TAYLORS, SC – Cafe Enterprises Inc. proudly announces the appointment of Fred T. Grant, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer of FATZ®, a contemporary casual restaurant concept that acts as a home away from home for guests across 49 communities in the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.
“We are delighted to have Fred join the FATZ® family,” said Jim Balis, CEO of Cafe Enterprises. “Our restaurants have developed and flourished over the past 23 years and Fredʼs extensive financial experience is sure to help us take it to the next level.”
Grant, a licensed Certified Public Accountant, brings more than 20 years of experience in finance to FATZ®. Prior to joining the team in November 2011, Grant served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Perkins & Marie Callenderʼs Inc. and Chief Financial Officer and Division President of Ryanʼs Family Steak Houses, a division of Buffets Inc.
For more information about FATZ®, please visit www.FATZ.com and become a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/FATZ.
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About FATZ®
The first FATZ® opened in a converted peach shed in Spartanburg, S.C., in November 1988, and now has 49 restaurants throughout the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. FATZ®, a subsidiary of Cafe Enterprises, Inc., ranked No. 34 in the 2010 South Carolina100 list of the state’s largest privately owned companies by South Carolina Business, has also been named one of the nation's top 400 restaurant concepts by Restaurants & Institutions magazine for the past seven years, most recently ranking No. 245. In 2008, Chain Leader magazine included FATZ® in its "Top 50 Chains Under 50 Units." For more information, visit www.FATZ.com.
