Dave Boennighausen (Noodles & Co.)
With its stock down 65 percent in the last year, Noodles & Co. is sticking with a familiar face to help turn the chain around.
The Broomfield-based restaurant is keeping Dave Boennighausen as CEO and adding Del Taco CEO Paul Murphy as the new executive chairman, according to a press release Wednesday.
The company, which went public in 2013, has had store sales fall 2 percent last year, 55 store closures and a data breach that cost an estimated $16 million, according to the latest earnings report.
Stock of the company closed at $3.50 per share on Wednesday following the announcement, a 65 percent drop from $10 a year ago.
Boennighausen had served as the company’s CFO and interim CEO since July 2016, when decade-long CEO and Chairman Kevin Reddy stepped down. Boennighausen has been with Noodles since 2004, serving as VP and executive VP of finance.
Noodles & Company’s restaurant at Sixth Avenue and Broadway. (Kailyn Lamb)
VP of finance Sue Daggett will take over as interim CFO during the search to fill the position.
Paul Murphy was appointed executive chairman starting July 10, replacing Chairman Robert Hartnett, who replaced Reddy last year. Hartnett will remain as a board member.
Murphy has been CEO of Del Taco Restaurants since 2009 and was the president and CEO of Lakewood-based Einstein Noah Restaurant Group from 1996 to 2008. He will move back to Denver to work for Noodles & Co.
In past earnings calls, Boennighausen laid out strategies going forward – focusing on franchising, testing the new name Noodles World Kitchen and adjusting the recipes and menu.
The company removed sandwich offerings, and instead is expanding flavors of macaroni and cheese – a customer favorite. Stores also will implement customer bussing and a loyalty program. It hired investment banking firm The Cypress Group to assist in franchising.
Noodles & Co. raised $50 million in two equity financing deals this spring with L Catterton and Mill Road Capital.
Dave Boennighausen (Noodles & Co.)
With its stock down 65 percent in the last year, Noodles & Co. is sticking with a familiar face to help turn the chain around.
The Broomfield-based restaurant is keeping Dave Boennighausen as CEO and adding Del Taco CEO Paul Murphy as the new executive chairman, according to a press release Wednesday.
The company, which went public in 2013, has had store sales fall 2 percent last year, 55 store closures and a data breach that cost an estimated $16 million, according to the latest earnings report.
Stock of the company closed at $3.50 per share on Wednesday following the announcement, a 65 percent drop from $10 a year ago.
Boennighausen had served as the company’s CFO and interim CEO since July 2016, when decade-long CEO and Chairman Kevin Reddy stepped down. Boennighausen has been with Noodles since 2004, serving as VP and executive VP of finance.
Noodles & Company’s restaurant at Sixth Avenue and Broadway. (Kailyn Lamb)
VP of finance Sue Daggett will take over as interim CFO during the search to fill the position.
Paul Murphy was appointed executive chairman starting July 10, replacing Chairman Robert Hartnett, who replaced Reddy last year. Hartnett will remain as a board member.
Murphy has been CEO of Del Taco Restaurants since 2009 and was the president and CEO of Lakewood-based Einstein Noah Restaurant Group from 1996 to 2008. He will move back to Denver to work for Noodles & Co.
In past earnings calls, Boennighausen laid out strategies going forward – focusing on franchising, testing the new name Noodles World Kitchen and adjusting the recipes and menu.
The company removed sandwich offerings, and instead is expanding flavors of macaroni and cheese – a customer favorite. Stores also will implement customer bussing and a loyalty program. It hired investment banking firm The Cypress Group to assist in franchising.
Noodles & Co. raised $50 million in two equity financing deals this spring with L Catterton and Mill Road Capital.
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