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title: "Former Shake Shack Vice President Appointed First Chief People Officer For True Food Kitchen"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/adc6e96d-a061-4d68-94d9-548b1c8a7448
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/former-shake-shack-vice-president-appointed-first-chief-people-officer-for-true-food-kitchen-2710179
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2019-06-07T16:11:29.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:28.010Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/6fbdffa46b9455dd4c6ae03f44ab62c6172.jpg
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# Former Shake Shack Vice President Appointed First Chief People Officer For True Food Kitchen

**TL;DR:** True Food Kitchen has appointed Peggy Rubenzer as its first Chief People Officer to lead employee policies and human resources efforts. Rubenzer previously spent 8 years as the HR director for Shake Shack.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-06-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/former-shake-shack-vice-president-appointed-first-chief-people-officer-for-true-food-kitchen-2710179).*

## Story

Founded in 2008 by physician Dr. Andrew Wiel, True Food Kitchen follows the mission that food should make you feel better, not worse. In addition to serving nutritious, invigorating meals, True Food Kitchen offers fitness classes and other healthy programming. Currently True Food Kitchen has 25 locations, with rapid growth holding the promise of expansion across the US. As of right now, none of their locations are franchised.

After spending 8 years as the HR director for Shake Shack, newly appointed CPO Peggy Rubenzer is looking to revamp the company’s employee policies. Rubenzer told Nation’s Restaurant News, “I envision this role as leading the softer, human side of restaurant operations,” emphasizing employee training and quality of life. “My vision for the future is to put True Food Kitchen on the top of everyone’s ‘I want to work there’ list.” said Rubenzer.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurant operations (topic)
- Shake Shack (company)
- human resources (topic)
- True Food Kitchen (company)
- chief people officer (topic)
- employee policies (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/former-shake-shack-vice-president-appointed-first-chief-people-officer-for-true-food-kitchen-2710179). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/adc6e96d-a061-4d68-94d9-548b1c8a7448).