Sentences with phrase «restaurant company ceos»

A recent report from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) points out that restaurant company CEOs receive huge tax - subsidized paydays while their companies lobby to prevent an increase in the minimum wage.

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Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, has found it easier to set up shop in countries like Brazil and China rather than contend with U.S. government regul...

Andy Puzder, the CEO of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., should know.

Chief Operating Officer Kevin Johnson will become CEO on April 3, 2017; Schultz will focus on turning the company's new line of high - end coffee shops into destination restaurants.

Peters was in a San Diego restaurant when he overheard Olin Hyde, co-founder and CEO of Englue, explaining how his artificial intelligence product LeadCrunch could mine the web to uncover leads based on names of a company's best customers.

Previously, he was CEO of the global Pizza Hut division, the world's largest pizza restaurant company with more than 16,500 restaurants in more than 100 countries outside China.

For example, Urban Outfitters co-founder and CEO Richard Hayne recently announced his apparel company had acquired the Vetri pizza restaurant chain.

Now he's stepping down as CEO of the fast casual restaurant company — in large part to focus on a problem that extends beyond the restaurant realm: what Shaich says is short - term thinking in capital markets and the national debate.

A week later, Wendy's CEO echoed Andres, saying the widening gap between prices of food at home and food served in restaurants meant companies needed to provide customers with new reasons to eat out.

«The recent Tuesday promotion shift from traditional to boneless wings at company - owned restaurants will continue to improve cost of sales while traditional wing prices remain elevated,» said Sally Smith, the CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings, in a statement.

In May, CEO Steve Easterbrook, who took the reins in March with a clear mandate to stop years of sales bleeding at the world's largest restaurant company, announced a series of steps to shake up the company.

«For the past several months, we have worked closely with our financial advisors and evaluated various strategic alternatives with respect to Qdoba, including a sale or spin - off, as well as opportunities to refranchise company restaurants,» Lenny Comma, CEO and chairman of Jack in the Box, said in a statement.

Candace Klein, the CEO of SoMoLend, a debt - based funding platform, points out: «We are usually targeting consumer - facing brick - and - mortar companies — restaurants, retailers, salons, gyms — that already have customers, already have cash flow, and can service debt.

«At a time when other restaurant companies are feeling the impact of a slowing consumer environment, we are maintaining our momentum,» said Panera CEO Ron Shaich.

«The recent Tuesday promotion shift from traditional to boneless wings at company - owned restaurants will continue to improve cost of sales while traditional wing prices remain elevated,» CEO Sally Smith said in a statement.

When she was named CEO in 2007, guest visits had been declining for years, restaurant sales and profit trends were negative, and the company stock price had dropped from $ 34 in 2002 to $ 13.

At Premier Payment Systems, a credit card processing company in Oak Brook, Illinois, sales mirror the economy's peaks and valleys: less business from white - tablecloth restaurants and construction companies, more from pizza joints and what CEO Drew Sementa calls «business opportunity» firms.

Thompson's successor, SVP and chief brand officer Steve Easterbrook, joined the company in 1993 but left in 2011 to become CEO first of Pizza Express and then Wagamama, both UK - based restaurant brands.

Mitesh Gala, CEO of Altametrics, entered the restaurant industry as the operator of several Jack in the Box franchises, where he saved $ 50,000 a year when his homemade inventory program caught an over-portioning problem with the company's french fry containers.

Rutledge, CEO of chicken - and - biscuit chain Bojangle's (BOJA), which began trading as a public company last May, began his career as a bus boy and has worked every position in a restaurant.

«Buffalo Wild Wings is one of the most distinctive and successful entertainment and casual dining restaurant companies in America,» said Paul Brown, CEO of Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. «We are excited to welcome a brand with such a rich heritage, led by an exceptionally talented team.

Meanwhile, the board has tried to address Fiesta's recent struggles by undertaking a host of initiatives that include hiring a new CEO, appointing two former restaurant executives as independent directors, conducting a sale process of the entire company, and outlining and communicating a strategic renewal plan.

«As we continue to grow Kimpton's global reach, we couldn't be more thrilled to expand Scott's role at the company which will further evolve our culinary program,» said Mike DeFrino, CEO of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants.

As more sites were built, the developer began to own more and more of the company, so in 2011 Oakey and business partner, CEO Robert Doran stepped in and bought control, also purchasing the Cadillac Ranch brand and six Cadillac Ranch restaurants later that year.

Our upcoming main stage event in Los Angeles on October 28th features a talk on the evolution of the LA food scene by renowned restaurant critic, Jonathan Gold; a talk on building a kind coffee empire by Todd Carmichael, TV host and the founder and CEO of La Colombe; insights into how vegetables have become a trend by the woman whose company has been responsible for introducing kiwis and other fruits to the American market, Karen Caplan of Frieda's and other talks on the science of flavor, the convergence of sci - fi and food, leaving a popular band to become a chef, and much more.

«When we got started, there were just a few restaurants doing this, now it seems like there's hundreds,» says Kevin Wessel, CEO and president of HW Holdings, the Littleton, Colo. - headquartered company that licenses the Le Peep brand.

United Restaurant Group (URG) CEO Tony Grillo was no stranger to the restaurant and retail business when he decided to join the company in 1995.

In 2015, his first full year as CEO, Morgiewicz established the company as a supply chain technology software leader in the restaurant and foodservice distribution industries.

«I'm so proud of how our guests, restaurant teams and partners stepped up to support this heartfelt effort to help St. Jude in their critical effort to save kids lives,» said John Morberg, CEO of Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp., which added $ 35,000 to the campaign in addition to funds raised through the company's restaurants and supply partners.

Moving on from his most recent role as CEO & Director of Brotzeit ®, the world's leading German franchised restaurant casual dining concept, Aidan will be responsible for planning, organizing, directing and controlling all activities of company - owned domestic operations.

Ms. Clay is the founder and CEO of Saddleback Holdings, a company that acquires, owns and operates multi-unit restaurant franchise businesses.

CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc., parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, has named Jason Marker as CEO, succeeding Andy Puzder, who was supposed to be Trump's Labor secretary but withdrew his name from consideration as opposition to his appointment mounted.

This can mean various actions, from writing to corporate CEOs to calling out a company's ridiculous packing on social media to asking a local restaurant or store to stop selling single - use plastic products.

The DOJ alleged the CEOs of various publishing companies had in fact been meeting regularly at upscale Manhattan restaurants to talk about how they could prevent Amazon from pushing the prices of their e-books down to a maximum price of $ 9.99.

In - N - Out Burger is seeking a restraining order against an online prankster who posed as the company's CEO at two Los Angeles restaurants, argued with employees and in one instance took a hamburger from a customer, threw it to the ground and stepped on it.

In - N - Out Burger is seeking a restraining order against an online prankster who posed as the company's CEO at two Los Angeles restaurants, argued with employees and in one instance took a hamburger from a customer,...

Eventually Bob and David became co-presidents and co-COOs of the company, while Mark became president and CEO of the family restaurant business.