Parker’s Kitchen, a convenience store company and food service leader headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, has promoted John Rudolfs to co-CEO and John Rhine to CFO.
Like other companies – including Goldman Sachs, Chipotle, Amway and Whole Foods – Parker’s Kitchen has adopted a co-CEO model based on collaborative leadership to leverage the strengths of the company’s top leadership.
“As we continue to grow, we’re making strategic adjustments to our senior leadership team that are designed to help us work even more collaboratively,” said Parker’s Kitchen Founder and Executive Chairman Greg Parker.
“As a result, it’s my pleasure to announce two well-deserved promotions that have been unanimously recommended by the Parker’s Kitchen Board of Directors and are effective immediately.”
Rudolfs will share Parker’s Kitchen CEO duties with Brandon Hofmann. Hofmann and Rudolfs are working together to optimize operations and support strategic growth.
“Together, Brandon and John will be focused on ensuring excellence in everything we do, from award-winning foodservice to outstanding customer service,” Parker said. “I look forward to seeing the impressive results that will come from this extraordinary leadership model.”
Rudolfs originally joined Parker’s Kitchen in 2021 as the chief development officer and was named president and CFO earlier this year. A former U.S. Navy officer, he previously served as chief development officer for MAPCO and EVP for Murphy Oil Corporation/Murphy USA before joining the Parker’s Kitchen team.
As the company’s new CFO, Rhine will lead Parker’s Kitchen financial strategy and execution. He previously helped secure a $1.1 billion loan to finance the convenience store leader’s growth plans and originally joined the company in 2020 as financial planning and analysis (FP&A) analyst.
Parker’s Kitchen operates 103 stores across Georgia and South Carolina, has more than 1,800 employees and completes 1.1 million transactions every week. The company is currently expanding into new markets like Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; and Columbia, South Carolina.
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