Schlotzsky's

Schlotzsky’s owner Focus Brands makes some key executive changes

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 24, 2022

Shelley Harris will oversee the Atlanta-based company’s restaurant brands and former Wendy’s executive William Armstrong will be the chief brand officer of Schlotzsky’s.

Financing

Schlotzsky’s tries ditching seats

By Jonathan Maze on May 31, 2022

The sandwich chain’s new prototype features fewer seats or none at all and more options for takeout.

Marketing

Schlotzsky’s aims to get the work-from-home crowd back into lunch

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 18, 2020

With the pandemic shifting the workforce from office building to home office, lunch has gotten lost in the shuffle.

Financing

Focus Brands CEO Jim Holthouser gets a tough introduction to restaurants

By Jonathan Maze on May 20, 2020

The former Hilton executive, who took the job two weeks before the pandemic hit, leans on his hotel experience, and sees parallels between the two industries.

Food

Fast casuals take on dinner

By Patricia Cobe on May 07, 2020

Family meals, popular and profitable now, may be here to stay for some concepts.

Leadership

Beto Guajardo named president of Focus Brands International

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 28, 2020

Tory Bartlett was named chief operating officer and brand lead of Schlotzsky’s

Marketing

Mark Mears joins Saladworks, at least temporarily

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 03, 2019

The former CMO of Cheesecake and Noodles & Co. is joining fellow Schlotzsky’s alumnus Kelly Roddy to facilitate expansion.

Operations

Investigation finds source of Focus’ data breach

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 04, 2019

Coding was inserted into the servers of Moe’s, McAlister’s and Schlotzsky’s to copy credit card information while on-premise transactions were being processed.

Technology