Fast Casual Dining

Kernel is expected to open its first location in New York City next year.

Former Panera Bread President Drew Madsen appointed as Interim CEO after Dave Boennighausen departs the company.

Lawton will continue as CEO of bartaco in addition to assuming the responsibilities of CEO of Uncle Julio's. RJ Thomas was named President and Chief Operating Officer.

By utilizing Como's Customer Data Platform (CDP), the fast casual chain is now empowered to conduct in-depth reporting on every transaction, leading to the development of actionable insights using state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms.

Building upon what Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol described as “a strong foundation,” Chipotle Mexican Grill is zeroing in on two areas for improvement. The first is adjusting the cadence of digital orders.

With 500 locations in 15 countries, Pepper Lunch will deploly Revel Systems' cloud POS and business management platform at 125 U.S. locations.

Matt Silverman originally joined Just Salad in 2008 and served as its Chief Information Officer until 2012.

Urvi Patel was promoted to VP of Customer Engagement & Experience. New hires include Manuel Valdes, SVP of Digital, Data & Marketing Technology, and Christopher McNutt, SVP of Supply Chain.