Leadership

Individuals influencing the direction of the restaurant industry

Leadership

From the RB editor: Seeking inspiration in outside places

Operators mitigate the risk of stale, inbred ideas by refusing to stay insular.

Dire warnings led off a session focused on government issues relevant to restaurant franchisees and franchisors.

Venezuelan native Mario Contreras, 32, heads up his own multi-national company, Elbardi International Management, a Charley’s Grilled Subs franchise.

Why Crawford? Some say the NRA has a message problem when it comes to its stance on hot-button topics; they've got a good story to tell but are being beat by unions and lawmakers. Will its newest chairman make a difference? He might, based on his past at Ground Round Grill & Bar, based in Freeport, Maine.

The past year reaffirmed that tough times bring many changes in restaurant leadership. Here are four of the most dramatic shifts.

Newly appointed Trevor Haynes has spent the past three years as Subway’s vice president of operations.

Karlin Linhardt had been with the sandwich giant six months.

Marcus Tom is named COO as the company overhauls management following the Qdoba sale.

The nine honorees include some well-known restaurant leaders.

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