Abuelo's Mexican Food Embassy Announces New Executive Appointments.LUBBOCK, Texas “Lubbock” redirects here. For other uses, see Lubbock (disambiguation). Lubbock is the 10th-largest city in the state of Texas.[1] Located in the northwestern part of the state—a region known historically as the Llano Estacado -- Abuelo's Mexican Food Embassy, one of the nation's leading Mexican dining concepts, today announced the addition of two restaurant industry veterans to its executive roster as the company continues expanding nationally. Abuelo's has hired Ryan Biggs as Vice President of Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. . In this newly created role, Biggs will focus on strategic planning and analysis, with particular emphasis on the use of technology and information to improve operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , efficiencies and scalability. Biggs most recently served as Senior Manager of Product Development and Analysis for Brinker International, where he provided leadership and management of product development and promotions, menu management and product forecasting Product forecasting is the science of predicting the degree of success a new product will enjoy in the marketplace. To do this, the forecasting model must take into account such things as product awareness, distribution, price, fulfilling unmeet needs and competitive alternatives. for the Chili's Grill & Bar concept. Additionally, Abuelo's has hired Steve Hutnyan as Vice President of Culinary Research and Development. In his new role, Hutnyan will be responsible for the company's menu development and related operational procedures The detailed methods by which headquarters and units carry out their operational tasks. and implementation. Hutnyan also comes to Abuelo's from Brinker where he served as Director of Culinary Systems and Deployment. Prior to that, he worked with Darden Restaurants Darden Restaurants, Inc. is a multi-brand restaurant operator. The firm owns several casual dining chain store, most notably Red Lobster and Olive Garden. Today, Darden owns and operates more than 1,300 restaurant locations throughout North America and has more than 150,000 , Inc. as Development Chef for the new business division and as the Red Lobster Development Chef. "Both Ryan and Steve come to Abuelo's with accomplished records, and we are very pleased to have them join our company," said Bob Lin, President of Food Concepts International, Abuelo's parent company. "Their leadership and expertise will prove valuable as we continue to grow our concept nationally." About Abuelo's Mexican Food Embassy Restaurants, Since its first opening in 1989, Abuelo's has continually been on the leading edge of menu creativity, combining consistency in food quality, colorful plate presentations, superior service and an impressive Mexican courtyard-themed atmosphere. Abuelo's restaurants, which were listed in Restaurants & Institutions' "Top 400 Sales Growth Leaders" annual ranking are owned and operated by Food Concepts International of Lubbock, Texas. Abuelo's was also ranked as one of the top chain restaurants in America, the top-ranked Mexican food restaurant and highlighted as one of seven restaurant chains The following is a list of restaurant chains. See also: Fast-food restaurant, Casual dining, List of reference tables. International
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