a $200 million investment from Starboard Value LP while Starboard CEO Jeffrey Smith was named Papa\u2019s John\u2019s new Chairman.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pie Five<\/strong> is down to 65 locations from a peak of nearly 100 a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

\u2022 PJ\u2019s Coffee<\/strong> opened its 100th<\/sup> location and plans to open 30 more by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Taco Bell <\/strong>partnered with GrubHub for nationwide delivery. Dunkin\u2019 Brands <\/strong>is testing with the company.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Walk-On’s <\/strong>projects it will open 17 franchise locations by year-end, doubling its footprint.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill <\/strong>is opening a smaller footprint concept WR Kitchen & Bar<\/strong>. The company plans to open a location in Laguna Niguel, CA in the coming weeks and another this fall in Carlsbad.<\/p>\n

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Real Estate<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh <\/strong>will open approximately 5 locations in 2019 according to CSG projections. New stores are on the way in February on the campus of Notre Dame and Creve Coeur, MO. The company also signed a number of development agreements to expand to the Boston market.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Padrino\u2019s<\/strong> added another Florida location in Dania Beach.<\/p>\n

\u2022 SaladWorks <\/strong>is expanding its partnership with ShopRite by opening two additional locations within its supermarkets in Philadelphia after a successful trial.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Salata<\/strong> will expand to Louisiana this year.<\/p>\n

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Technology<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2022 Domino\u2019s <\/strong>new rewards programs rewards customers for purchasing any pizza through its app that leverages AI technology to identify a pizza as a pizza.<\/p>\n

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Just because we don\u2019t mention it here doesn\u2019t mean it didn\u2019t happen \u2013 or we didn\u2019t capture it. In the past four weeks, we\u2019ve updated more than 500 companies in the Restaurant Franchisee Premier Database, <\/strong>with many of those companies\u2019 records updated at multiple points.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Personnel Updates \u2022 Bloomin Brands\u2019 (145) named Jeff Carcara (Del Frisco\u2019s Restaurant Group) as the new President of Bonefish Grill. \u2022 Bojangles (33) named Jose Armario as CEO and Brian Unger as COO. The company also named Kenneth Koziol Chief Restaurant Support Officer. \u2022 Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop (25) named Brent Erwin SVP of Finance. \u2022… Continue reading DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice \u2013 February 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-11586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurant-foodservice","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}