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title: "QSR: Taziki's Mediterranean Café Taps Rachel Layton as VP of Marketing & Growth"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/cbd3078e-169e-429d-b33e-ed024944a99d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-tazikis-mediterranean-cafe-taps-rachel-layton-as-vp-of-marketing-growth-2706687
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Marketing"]
published: 2018-05-31T20:15:35.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:43.292Z
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# QSR: Taziki's Mediterranean Café Taps Rachel Layton as VP of Marketing & Growth

**TL;DR:** Taziki's Mediterranean Café has named Rachel Layton as Vice President of Marketing & Growth, bringing years of experience in the hospitality industry. The franchise currently has a presence in 17 states and recently opened its 84th restaurant in Idaho.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-05-31. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-tazikis-mediterranean-cafe-taps-rachel-layton-as-vp-of-marketing-growth-2706687).*

## Story

Today, QSR Magazine announced that Taziki's Mediterranean Café named Rachel Layton Vice President of Marketing & Growth.

Layton has years of experience in the hospitality industry, most recently as the Director of Marketing for A. Marshall Hospitality. She has also won a number of accolades, including the Nashville Emerging Leader in the Hospitality and Tourism Category and the 2017 Women of Influence Award.

“Rachel is a trained marketing professional with experience and a vision that will help further our team’s desire to deliver an environment that combines extraordinary food with meaningful human connection,” says Dan Simpson, CEO, Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe. “She will be responsible for marketing-related strategy decisions at both a corporate level and local level for our franchisees.”

The franchise currently has a presence in 17 states, recently opened its 84th restaurant in Idaho and looks forward to Layton helping Taziki's Mediterranean Café become a well-known brand.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- executive appointment (topic)
- marketing strategy (topic)
- Taziki's Mediterranean Café (company)
- Dan Simpson (person)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-tazikis-mediterranean-cafe-taps-rachel-layton-as-vp-of-marketing-growth-2706687). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/cbd3078e-169e-429d-b33e-ed024944a99d).