Board Members: Chairman Rob Webster, CEO Anthony Wedo, David Merritt, Todd Brown and Santino Blumetti.īuffets, Inc., the nation’s largest steak-buffet restaurant company, currently operates 347 restaurants in 35 states, comprised of 337 steak-buffet restaurants and 10 Tahoe Joe’s Famous Steakhouse restaurants. I know that his breadth of experience will be extremely helpful as we move this brand forward.”įriedman and Ellish will serve alongside current 2012 Buffets, Inc. “He has helped launch start ups and driven brand turnarounds. “I have known Warren for 20 years and have seen his track record of repeated successes first hand,” Wedo said. Ellish was also named to Advertising Age’s “ Marketing 100 – The Superstars of US Marketing.”Įllish received both his BS and MBA from Cornell University, where he currently serves as a member of the marketing faculty at the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management. Ellish also served as Vice President of Marketing and an executive committee member for Red Lobster Restaurants (Darden), Vice President of Marketing for Luzianne Blue Plate Foods, and other senior marketing positions with Burger King Corporation, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo. (Boston Market), where he helped create a new brand in the “home meal replacement” retail category. Prior to forming Ellish Marketing Group, he served as a founding partner and Vice President of Marketing for Boston Chicken, Inc. In 1995, Ellish founded his own marketing consulting company, Ellish Marketing Group LLC, and for the past 17 years has been advising the senior leadership of numerous leading brands and companies from a strategic marketing perspective. Ellish has been responsible for successfully positioning hundreds of well-known brands and has a track record of delivering outsized returns in competitive industries. Warren Ellish is a senior marketing executive with extensive experience in consumer products, restaurants and retailing. “Phil will help us deliver on our brand vision of offering real food and real choices, while creating real connections with our guests,” said Anthony Wedo, Buffets, Inc. Friedman serves on the Board of Directors for Diversified Restaurants, Boudin Bakeries & Restaurants and Silver Diner Corporation as well as on the boards of the National and Mississippi Restaurant Associations. He received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, as well as a MA in Political Science and a BA in History from the University of Connecticut. He was also honored by the National Restaurant Association (NRA) as a Cornerstone Humanitarian for leading McAlister’s in outstanding community involvement. In 2005, Friedman led the successful sale of McAlister’s Corporation to Roark Capital Group.įriedman was awarded Nation’s Restaurant News’ 2009 Golden Chain Award honoree for his success with McAlister’s and The International Foodservice Manufacturers’ Association’s Silver Plate award for his enduring and outstanding achievements in the Chain Restaurant Full Service category. During his tenure, McAlister’s grew from 27 to 300 restaurants in 22 states. Friedman previously served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of McAlister’s Corporation, a quick casual concept he acquired along with a group of investors in 1999. Friedman & Associates, Inc., a strategic planning and management consulting company he founded in 1986. Philip Friedman currently 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. 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.” “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. The appointments are effective immediately. Both executives 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, thereby completing the new seven-member board of directors formed after the company emerged from bankruptcy. has appointed seasoned restaurant executive Philip Friedman and highly accomplished marketing executive F.
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