Friday, April 24, 2009

New COO at Papa Johns


Papa John's taps Joseph Jude Thompson as president and chief operating officer
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He has absolutely no food and beverage background.... is this a smart move? His experience is based in the insurance industry..... we'll see. The appointment might signal that Papa John's feels it needs to focus on it's internal operations and expansion is going to take a back seat...

Click on the link above to read the full article. Slice 'n Spice smells disaster. In this market, with so many great people looking for jobs they can't find someone who has a least a few years in F&B?

Slice 'n Spice thinks it important that the people running business have at least some industry related experience. Why can't they pick up a seasoned guy like David Goronkin?

related links:
http://www.wellpoint.com/ (the insurance company he previously lead)
Businesswire news line (where we got the photo)
Papa John's site

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