Chipotle Appoints Jim Slater as Managing Director in Europe
19 September 2016 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Slater brings vast background in building successful brands to
Chipotle’s European business
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has announced the appointment
of Jim Slater as the company’s managing director in Europe. Based
in the U.K., Slater has made a career of building successful
European brands, including Costa Coffee, Bombay Sapphire Gin, and
Sunderland Association Football Club. As managing director at
Chipotle, Slater will oversee the strategy, development and growth
of Chipotle’s European business.
“Jim not only believes in our commitment to change the way
people think about and eat fast food, but he also celebrates our
vision of building teams of top performers empowered to achieve
high standards,” said Steve Ells, Chipotle founder, chairman, and
co-CEO. “We have great confidence in his abilities and expertise,
and believe his leadership will help us enhance and grow our
business in Europe.”
Slater most recently served as the managing director of Costa
Coffee in the U.K. and Ireland, overseeing 2,200 stores and more
than a billion dollars in sales. At Costa, he was instrumental in
the efforts that resulted in Costa becoming bigger in the U.K. than
Starbucks, Nero, Pret a Manger and Eat combined. He and his team
won Marketing Society’s “Brand of the Year” award in 2011, and
became The Times’ “Brand of the Decade” in 2014. Slater laid a
classic blue-chip career foundation with Mars, Kraft and Diageo
before joining the soccer team he supported since childhood,
Sunderland AFC, as commercial and marketing director in 1998.
“Chipotle’s commitment to better food from ingredients raised
and grown with respect for animals, farmers and the environment is
consistent with how many Europeans eat and the brand is one that
really resonates with customers here,” said Slater. “Looking at the
success of Chipotle in the U.S., I know the company has tremendous
opportunity in Europe and I look forward to continuing to develop
the Chipotle brand in these markets.”
ABOUT CHIPOTLESteve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO, started
Chipotle with the idea that food served fast did not have to be a
typical fast food experience. Today, Chipotle continues to offer a
focused menu of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without
the tortilla) and salads made from fresh, high-quality raw
ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods and served in a
distinctive atmosphere. Through our vision of Food With Integrity,
Chipotle is seeking better food from using ingredients that are not
only fresh, but that — where possible — are sustainably grown and
raised responsibly with respect for the animals, the land and the
farmers who produce the food. In order to achieve this vision, we
focus on building a special people culture that is centered on
creating teams of top performers empowered to achieve high
standards. This people culture not only leads to a better dining
experience for our customers, it also allows us to develop future
leaders from within. Chipotle opened with a single restaurant in
1993 and operates more than 2,000 restaurants, including 24
Chipotle restaurants outside the US and 14 ShopHouse Southeast
Asian Kitchen restaurants, and is an investor in an entity that
owns and operates four Pizzeria Locale restaurants. For more
information, visit Chipotle.com.
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