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title: "QSR: MOOYAH Shakes Up Leadership, Adds Industry Vets to Team"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/700ca636-ad63-4dbc-bdaf-c983d89afdf5
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-mooyah-shakes-up-leadership-adds-industry-vets-to-team-2709932
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2019-05-10T15:10:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:30:19.269Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/cc5095d5b50915b3a02dc3babd272a6d4176.jpg
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# QSR: MOOYAH Shakes Up Leadership, Adds Industry Vets to Team

**TL;DR:** MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes announced the addition of new President & COO Tony Darden. Tony Darden comes to MOOYAH after serving as COO at Taco Bueno.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-05-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-mooyah-shakes-up-leadership-adds-industry-vets-to-team-2709932).*

## Story

Franchise brand MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes announced the addition of new President & COO Tony Darden, who comes to MOOYAH after serving as COO at Taco Bueno to QSR Magazine in a press release.

QSR Magazine featured the brand in an article titled "MOOYAH Shakes Up Leadership, Adds Industry Vets to Team" discussing Tony Darden's background and goals for the new role.

Said CEO Anand Gala in a press release, “Tony and our enhanced leadership team bring a wealth of knowledge and a passion that fits the culture of MOOYAH and the direction for the company moving forward. With these strategic additions, combined with our dedicated existing team members, we now have an unparalleled depth of restaurant and franchise industry experience informing the future of the brand. We are ready to leverage that in the interest of providing increased support to our operators and in expanding the MOOYAH brand into new markets and territories with both new and existing franchisees.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- MOOYAH (company)
- leadership change (topic)
- new markets (topic)
- Anand Gala (person)
- Taco Bueno (company)
- industry veterans (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-mooyah-shakes-up-leadership-adds-industry-vets-to-team-2709932). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/700ca636-ad63-4dbc-bdaf-c983d89afdf5).