Bob Evans hires KFC vet Billinger to head Mimi's

Nation's Restaurant News,  Jan 7, 2008  

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COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Bob Evans Farms Inc. has named Herbert Billinger executive vice president of operations, productivity and integration for its Tustin, Calif.-based Mimi's Cafe chain, whose real estate functions he also will oversee.

Billinger joins the 118-unit casual-dining chain from KFC, where he was vice president of operations and senior director of franchise operations. Earlier, Billinger spent 12 years at Pizza Hut, rising to director of company operations.

He reports to Tim Pulido, who became Mimi's Cafe's president Dec. 3.

Columbus-based Bob Evans Farms also operates the 579-unit Bob Evans family restaurant chain.

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