RISE - Menu Monitor

Menu Development |
Potbelly Sandwich Works is offering salads at its locations in Chicago. Varieties are Chicken Salad Salad, Italian Salad, Wreck
Salad and Veggie Salad. The salads feature romaine lettuce, freshly sliced meats and cheeses and a variety of toppings,
including marinated artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, blue cheese, dried cranberries and homemade croutons.
(Company Website)
Potbelly Sandwich Works plans to test Starbucks coffee at breakfast. Fifteen stores will test Starbucks coffee in conjunction
with Potbelly’s $2.99 breakfast sandwiches. The test includes eight stores in Chicago, four in Washington D.C., two in
Minneapolis and one in Philadelphia. (Crain’s Chicago Business 6/11/07 p2)
Personnel |
Bryant Keil, CEO
William Moreton, CFO
John Mordock, V.P. of Operations
Scott Zuckerman, V.P. of Marketing
Potbelly Sandwich Works hired James Hirshorn as chief financial officer. Previously, Hirshorn served as senior executive vice
president of finance, research and development and operations at Sealy Inc. (NRN Daily NewsFax 12/20/06)
News & Other |
Potbelly Sandwich Works plans to start testing drive-thru service at new units in two Chicago suburbs. Potbelly’s new stores in
Glen Ellyn and Waukegan, IL, will be equipped with drive-thru windows in order to accommodate suburban mothers on the go.
If successful, Potbelly may soon begin expanding drive-thru models in suburban markets. (Chicago Sun-Times 6/26/07)
Potbelly Sandwich Works and La Bamba Mexican Restaurants are being sued by Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann for
allegedly violating Ohio’s Consumer Sales Practices Act with a credit-card promotion. The lawsuit claims that fliers posted on
the Ohio State University campus offered a free sandwich and drink at Potbelly or a free burrito at La Bamba, but did not
mention that students would receive the offers only if they applied for a Citibank-issued credit card or listened to a threeminute
promotion. Also named in the lawsuit as defendants were Citibank and Campus Dimensions, a Pennsylvania-based
promotions company. (Nation’s Restaurant News 10/9/07)
Potbelly Sandwich Works has settled a lawsuit filed against it under the Americans with Disabilities Act by agreeing to make all
its stores accessible to wheelchairs. The settlement comes after the Equal Rights Center and customer Rosemary Ciotti filed a
lawsuit against Potbelly claiming wheelchair users could not access ordering stations and tables. As part of the agreement,
Potbelly will make all ordering stations wheelchair-accessible, make at least 5% of its seating wheelchair-accessible and
survey its restaurants for any other barriers to people with disabilities. In addition, Potbelly will make a donation of an
undisclosed amount to the Equal Rights Center. No time frame for the changes has been disclosed. (Chicagotribune.com
11/21/07, NRN Daily NewsFax 11/27/07)
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