Chicken restaurant chain's new CEO relishes the post's challenges

The former CEO of the Tampa-based chicken chain decided it was time for "term limits."

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. August 18, 2023
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Kep Sweeney was named the new CEO of PDQ, a 62-store chain specializing in chicken.
Kep Sweeney was named the new CEO of PDQ, a 62-store chain specializing in chicken.
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Most politicians dislike term limits.

It seems logical that CEOs would too. After all, they usually have great pay and benefits, and they are the top leaders in their worlds, with all the perks that can bring.

 

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