September 22/Investment Business Weekly -- Sonic Corp. announced that Omar Janjua has joined the company as president of its restaurant operating subsidiary, Sonic Restaurants Inc. Janjua was previously executive vice president and chief operating officer for Steak 'n Shake Company, where he reported to the chief executive officer and was responsible for the operations of 490 system restaurants with annual revenues of approximately $700 million.
While with Steak 'n Shake, Janjua successfully developed and integrated programs to drive service execution and enhance personnel development and also worked with senior leadership to plan and implement a financial turnaround plan. Prior to joining Steak 'n Shake, he worked for 18 years with Pizza Hut, Inc. in various positions of increasing responsibility, lastly as vice President of company operations overseeing 817 restaurants with annual revenues in excess of $800 million. Janjua's 28-year restaurant career also includes experience at other national quick-service chains.