Qdoba

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.

Customers returned to dining out and operators greeted them with a record number of limited-time offers. The result was a summer of love on restaurant menus.

Menu specials and deals are in the works to boost sales both on- and off-premise during the NCAA tournament.

The private equity firm, which owns Modern Restaurant Concepts, now has $4 billion in assets under management.

The private equity fund will merge the 750-unit burrito chain with Modern Market and Lemonade owner Modern Market Concepts.

What started early in the pandemic as a cheap, easy way to sell more wings and burgers is morphing into more-targeted digital menu offerings like melty cheese and loaded potatoes.

Silk had previously been VP of menu and off-premise operations for the 740-unit fast-casual chain.

These 10 chains serve the most craveable tacos, according to Technomic consumer data.

Williams had been a VP with the Mexican fast-casual chain since 2019.

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