At a Glance Headquarters: Houston Years in business: founded in 1980; went public in 1993 Founder and CEO: Tilman Fertitta Units: approx. 300 2003 Sales: over $1.1 billion Projected growth: 20 units to open in 2004 ...
At a Glance Headquarters: Denver, COYears in Business: 11Founder and CEO: Steve EllsUnits: 320Number of Employees: 6,500 plus 100 corporatePartner: McDonald's (90% share)Projected Growth: 100 units in ...
Rodger Head doesn't mince words when describing the recent dark days of Shoney's. "The brand was terribly mismanaged. It had 12 years of deferred maintenance in its stores. It had seven presidents over that period...