Company appoints Gerard Bisceglia as executive vice president and chief operating officer.PHOENIX, ARIZONA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NOVEMBER 5, 1996--MAIN STREET AND MAIN INCORPORATED (Nasdaq NM Symbol: MAIN), the world's largest franchisee of T.G.I. Friday's T.G.I. Friday's (often referred to as just "Fridays") is a popular American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining, with over 500 restaurants across the United States, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Australia and the UK, as well as many other countries around the world. (R) restaurants, today announced that Gerard Bisceglia has joined the Company as Executive Vice President and 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. , effective immediately. Mr. Bisceglia will be responsible for the Company's restaurant operations and marketing. Mr. Bisceglia was previously with Circle K Corporation, now part of Tosco Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TOS (1) (Terms Of Service) See acceptable use policy. (2) (Type Of Service) A field in an IP packet (IP datagram) that is used for quality of service (QoS). The TOS field is 8 bits, broken into five subfields. ), where he spent the past four years as Vice President of Food Service Operations. He previously held the position of Vice President in Circle K's New Concept Development and Manufacturing & Distributing departments. Before joining Circle K, Mr. Bisceglia was Vice President of Retail Operations at Continental Baking and was National Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → at Southland Corp. (7-11) for nineteen years. Joe Panter, President of Main Street, said, "We are excited about being able to attract someone with Gerard's experience and background. He brings a wealth of operating experience and a proven track record. We believe Gerard will be helpful in making the Company a stronger competitor in the casual dining segment, and his background will more easily allow us to further leverage the Company's management strengths and infrastructure." MAIN STREET AND MAIN INCORPORATED is the world's largest T.G.I. Friday's franchisee, operating 43 T.G.I. Friday's restaurants and one Front Row(R) Sports Grill Restaurant in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . CONTACT: Main Street and Main Inc., Phoenix Mark Walker Chief Financial Officer (602) 852-9000 or Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc., Inc. Richard Foote/Jeffrey Volk (212) 838-3777 |
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