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McAlister’s Deli promotes operations VP to chief brand officer

 By Heather Lalley on Sep. 21, 2021

Mike Freeman has been with the Focus Brands fast casual for 13 years.

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A look at Dan Cathy’s incredible tenure at Chick-fil-A

 By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 17, 2021

The chain’s soon-to-be-former CEO stumbled into a gay marriage controversy that sticks with the chain to this day, but RB’s The Bottom Line says its devotion to culture and service has been the key to its remarkable growth.

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Dan Cathy steps down as Chick-fil-A CEO

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 16, 2021

His son Andrew Truett Cathy will take over as the chicken chain’s third chief executive on Nov. 1, following a transition.

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Tropical Smoothie Cafe promotes its operations SVP to COO

By Heather Lalley on Sep. 15, 2021

Richard Key has been with the fast-growing smoothie chain since 2018. The fast casual recently opened its 1,000th store.

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Sweetgreen co-founder and CEO apologizes for comments on COVID and obesity

By Heather Lalley on Sep. 08, 2021

Jonathan Neman, whose fast-casual salad chain filed to go public in June, said his earlier statement that called for a tax on processed foods, among other things, was “insensitive and oversimplified.”

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Wetzel’s Pretzels names Kim Freer chief marketing officer

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 08, 2021

The former marketing executive with Subway and Blaze will take over marketing leadership for the pretzel concept.

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Operator of 3 Mongolian grill chains names Gregg Majewski CEO

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 08, 2021

The longtime industry veteran has previously served as CEO of Jimmy John's.

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IHOP adds 2 executives to its senior management

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 02, 2021

In what the family chain describes as key hires, MIchael Kaufman has come aboard to focus on strategy and analytics, and Jacob Barden has moved over from Burger King to oversee development.

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Sweetgreen co-founder faces backlash after comments linking COVID to poor diet

By Heather Lalley on Sep. 01, 2021

In a now-deleted LinkedIn post, Jonathan Neman, whose salad chain filed to go public in June, linked the pandemic to obesity and called for a ban on “food that is making us sick.”

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Joella’s Hot Chicken adds Inspire vet Tye Pollak as COO

By Heather Lalley on Aug. 31, 2021

The former Inspire Brands operations executive will oversee operations at the 19-unit fast-casual chain.

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