Doug Willmarth is the President and COO of MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes. He is a strategic concept growth leader who helps restaurants accelerate momentum and build a people-first culture. He works to design and deliver compelling brand and food experiences to drive more traffic, improve unit economics, and grow units to build enterprise value.
An experienced restaurant executive who understands all aspects of driving profitable growth, Doug helps concepts create a clear vision, long-range strategy and plans to: (1) drive profitable top-line sales to enable better economics to fuel unit growth (2) focus operations on creating amazing brand experiences while delivering the bottom line (3) build effective franchisee and unit growth pipelines.
He has led teams to deliver sustained sales growth for billion-dollar restaurant companies and retail brands. Now he puts that experience to work in growth-minded restaurant concepts.
When he’s not building great restaurant companies, he’s probably investing in his local community or off traveling the world. And because he loves good food and wine, Doug is also an avid marathon runner and Ironman endurance athlete.
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