{"id":13385,"date":"2020-03-05T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=13385"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T20:16:08","slug":"datatrac-restaurant-foodservice-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2020\/03\/datatrac-restaurant-foodservice-15\/","title":{"rendered":"DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u2022\u00a0Arby’s Restaurant Group (104)<\/strong> has appointed Patrick Schwing as Chief Marketing Officer. He is succeeding former CMO Jim Taylor who was promoted to President last year.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Denny’s Corporation (63)<\/strong> has promoted Mark Wolfinger to President and his role of CFO will be taken over by Robert Verostek.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0FOCUS Brands Inc. (58)<\/strong> has named Jim Holthouser CEO and he will succeed Steve DeSutter.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0GPS Hospitality, LLC (28)<\/strong> has promoted Michael Lippert to the role of President.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Marco’s Franchising LLC (34)<\/strong> has promoted Steve Seyferth to the role of Chief Experience Officer and Senior VP. Seyferth was previously the Chief Marketing Officer and he will retain those responsibilities in his new role.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Newk’s Franchise Company<\/strong> has named Joe Pate COO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Pizza Hut Inc. <\/strong>has named Kevin Hochman as interim President and he will work alongside global CEO Artie Starrs. He will continue his role as President at KFC Corporation<\/strong>.
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\u2022\u00a0Romacorp Inc. (26) <\/strong>has appointed John Brisco as CEO and President. He succeeds Bradley Scher.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Roti Mediterranean Grill (26)<\/strong> has appointed Justin Seamonds as CEO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Starbucks Corporation (501)<\/strong> has promoted Brady Brewer to Chief Marketing Officer where he will succeed Matthew Ryan.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco Bell Corp. (51) <\/strong>has promoted Julie Masino to President of the International division. She replaces Liz Williams.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Union Square Hospitality Group (55)<\/strong> has appointed Rani Yadav as the Chief Marketing Officer and Patti Simpson as the new Chief People Officer.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Whataburger Restaurants LLC (43)<\/strong> has appointed Janelle Sykes as CFO and Sylvester Johnson as Chief Data Officer and Chief Analytics Officer.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0The Wendy’s Company <\/strong>launched its breakfast offering at all of its nationwide stores this week. The company is hoping to gain ground on its competition in the growing fast food breakfast category.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0CraftWorks Holdings <\/strong>has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company currently has a stalking horse bidder in Fortress Credit and has said that the company\u2019s franchised units will not be part of the sale and its company owned restaurants will remain open.<\/p>\n

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

\u2022\u00a0A&W Restaurants Inc.<\/strong> has opened its newest location in Tonopah, NV. The restaurant is located inside of the Mizpah Club casino and next to the Mizpah Hotel.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Blaze Pizza LLC<\/strong> has opened a new restaurant in Southfield, MI.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dat Dog<\/strong> is looking to open six new locations in Florida this year. The gourmet hot dog chain is targeting Tampa, St. Petersburg, Fort Meyers, and Naples for expansion and is currently seeking local franchisees.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Taco John’s International Inc.<\/strong> has opened a new franchised location in Stevens Point, WI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Personnel Updates \u2022\u00a0Arby’s Restaurant Group (104) has appointed Patrick Schwing as Chief Marketing Officer. He is succeeding former CMO Jim Taylor who was promoted to President last year. \u2022\u00a0Denny’s Corporation (63) has promoted Mark Wolfinger to President and his role of CFO will be taken over by Robert Verostek. \u2022\u00a0FOCUS Brands Inc. (58) has named… Continue reading DATATRAC: Restaurant & Foodservice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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-13385","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\/13385","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}