Wendy's Franchisee Leadership Voices Support for Kerrii Anderson as Chief Executive Officer and President.CHICAGO -- The leaders of Wendy's franchisee community today voiced their support for Kerrii Anderson, who was named last week as president and chief executive officer of Wendy's International Wendy's International, Inc. NYSE: WEN is the parent company of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers. It also owns 70 percent of Cafe Express and 25 percent (fully diluted) of Pasta Pomodoro. The Tim Hortons chain was spun off by Wendy's into a separate company in September 2006. . Anderson, who had been serving in the role on an interim basis since April, was unanimously selected by Wendy's Board of Directors. Wendy's more than 450 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. franchisees are represented by three committees. These committees include the Franchisee Advisory Council (FAC FAC - Functional Array Calculator. An APL-like language, but purely functional and lazy. It allows infinite arrays. ["FAC: A Functional APL Language", H.-C. Tu and A.J. Perlis, IEEE Trans Soft Eng 3(1):36-45 (Jan 1986)]. ), which provides input on operational issues; Wendy's National Advertising Program (WNAP WNAP Wireless Network Access Point ), which administers funds collected for national advertising production and media support; and Wendy's Canadian Advertising Program (WCAP WCAP World Class Athlete Program WCAP Web Calendar Access Protocol WCAP Winfield Capital Corporation (stock symbol) WCAP Westinghouse Commercial Atomic Power WCAP World Climate Applications Program ), which represents Canadian franchisees on marketing, operations and other issues. About 80 percent of Wendy's 6,300 restaurants in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. are franchised. Speaking on behalf the organization's trustees, FAC President Mark Behm said, "Kerrii has demonstrated that she understands the importance of relentlessly focusing on restaurant operations and the way we serve our customers. We believe Kerrii will help revitalize the Wendy's brand and make us a stronger, more united system." Behm added that Anderson's appointment of Dave Near, who is a franchisee and experienced restaurant operator, to the role of chief operations officer, has been well-received by the Wendy's franchise community. "With Kerrii and Dave's leadership, our sales have increased over the last six months, and we believe we are on the right path to strengthen store margins and profitability," Behm said. WNAP President Mike Dell'Angelo and WCAP President Mark Torchia also voiced their support for Anderson. "We have seen significant improvements in both the menu development process and in the impact and clarity of our marketing messages under our new leadership," said Dell'Angelo. "We still have work to do, but our sales results over the past six months speak to the fact that our marketing efforts are beginning to resonate res·o·nate v. res·o·nat·ed, res·o·nat·ing, res·o·nates v.intr. 1. To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects. 2. with our core consumers." "Kerrii has made a concerted effort to reach out to Wendy's franchisees and to listen to our issues and concerns," Torchia said. "She has been actively involved, and we look forward to working together as business partners with the new leadership team to further improve our store profits." |
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