Noodles & Company Appoints Carl Lukach as Chief Financial Officer, Effective November 30, 2020
November 02, 2020 at 05:26 pm EST
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On November 2, 2020, Noodles & Company announced that the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Carl Lukach as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective November 30, 2020. Mr. Lukach will be responsible for leading the Company's accounting, finance and supply chain operations and will be the Company's principal financial officer. He will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Dave Boennighausen. Mr. Lukach brings more than 17 years of diverse financial leadership to Noodles. Most recently, he spent four years as VP Finance at Equinox, the namesake brand within Equinox Group, a high-growth collective of the world’s most influential lifestyle and digital brands. In this role, he oversaw finance, treasury, tax, strategic planning and financial operations, in addition to investor management and capital fund raising. Prior to Equinox, he held several roles in finance and corporate development for Abercrombie & Fitch, where he led the successful expansion of the A&F and Hollister brands through outlet growth and new venture initiatives, including franchising, licensing, wholesale, and acquisitions.
Noodles & Company offers lunch and dinner within the fast-casual segment of the restaurant industry. The Companyâs core offerings include noodle and pasta dishes, staples of various different cuisines. Its menu includes a variety of cooked-to-order dishes, including noodles and pasta, salads, soups and appetizers. It offers approximately 20 customizable dishes at its restaurants, taken to-go, or delivered to its customers. It operates approximately 470 restaurants in 31 states, which included 380 company locations and 90 franchise locations. Its restaurants are typically between 2,000 and 2,600 square feet and are located in end-cap, in-line or free-standing locations across a variety of suburban, collegiate and urban markets. It is researching a smaller square footage restaurant prototype design. The Company's restaurants are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota and others.