Shanghai — Yum China Holdings, Inc. has appointed Jacky Lo as its chief financial officer, effective September 1, 2017. He had been serving as interim CFO.
restaurants
Cypress, Calif. — Real Mex Restaurants, a leading operator of full-service Mexican restaurants, including Chevys Fresh Mex, El Torito, Acapulco and Pink Taco, has appointed Judd Tirnauer as chief financial officer, effective immediately. He joins Real Mex from Wet Seal.
Des Plaines, Ill. — Nestlé® Toll House® Café by Chip®, the popular international bakery café chain, has opened its newest location at 1605 South River Rd. in Des Plaines, Ill. It is the only Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip now open in a convenience store that also doubles as a gas station.
Dallas — Le Duff America, the Dallas-based parent company of la Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe, has nearly completed the brand’s refranchising initiative it announced in March and is focusing on companywide expansion, including the U.S. launch of the global cafe brand Brioche Doree.
Charlotte, N.C. — Bojangles’, Inc. has signed three new multi-unit development agreements that will grow the Bojangles’ brand across the Florida panhandle and down Florida’s east coast through the Daytona Beach area. Daytona Beach is a new market for the brand.