MINNEAPOLIS — Caribou Coffee Co. Inc., the second largest U.S.-based company-owned gourmet coffeehouse operator based on the number of coffeehouses, has named Michael Tattersfield president and chief executive officer. Tattersfield succeeds Rosalyn "Roz" Mallet who was appointed interim CEO in November 2007.
Tattersfield's career spans approximately 20 years of finance, operations and general management experience, both domestically and internationally, in the restaurant and specialty retail industries. His 13-year career with Yum! Brands included extensive branding and franchise leadership experience, including positions as CEO and managing director of Puerto Rico for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, chief financial oficer of Yum! Brands' Mexico business and president of A&W All American Food Restaurants.
Tattersfield's past retail positions include vice president of store operations at Limited Brands and most recently, chief operating officer and executive vice president of lululemon athletica, a yoga-inspired athletic apparel company.
Tattersfield holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Indiana University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
