Veteran restaurant govt brings distinctive management, strategic imaginative and prescient and a expertise for driving transformation
Dillon most not too long ago served as founder and principal lead at HMS Development Companions, an advisory agency supporting leaders and firms throughout various industries, together with eating places, hospitality, retail, training and franchising. Previous to HMS, he spent over 16 years at Denny’s, the place he held a succession of senior management roles, together with EVP chief advertising officer, EVP chief model officer and, finally, president of the almost 1,600-unit chain. Throughout his tenure, he and his crew efficiently revitalized the enduring model, incomes widespread acclaim and enterprise outcomes. Moreover, Dillon has held senior management roles at Yum! Manufacturers, Omnicom Group and the Nationwide Basketball Affiliation, honing his experience in growing methods and aligning groups to realize excellent development.
“John’s in depth expertise within the franchise restaurant business brings distinctive management, strategic imaginative and prescient and a expertise for driving genuine and aggressive transformation, that are all key qualities to information la Madeleine into its subsequent section of growth,” mentioned Groupe LeDuff Worldwide Café Bakery Chief Government Officer Lionel Ladouceur. “Now we have massive plans, and his confirmed capability to ship outcomes, foster innovation and join with crew members at each degree, mixed along with his ardour for the business and our model, makes him the perfect chief to construct on our sturdy basis and form a shiny future for la Madeleine.”
At la Madeleine, Dillon will likely be liable for making a dynamic technique to drive gross sales, enhance the variety of franchise companions, increase the model’s market presence and additional improve plans round store-level profitability, operational effectivity, restaurant design, visitor expertise, advertising and menu innovation.
“La Madeleine has lengthy had a passionate following of very loyal friends, and I’ve lengthy been a part of that membership. Now, I sit up for serving to the model amplify its story and aggressively increase its development,” mentioned Dillon. “In a time when so many manufacturers try to push for what makes them completely different from the others, la Madeleine inherently has an authentically highly effective differentiation with its distinctive ‘joie de vivre’ French café expertise and popularity for craveable, high quality French-inspired menu objects. It’s time to make some extra noise, share our story extra boldly and ship distinctive outcomes for our friends and rising household of franchise companions as we introduce the la Madeleine expertise to much more neighborhoods throughout America and past.”
About la Madeleine
French-founded and French-owned since 1983, la Madeleine delivers an accessible and welcoming French bakery and cafe expertise. The cafe’s menu of all-day breakfast, coffees, soups, salads, sandwiches, pastas and entrees, together with a standard French bakery show that includes recent bread and French-inspired patisserie, celebrates the craveable flavors and essence of France. La Madeleine operates almost 100 company and franchise places in a number of U.S. states and one worldwide cafe in Bengaluru, India. Study extra about la Madeleine and franchise alternatives at laMadeleine.com.
About Groupe Le Duff
The world chief in bakery, pastry and catering, Groupe Le Duff is current in additional than 100 international locations and on 5 continents. Because it was established in 1976, Groupe Le Duff has achieved success via its restaurant chains (Brioche Dorée, Del Arte, Le Fournil de Pierre, la Madeleine [United States] and Kamps [Germany]), in addition to its manufacturers Bridor and Cité Gourmande (10 manufacturing websites), which manufacture premium high quality merchandise for greater than 45,000 four- and five-star lodge eating places.
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