Operations
How John Cywinski plans to grow Qdoba Mexican Eats and Modern Market
The CEO of Qdoba-parent Modern Restaurant Concepts is borrowing from the playbook used during his leadership at Applebee's and KFC. The first step, however, was selling the Lemonade brand.
Operations
Qdoba is betting on franchising to double its unit count
The No. 2 Mexican fast casual has a long way to go to get close in size to arch rival Chipotle, but Qdoba is refranchising in a shift to the asset-light model.