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title: "MOD Pizza Announces New COO"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/26edeb9f-82e7-435f-b16f-7724384976ff
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/mod-pizza-announces-new-coo-2708094
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2018-10-08T14:09:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:18.341Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/6e1edbf2bccd24d93c93ca88c6a8ead71285.jpg
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# MOD Pizza Announces New COO

**TL;DR:** MOD Pizza has named John Maguire as its new chief operating officer, taking on operating responsibilities across its network of 380 restaurants. Maguire is an experienced industry veteran with previous leadership roles at Johnny Rockets, Panera, and Friendly's.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-08. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/mod-pizza-announces-new-coo-2708094).*

## Story

MOD Pizza has named John Maguire as its new chief operating officer. According to a recent article in QSR Magazine, the role was previously fulfilled by president Paul Twohig. Maguire will be taking on the operating responsibilities across the network of 380 restaurants. He is an experienced industry veteran, having previously served in leadership roles at Johnny Rockets, Panera and Friendly’s.

“John lives the values and beliefs at the heart of MOD. The thing which most attracted him was our commitment to using our business as a platform to make a positive impact on our people and the communities we serve. We could not be more thrilled to welcome him, and are confident that his track record of leading operations across large, multi-unit brands will allow us to further strengthen the MOD experience,” said CEO Scott Svenson.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant operations (topic)
- Johnny Rockets (company)
- Friendly's (company)
- MOD Pizza (company)
- leadership roles (topic)
- new coo (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/mod-pizza-announces-new-coo-2708094). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/26edeb9f-82e7-435f-b16f-7724384976ff).