St. Louis-based Elite Cuisine and Kansas City’s Superior Vend-All merged to form Apex Restaurant and Market Solutions, a Missouri-based corporate foodservice company.
Multiconcept operator Montclair Hospitality Group tapped Joey Simons to serve as its chief executive officer. MHG is the parent company to such concepts as Ani Ramen House, Mochinut, pastaRAMEN, Sushi by Bou and Kai Yang.
Casual dining chain Texas Roadhouse promoted Gina Tobin to president. She had previously served as chief learning and culture officer.
Former Focus Brands International president Beto Guajardo was introduced as president and CEO for Blaze Pizza, a fast-casual chain with more than 330 units.
Winholt tapped Bryan Spencer to serve as national accounts manager for the New York-based manufacturer’s foodservice segment.
Multiline equipment manufacturer Ali Group made several changes within its company portfolio, naming three new presidents.
New Jersey-based manufacturer Krowne hired Jon Rodriguez to serve as the company’s foodservice Western regional sales manager.
Carnival Cruise Line tapped celebrity chef and restaurateur Emeril Lagasse to serve as its chief culinary officer.
Pecinka Ferri and Wallin Foodservice Resources add talent while Dave Swain Associates updates its line card.
Polar Leasing Company appointed Lindsay Fetro to an inside sales representative role. Fetro’s primary focus will be to respond to queries from potential customers.
Restaurant operators from Texas Roadhouse, Applebee’s, Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux and Blaze Pizza each announced personnel changes within their organizations.
Winholt and Krowne add to their sales teams, while MTI has named a new marketing manager.
Burkett Restaurant Equipment and Supplies promoted Crystal Rinker to vice president of sales and marketing. She spent the past four years serving as Burkett’s director of sales and marketing.
Tony Moralejo was appointed president of Applebee’s. He replaces John Cywinski, who is leaving parent company Dine Brands for a CEO position at another restaurant company, per a release announcing these transitions.
TriMark USA promoted Wendy Carniglia to vice president of national accounts for the foodservice equipment and supplies dealer’s Western region.
Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux appointed company veteran Scott Taylor to serve as chief executive officer.
Polar Leasing Company promoted Chance Odle to operations program manager. In this role, Odle will oversee, streamline, and expedite all planning and procedural requirements from the point a contract is signed to the time the walk-in cold storage unit is delivered.
Motion Technology, Inc. promoted Danielle Fantasia to marketing manager.
Boston Showcase Company made a series of leadership updates to Newton, Mass.-based foodservice equipment and supplies dealer, including the introduction of a new president and CEO.
