Inspire Brands today announced that Ahmed Awadallah will join the company as Buffalo Wild Wings Sports Bars Chief Operating Officer.
Awadallah brings a unique, strategic skillset blending engineering and systems expertise with restaurant management for global franchisors.
Most recently, Awadallah served as Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer for Espresso House Group (part of JAB Holding Company), a leading premium coffeehouse brand with more than 500 corporate and franchise locations across Europe. Prior to Espresso House, he held a number of leadership roles within Yum! Brands, including Chief Operations & Customer Officer for Pizza Hut Europe, as well as cross functional leadership roles spanning four continents supporting Yum! Brands.
“Buffalo Wild Wings was purpose-built for social connection, and that guest-focused experience comes to life in our more than 1,200 sports bars worldwide,” said Tristan Meline, Buffalo Wild Wings Sports Bars Brand President. “With more than two decades experience across operations leadership and engineering, Ahmed is the ideal leader to drive continued operational excellence and efficiency across our business.”
“I am passionate about brands that bring together great food and beverage with a dining experience that builds connection and loyalty. That’s why I could not be more excited to join Buffalo Wild Wings and work alongside our sports bar team members and franchisees to foster an energetic, customer-centric environment that our guests can’t find anywhere else,” said Awadallah.
Awadallah’s appointment reflects Buffalo Wild Wings and Inspire’s relentless focus on operational excellence, delivering differentiated brand experiences and technology-powered efficiency in collaboration with a strong, engaged franchisee base.
About Inspire Brands
Inspire Brands is a restaurant company unlike any other, led by 650,000 inspiring company and franchise team members and more than 2,500 invested franchisees around the world. The company’s iconic brands – Arby’s®, Baskin-Robbins®, Buffalo Wild Wings®, Dunkin’®, Jimmy John’s® and SONIC® – are intelligently integrated to leverage data and insights that drive innovation. By creating irresistible food and interactions that people crave every day, Inspire ignites impassioned guest loyalty across 55 global markets. For more information, visit InspireBrands.com.
About Buffalo Wild Wings
Buffalo Wild Wings, founded in 1982, is the largest sports bar brand in the United States, with more than 1,400 restaurants in nine global markets and a rapidly growing off-premise business through Buffalo Wild Wings GO. Buffalo Wild Wings is part of the Inspire Brands family of restaurants. For more information, visit BuffaloWildWings.com and InspireBrands.com.
