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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