Shelly Frank is a

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restaurant executive best known as the former head of the Mexican-restaurant franchise

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, serving as its CEO, Chairman, and President from 1977 to 1986. He was credited as "spearheading Chi-Chi's growth from a single Minneapolis restaurant to a national chain." Frank was a

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executive when he left to join Chi-Chi's as president and chief operating officer in October 1977. He had also done previous stints at

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and

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Frank subsequently became CEO of Chi-Chi's in April 1978 and chairman in March 1982. By the time Frank left the chain, it had grown to approximately 200 locations, consisting of 120 company-owned outlets and 78 franchise locations. Chi-Chi's replacement was Hal Smith, then-president of

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Shelly Frank's PBWiki Bio (by Shelly Frank)
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American restaurateurs American chief executives of food industry companies American chief operating officers {{US-CEO-stub