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Individuals influencing the direction of the restaurant industry

Here are some of Kent Taylor’s best lines

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 19, 2021

The late Texas Roadhouse CEO was a maverick, and that extended to the comments he made to investors. Here are a few of his best quotes.

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Kent Taylor, founder & CEO of Texas Roadhouse, is dead

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 18, 2021

No reason was given by the chain for Taylor's death.

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Topgolf names Pizza Hut chief Artie Starrs CEO

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 16, 2021

He will focus on continuing the golf-focused “eatertainment” concept’s growth under new owner Callaway Golf.

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Simplifying operations may be harder than many chains think, says Raising Cane's co-CEO

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 15, 2021

Chains scrambling to cut operational complexity by reducing their menus may find there's more to it than eliminating items, says AJ Kumaran, co-chief of the chicken-finger chain.

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Domino’s promotes Frank Garrido to operations post

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 15, 2021

He will succeed Tom Curtis, who was named COO of Burger King Americas last week.

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Burger King names former Domino’s executive Tom Curtis COO

By Jonathan Maze on Mar. 12, 2021

Domino's Pizza is losing another executive to a burger chain. This time, Tom Curtis will become chief operating officer of Burger King Americas to help lead the implementation of technology inside its restaurants.

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Ruby's Diner founders are hit with a lawsuit over 2018 bankruptcy filing

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 12, 2021

The trustee overseeing Ruby's Diner’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings has filed a lawsuit that accuses the chain’s co-founders and longtime leaders, Doug Cavanaugh and Ralph Kosmides, of pushing the chain into insolvency in their pursuit of a personal business opportunity.

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