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title: "Now A Private Company, Bojangles' Hires Two Former McDonald's Execs"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/988cdaad-0cf6-4297-a60a-cbc6ad1a2361
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/now-a-private-company-bojangles-hires-two-former-mcdonalds-execs-2709017
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2019-01-29T15:10:06.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:39:42.556Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8ae6e4547399142a3c55a55b6e70029a4697.jpg
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# Now A Private Company, Bojangles' Hires Two Former McDonald's Execs

**TL;DR:** Bojangles' has completed its $593 million sale to private equity firms Durational Capital Management LP and The Jordan Company, L.P. and hired two former McDonald's executives, Jose Armario as CEO and Brian Unger as COO.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-01-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/now-a-private-company-bojangles-hires-two-former-mcdonalds-execs-2709017).*

## Story

Bojangles’ previously announced $593 million sale to New York-based private equity firms Durational Capital Management LP and The Jordan Company, L.P. was officially completed Monday, taking the chicken chain private. Its first order of business? Bolstering its leadership team.

According to an article in QSR Magazine , Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bojangles’ has added two former McDonald’s executives to its leadership team, hiring Jose Armario as CEO and Brian Unger as COO.

Both Armario and Unger have extensive restaurant industry backgrounds. Armario most recently served as executive VP of worldwide supply chain, development, and franchising at McDonald’s, with previous stops at Burger King and Luxottica Group. Unger, served as senior VP of operations at McDonald’s after stints with Einstein Noah Restaurants Group, Inc. and Long John Silver’s.

Maddie has spent her career in the media industry, serving in various editorial roles before migrating into a hybrid content strategy and PR role with No Limit Agency. Her passion for storytelling and love of writing help her create meaningful content on behalf of her clients and fulfill No Limit Agency’s mission to tell people-driven stories. Maddie is a graduate of Saint Louis University, where she studied Communications with a focus in journalism and media studies as well as Sports Business.

In her spare time, Maddie can be found exploring Chicago’s food scene, watching an NBA game or lamenting over her middling fantasy baseball team.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- private equity (topic)
- leadership team (topic)
- Bojangles (company)
- Jose Armario (person)
- The Jordan Company (investor)
- sale (topic)
- Durational Capital Management (investor)
- Durational Capital Management acquisition of Bojangles (deal)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/now-a-private-company-bojangles-hires-two-former-mcdonalds-execs-2709017). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/988cdaad-0cf6-4297-a60a-cbc6ad1a2361).