Rob Connelly, Henny Penny’s president, reorganized the kitchen-equipment company and made a number of promotions recently. “As we continue to grow these structural alignments and promotions will bolster Henny Penny’s industry-leading customer focus and position us well for future growth” says Connelly when announcing these changes. “I’m confident these changes will enhance Henny Penny’s ability […]

While most growing brands get giddy about their sales potential when opening new stores, leaders at Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint are excited about the number of jobs they’re helping to create with the brand’s ongoing growth. Matt Andrew, founder and chief pizza maker for Uncle Maddio’s, says the company is opening 17 new stores in […]

MonkeyMedia Software, a provider of complete catering solutions for multi-unit restaurant operators, today announced an organizational change that will facilitate continued growth and enhance the company’s ability to serve its customers on a world class level while driving key strategic initiatives. Mo Asgari, former COO and director of technology, has been promoted to president. MonkeyMedia […]

Yum! Brands Inc. announced it has reorganized its Yum! Restaurants International division (YRI) to continue to drive aggressive international expansion and build strong brands globally. The company also announced that Micky Pant was promoted to chief executive officer of YRI, replacing Graham Allan who is retiring from the company early in 2012. Pant most recently […]

The Subway restaurant chain is proud to announce that it named Bob Grewal of Orange County, California, as the recipient of its 2011 Development Agent of the Year award for the chain’s Pacific region, during the company’s recent convention in San Francisco. Chiefly responsible for building and managing a geographical territory for the restaurant chain, […]

The federal government’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) focus has shifted away from punishing illegal immigrants to penalizing employers (audits up 500 percent since 2008). Even for employers that have recently migrated to an electronic I-9 solution, there are mountains of paper I-9s from the past that can be subjected to audits.   What’s […]

Papa Murphy’s International, America’s take ‘n’ bake pizza leader and fifth largest pizza chain in the U.S., announced the company’s President Ken Calwell will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective Dec. 31, 2011. Current CEO John Barr will remain Papa Murphy’s Chairman of the Board and will hand over day-to-day executive duties to Calwell. […]

People Report and sister company Black Box Intelligence announced the winners of the 2011 Best Practices awards, presented in front of 250 restaurant executives at the annual Best Practices Conference. The winners represent best in class for their human capital practices in their segment in the dining industry. The winners are McDonald’s, Eat’n Park Restaurants, […]

Wingstop Restaurants announced today that Wes Jablonski has been named to the newly-created position of chief franchise relations officer. Jablonski, who has been a member of the Wingstop management team for nine years, had served as chief development officer since 2009 and chief financial officer from 2003 to 2009. As the chief franchise relations officer, […]

Eight employees and two children of employees at company- and franchise-owned Bojangles’ have been named the recipients of $1,000 academic scholarships in honor of Bojangles’ co-founder Jack Fulk, who passed away earlier this year.  The 10 recipients of the inaugural Jack Fulk Scholarships are: Jasmine Black, High Point, North Carolina Hannah Brooks, Clemmons, North Carolina […]

Hala Moddelmog, president of Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc., introduced members of the new ARG Holding Corporation Board of Directors to the Arby’s franchise community during its National Franchise Conference in Atlanta. The new board consists of five members and will be led by chairman Jon Luther. “Jon’s experience as a former owner, franchisor, and operator […]

Sara Lee Corp. will sell the majority of its North American foodservice coffee and tea operations to The J.M. Smucker Company for $350 million. The transaction is expected to close near the beginning of 2012. The two companies will also establish a long-term partnership to collaborate on liquid-coffee innovation. “In recent years, our North American […]

Restaurateurs who are using Work Opportunity Tax Credits as part of their hiring process are running out of time to claim their potential earnings from hiring as the opportunity deadline looms at the end of the year. The deadline could put a stop to thousands of extra dollars coming in per quarter for employers through […]

Alice Elliot, CEO of Elliot Associates, a provider in executive search and strategic consulting for the hospitality, foodservice, manufacturing, and retail industries, named Dan Searby senior vice president to conduct corporate executive searches for all segments. Searby, 50, who will work out of Elliot Associates’ Tarrytown, New York, headquarters, has spent his entire career in […]

McDonald’s Corporation and vice chairman and CEO Jim Skinner were selected as the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s 12th Annual A. Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award Honorees for exemplary corporate leadership in advancing equal opportunity and diversity. The gala black-tie dinner, themed “We Believe in All of Us,” will be held at the New […]

DTT, the leading provider of video surveillance and managed services for the restaurant and hospitality industries, established a partnership with the U.S. Investigative Security Services Agency (ISS) to offer additional loss prevention services to its client base of more than 27,000. The two companies joined forces in order to provide customers with top quality pre-employment […]

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has commended Culver’s Restaurants for promoting the hiring of individuals with developmental disabilities and helping them become productive employees in their restaurants. At a ceremony at the Culver’s Support Center in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, Culver’s co-founder and CEO, Craig Culver, accepted the commendation from DWD Secretary Scott […]

Modern Survey's recent study of employee engagement levels in the U.S. workforce unveiled that even while employee engagement is sinking to new lows, only 21 percent of workers report that they are seeking new employment opportunities. Conducted in September 2011, the most recent iteration of Modern Survey's bi-annual study found that 70 percent of employees […]

United Capital Business Lending, a Maryland-based national business lender, is pleased to announce the addition of two new business development officers. Jane Livingston will serve as VP, business development officer for the Midwest and Great Lakes region. Livingston brings more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience, most recently from US Bank and CIT […]

Recognized as the second largest bakery-café company worldwide, French-based Groupe Le Duff has announced the creation of Le Duff America to manage its North American café brands, which includes la Madeleine Country French Café, Bruegger’s Bagels, Timothy’s World Coffee, and Brioche Dorée.  The new organization will allow its North American brands to combine their expertise, […]

Ed Anderson, board chairman of Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Cooperative, Inc. and president and COO of Wen-Rich, didn't have the amount of applicants walking through his Wendy's locations doors that he wanted. Those that did come in and apply were not the quality that he wanted working at his store locations. Seven months ago, Anderson […]

Since the recession hit at the end of 2007, and as people become more concerned with job security, the prospect of unionization in the restaurant industry has grown. “Only 22 percent of the disengaged employees [surveyed] said they would not vote for a union,” says Don MacPherson, president of Modern Survey. “If disengagement continues to […]