July 16, 2012
Noodles and Company
Broomfield, Co. / No. of units: 275
With president, chairman and CEO Kevin Reddy at the helm, Noodles & Company has grown to 257 restaurants from 100 six years ago. It didn’t hurt the chain to be named by Parents magazine in 2011 as one of the top 10 restaurants for kids. To help manage its growth, the company recently announced plans to integrate and streamline HR management for its 5,800-employee workforce using MuleSoft iON integration-as-a-platform-service and PeopleMatter Software-as-a-Service talent management tool. And to please all those kids, the chain recently announced that it would be moving the Coke Freestyle beverage service system from limited test to nationwide rollout.