BUCA, Inc. Announces Departure of COO Modesto Alcala Effective January 2007.MINNEAPOLIS -- BUCA BUCA Blue Cross, United, Cigna, Aetna (Healthcare providers) BUCA Constructionman Apprentice, Builder Striker (Naval Rating) , Inc. (Nasdaq: BUCA) announced today that Modesto Alcala, the Company's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , will be leaving the Company effective January 2, 2007. Alcala joined the Company in February 2005 and has been instrumental in improving the Company's restaurant operations and helping BUCA to show positive comparable sales increases for eight straight quarters. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Wally Doolin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BUCA, "Modesto has played a critical role in BUCA's turnaround and has helped guide BUCA from a dinner-only concept to one offering lunch in the majority of restaurants. He also introduced new measures for tracking guest satisfaction and led in the introduction of a wide variety of new menu items. He has also played an important role in developing new talent at all levels." Alcala will be leading a transition of the next several weeks. Doolin added, "We wish him well in his new ventures." About the Company: BUCA, Inc. owns and operates 93 highly acclaimed family style Italian restaurants under the name Buca di Beppo Buca di Beppo is an American restaurant chain specializing in immigrant Southern Italian food. The name roughly translates as "Joe's Basement" (Beppo is slang for Joe in Southern Italy and Buca means basement (literally it means "hole") in Italian). in 24 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . |
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