Dunkin’ Brands, the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, has named David Hoffmann CEO effective immediately, the company said. He will also serve on the company’s board of directors and remain president of Dunkin’ Donuts U.S, a role he has held since 2016, according to a news release from the Canton, Mass.-based company. Hoffmann… read more

Tender Greens has named president Denyelle Bruno, left, to the additional role of CEO, replacing co-founder Erik Oberholtzer, who was named executive chairman of the fast-casual brand. The 28-unit “slow food done fast” concept from Los Angeles said Bruno will serve in her new dual role effective immediately.  The company said it was “always the… read more

John Schnatter, founder and chairman of the board of Papa John’s International, Inc., has resigned in the aftermath of reports that he made a racial slur during a meeting in May with the pizza chain’s media agency. Schnatter on Wednesday admitted to making the slur in an email to Forbes magazine. Forbes said the meeting… read more

Dear Loyal Followers: Here it is the middle of June and we have crowned the NBA & NHL Champions and a Triple Crown Winner. Baseball is in full swing, (nice huh!) and the races for the most part are fairly close. My Cubs are just about tied for the top spot in their division and… read more

It’s the end of an era for Dave & Buster’s. Since going public in 2014, chief executive officer Stephen M. King and chief financial officer Brian Jenkins have been the face of the company for investors. One part of that management team, which doubled the entertainment-dining brand’s store count in the past 12 years, is… read more

Dear Loyal Followers: On Behalf of the American Recruiters Associates and me, we want to THANK all of those we had the pleasure of working with during the recently completed “Big Show”. We hope it exceeded your expectations and that you and your organizations received maximum benefit from attending. Preliminary summaries show that over 60,000… read more

A grocery store isn’t just a place to shop for packaged foods and produce anymore. And customers, particularly young ones, like it that way and want to see more foodservice at retail, according to Amanda Topper, associate director of foodservice research at market research firm Mintel. “In the past, you’d kind of seen this divide… read more

At the end of last year, we explored the future of fast casual and how, despite doom and gloom media coverage about the fast casual slump, things are looking optimistic for operators in the segment. Now we’re turning the spotlight to casual dining and how the segment is adapting to evolving consumer expectations. Outlook is positive… read more

Popping up across the country are “virtual restaurants,” kitchen-only operations where food is prepared for delivery. The trend underscores a shift in consumer dining patterns; they crave chef-prepared dishes but are losing interest in eating at restaurants, according to several speakers at the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. “The basic definition of what constitutes… read more

Dear Loyal Followers:   Here it is a few days before the “Big Show” here in the Windy City and my American Recruiters Associates and I are looking forward to meeting many of you. For our clients, according to a recent CNN Money Report based on the latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics information, unemployment… read more