Subway hires former Burger King executives as new CEO

The subway hired a former Burger King executive as its new CEO.

The Miami-based sandwich chain said Monday that Jonathan Fitzpatrick will join the company on July 28th.

Fitzpatrick is the first CEO to hire since then The subway was purchased By private equity company Roark Capital in 2024. And Roark didn’t need to look far to find him.

Since 2012, Fitzpatrick has been the president and CEO of Driven Brands and is owned by Roark. Driven Brands is the parent company of automotive service brands such as Meineke Car Care Centers and Maaco.

Before joining the Drive brand, Fitzpatrick had established several senior leadership positions at Burger King, including executive vice president.

The subway was founded in 1965 and was still owned by the founding family when Roark purchased it. It is one of the world’s largest restaurant chains, with nearly 37,000 stores in over 100 countries.

However, in recent years, the subway has been like that. Lose sales To burgeoning rivals like Jersey Microphones and Fire Station submarines. The company caught up. The line was published in 2022 Chef’s sandwiches Once you know that customers are tired of traditional subway models, you can have your customers build their own submarines.

When Roark bought the subway, he said he plans to continue modernizing the restaurant and expanding internationally. Subway CEO John Chidsey remained where he was the first non-family member to lead the subway when he joined the company in 2019, but Chidsey left late last year.

Known for its restaurant management expertise, Roark is behind two holding companies that own multiple restaurant chains. Dunkin’Jimmy Johns, Sonic Buffalo Wild Wings. Goto Foods owns Antie Anne’s, Carvel, Cinnabon and Jamba.

I bought Roark in June Dave’s Hot Chicken In a transaction worth $1 billion.