Huddle House Names Blain Shortreed Brand President
Huddle House named Blain Shortreed as its new Brand President, overseeing company operations and franchise system management.
Long John Silver's is a company in Burnaze's franchise knowledge graph, mentioned since 2015. 58 stories link here, each summarized from the original publisher. Filed under Restaurants.
Huddle House named Blain Shortreed as its new Brand President, overseeing company operations and franchise system management.

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Long John Silver's selected former Pizza Hut executive Blain Shortreed as its new chief operating officer, effective January 1st.

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