Boston Chicken executive to join IBM.GOLDEN, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--Boston Chicken. Inc. (Nasdaq NMS See NetWare Management System. : BOST BOST Boston National Historic Park (US National Park Service) BOST Built Off-Chip Self Test ) announced Wednesday that J. Bruce Harreld, president, has accepted the position of senior vice president, strategy with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . He will relinquish his day-to-day responsibilities at Boston Chicken on October 16 but will retain his seat on the board of directors. Saad J. Nadhir, Boston Chicken vice chairman and a founder of the company, will assume the additional position of president. Bruce's contribution to Boston Chicken has been significant and will continue to be significant as a member of the board, said Scott Beck, chairman and chief executive officer. When Bruce joined Boston Chicken as an outside board member, Boston Chicken s infrastructure was virtually non-existent. When he later joined our officer group, he played a key role in the development of a great organizational, communication and information infrastructure. With that design completed and the infrastructure substantially installed, he returns to his original relationship of outside director. Harreld became a member of the Boston Chicken Board of Directors in June 1993. He was named president of the company in September, 1993. Boston Chicken, Inc., based in Golden, Colo., operates and franchises Boston Market Boston Market (known before 1995 as Boston Chicken), headquartered in Golden, Colorado, is a chain of American fast-food restaurants. Founded in December 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts, the chain grew rapidly in the early and mid-1990s, filed bankruptcy in the late 1990s, and retail food service stores that specialize in complete meals featuring home style entrees, sandwiches, fresh vegetables, salads and other side dishes, including mashed potatoes n. pl. 1. Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S., 1900's], providing bulk and calories to a meal. made from scratch. Boston Market meals combine the freshness and quality of traditional home cooking with convenience and value. There are currently more than 726 Boston Market stores in 35 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). . CONTACT: Boston Chicken Inc., Golden Analyst Contact: Melissa Marsden, 303/384-5652 Media Contact: Gary Gerdemann, 303/384-5638 |
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