Another high-ranking executive at Dallas-based restaurant company Brinker International, Inc. resigned earlier this week. The resignation was the third of a high-ranking Brinker executive in the past month.
The latest Brinker executive to go was Wilson Craft, a 20 year veteran with Brinker who was most recently president of Brinker’s Chili’s Grill & Bar, which is Brinker’s flagship restaurant chain. Chili’s chief operating officer and the president of Romano’s Macaroni Grill, Brinker’s second-largest restaurant chain, resigned last month.
Brinker has long been one of the most successful restaurant companies in Texas, but the competitive pressures in that industry are absolutely brutal at this time. Other Brinker’s chains — none of which are close to as popular as Chili’s or Macaroni Grill — are Maggiano’s Little Italy, On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina, Corner Bakery Cafe, Big Bowl Asian Kitchen and Rockfish Seafood Grill.