leadership

Leadership

Lots of restaurants changed CEOs this year

Papa John's, Chipotle, Panera, Buffalo Wild Wings among companies whose top executives left in 2017.

Leadership

How Ron Shaich transformed Panera—5 times

Here's what Ron Shaich, Restaurant Business’ 2018 Restaurant Leader of the Year, recalls as the critical pivot points so far for the company he led for more than three decades.

The former Krystal CEO will lead the 179-unit Tex-Mex chain.

The pizza-delivery company’s COO gains a new role.

Bad financial results have restaurant chain executives citing all kinds of factors for their top- and bottom-line difficulties, from an unexciting football season to high legal fees. Do they have a case? It depends.

No reason was given for the departure of Aylwin Lewis.

Dan Cathy provided a number of surprises during a keynote presentation at the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference. Here's a sampling.

The former Ignite and Au Bon Pain CEO is “bullish” on the opportunity.

The Bottom Line: The burrito chain has been trending toward normalization for some time now, and that's a good thing.

The fast casual looks to jump-start its growth with updated leadership.

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