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Former Arby's VP joins CiCi's

CiCi's Pizza, a pizza buffet concept, announced the promotion of Steven Jones to chief operating officer.

May 21, 2015

CiCi's Pizza, a pizza buffet concept, announced the promotion of Steven Jones to chief operating officer. Jones joined the company in May 2014 as vice president of operation services and training.

Jones served in leadership roles at Arby's, Popeye's and KFC, and will now oversee all operations and related functions for CiCi's more than 450 corporate-owned and franchise restaurants, the company said.

"In less than a year in his vice president role, Steven made tremendous strides in helping us transform our business through improved systems, processes and procedures, so the decision to elevate him to the COO role was an easy one," said CiCi's CEO Darin Harris in a statement. "Going forward, Steven will be an even more integral part of our future success as we expand the CiCi's brand both domestically and internationally."

Prior to joining CiCi's, Jones owned a franchise in the Charlotte area called Hoodz, a company that specializes in commercial kitchen exhaust hood cleaning. Before that, he served as vice president of operations readiness and vice president of franchise management for Arby's Restaurant Group in Atlanta.