![]() In August 2015, Wedo returned to Mainline Capital Advisors, LLC as managing director and CEO. Mainline Capital Advisors provided "turnaround management, advisory and executive management consulting services to debt investors and private equity sponsors in the restaurant industry." In 2012, Ovation Brands, formerly Buffets Inc., hired Wedo to help the company following a bankruptcy. Before becoming president, CEO and director of buffet restaurant company Ovation Brands, Wedo founded and worked as managing director and CEO of Mainline Capital Advisors, LLC from 2004 to 2012. ![]() Wedo worked as chairman, president and CEO of the New World Restaurant Group, Inc., which is a group of bagel and coffee businesses including Einstein Bros., from 2001 to 2004. He accepted and became the chief concept officer over the entire group of United States Boston Market restaurants from 1997 to 1999. to offer to purchase his company from him. Wedo's successes with Boston Market while at MidAtlantic Restaurants led Boston Chicken Inc. During his tenure, he was responsible for developing the Boston Market brand in his area and by 1997 had grown the company to "160 restaurants, generating more than $250 million in annualized sales." In that capacity, Wedo managed over "1200 restaurants, 7000 employees and $1 Billion in revenue." Wedo founded and was president and CEO for MidAtlantic Restaurants, Inc. įrom 1986 to 1993, Wedo worked for PepsiCo/KFC eventually rising to the level of vice president and general manager of the southeast division of KFC. Wedo earned a bachelor's degree in business from Penn State University and then an MBA and International MBA from Cornell University and Queen's University. He was featured on an episode of CBS's Undercover Boss in 2013. In 2010, he considered running to represent Delaware in the United States House of Representatives. We will be fast tracking the 'Plan to Win' initiatives that members of this team and the Board of Directors have worked so hard to develop, and we are going to execute it successfully.Anthony Wedo is a CEO in the restaurant and hospitality industry working with such brands as KFC, Boston Market and Einstein Bros. "The balance sheet is fixed and the company generates significant cash flow which will enable us to focus on growing the brand and transforming it into something better than it has ever been. "I believe I'm joining Buffets and this team at the perfect moment," Wedo said. Bagels and most recently as CEO of a firm specializing in consulting private equity and professional debt investors in the restaurant industry. His brand experience includes PepsiCo Restaurants, KFC, Boston Market, Noah's and Manhattan Bagels, and Einstein Bros. With more than 25 years of restaurant industry experience, including a key leadership position with a Fortune 50 brand, Wedo has developed and led the turnaround of major restaurant chains throughout the U.S. gets new CEO for buffet-style family restaurantsīuffets, Inc., the nation's largest owner and operator of buffet-style family restaurants, which includes Ryan's,today announced the appointment of restaurant executive, entrepreneur and turnaround specialist Anthony Wedo to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Friedman & Associates, Inc., a strategic planning and management consulting company he founded in 1986.īuffets, Inc. We are pleased to add them to our board of directors, and are excited for the future of our organization with their support and expertise.”įriedman serves as Chairman and CEO of Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina, an 85-location casual Mexican restaurant chain he acquired in 2011, and as President of P. “Both Warren and Phil have the practical knowledge of what it takes to turn around and grow a brand, and they understand the need for strong corporate governance. “These are true leaders with proven track records of success,” said Rob Webster, Chairman of the Board of Buffets, Inc. Buffets, Inc., owns Ryan’s Restaurants,with one located in Greer at 1501 W. The appointments are effective immediately. Friedman and Ellish possess over 30 years of restaurant industry experience and each has held leadership positions at growth and turnaround brands in the restaurant and hospitality industries. ![]() Warren Ellish to its board of directors, completing the new seven-member board after the company emerged from bankruptcy. completes new board of directorsīuffets, Inc., headquartered in Greer, has appointed restaurant executive Philip Friedman and marketing executive F. ![]()
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