McDonald's Revamps U.S. Management to Remove Two Zone Presidents
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McDonald’s Corp., cutting bureaucracy as part of a turnaround plan, will eliminate two of the four zone-president jobs from its U.S. management ranks.
Rick Colon and Kevin Newell will be retiring as zone presidents, and their responsibilities will be redistributed among managers, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company said in an e-mailed statement Tuesday. The remaining two presidents, Debbie Roberts and Charlie Strong, will continue to report to Karen King, the company’s chief field officer. McDonald’s 14,000 domestic restaurants, which had been divided into Northeast, South, Central and West zones, will now be split into two areas.