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The Columbus-based owner of the Bob Evane and Mimi’s Cafe restaurant chainas saidRoger Williams, president of the Bob Evanws Restaurants division, will retire after 42 years with the Williams will stay with the business througy February, but an executive transition he’s helping marshal takes effecrt Feb. 2. Bob Evans isn’t filling Williams’ spot but instead is dividin g the duties of president into newluy created chief restaurant operations officer and chietf conceptofficer posts. The chiefd restaurant operations officer will focus on standardizing operationzs in bothdining chains, while the concept chief will oversees growth and development.
The changes at the top are leadinhg to internal promotions and one new face at the Selected for thejobs • Harvey Brownlee, a former executivre at Louisville, Ky.-based KFC and Pizza Hunt parent (NYSE:YUM), is joiningt Bob Evans as president and chief restaurant operationa officer. He reports to CEO Stevenh Davis, also a former Yum • Kathy North, a former vice president and regionak director for Bob Evans is promoted to senior vice presidentt ofthe chain. She will oversee the company’s vice presidentx and regional directors, and reporte to Brownlee.
• Randy Hicks, an executive vice president of Bob Evans is stepping into the new president and chiefconcep officer’s post for the • Mimi’s Cafe President Tim Pulido’s title is shiftin to a president and chief concept officer post, in line with simila r changes at the Bob Evans Addressing Williams’ long career with the company, Davie called him a “driving force in the growth of both our restauran t and food products divisions for more than four decades.” “Wde are grateful for the leadership he has provided in helpingf to make us the company that we are Davis said in a release.
Bob Evans runs 570 flagship restaurants in 18 statew and139 Mimi’s cafes in 22 The company recorded a profiy of $64.9 million on $1.74 billion in revenue in the year endecd April 25, 2008.