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MCDONALD’S CORP. has promoted Kevin Newell to executive v.p. and chief global brand officer, replacing Steve Easterbrook, who left last year to become president of…

DAVE & BUSTER’S has named Dolf Berle as president and COO of the 57-unit chain. Berle most recently served as exec. v.p.-hospitality for ClubCorp USA,…

EL POLLO LOCO has named Steve Sather its president and CEO; he had been acting president/CEO since August 2010. Sather joined the chain in ’06…

DENNY’S CORP. has appointed John Miller president and CEO. Miller succeeds Debra Smithart-Oglesby, who had filled the post on an interim basis since June 2010;…

SPICY PICKLE FRANCHISING has tapped Peter Wright to serve as chief development officer. Wright is now responsible for franchise sales, real estate, architecture, construction and…

In its first international expansion, The Cheesecake Factory has inked an exclusive licensing agreement with the Alshaya group of companies to build and operate restaurants…

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group is exploring strategic alternatives, including possible sale, for the 3,700-unit Arby’s chain. The Atlanta-based company says that selling the Arby’s chain would help…

Gordon Oates Sr., one of the founding fathers of the modern foodservice equipment industry and a 38-year veteran of Vulcan-Hart Corp., has died. He was…

Hooters of America will answer to a new parent. In a transaction ending nearly three decades of family ownership, a group of private investors has…

Vulcan, Baltimore, Md., will be expanding its product line with the TEC Searmaster Charbroiler line. Vulcan’s parent, ITW Food Equipment Group North America, has acquired…