Entrepreneurs / Small Business  September 7, 2020

For Noodles’ CEO, team and guests come first

Dealing with all the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a pain in the neck for people in the restaurant industry. But for Dave Boenninghausen, chief executive of Broomfield-based fast-casual restaurant chain Noodles & Co. (Nasdaq: NDLS), the lessons he learned about making customers happy started with necks.

His first job? Buying neckties for a St. Louis department store.

“One reason I joined Famous Barr back then, even when I was going through college, was that I wanted to do something that was consumer oriented,” Boenninghausen said. “I just liked the ability to have something…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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