Kayla Money Named CFO at Eggs Up Grill
Eggs Up Grill has named Kayla Money as chief financial officer. Money brings more than a decade of financial leadership experience in the restaurant industry and joins the company from Denny’s Corporation, where she most recently served as senior director of enterprise financial planning and analysis and investor relations. In that role, she led enterprise forecasting and long-range financial planning.
As CFO, Money will oversee financial strategy, planning and analysis, budgeting, capital allocation, and banking relationships to support Eggs Up Grill’s continued expansion. Her appointment follows a period of record-setting momentum for the brand. In 2025, Eggs Up Grill opened 18 new restaurants, the most in the company’s history, and achieved its 20th consecutive quarter of positive same-store sales, with 7% same-store sales growth and more than 27% average unit volume growth since 2021. The system now has more than 190 restaurants open and in development across the United States, with further development underway.
At Denny’s, Money partnered with more than 200 franchisees to enhance systemwide profitability through pricing strategy, cost management, and performance analytics. She also played a key role in the acquisition and integration of Keke’s Breakfast Cafe and supported enterprise capital planning initiatives.
Money holds a master of Accountancy and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is a certified public accountant in South Carolina.
Eggs Up Grill continues to pursue expansion opportunities nationwide, with a strategic focus on attracting experienced multi-unit and multi-brand operators. The brand recently announced a five-unit development agreement in Houston as part of its Texas growth strategy and will exhibit at the Multi-Unit Franchising Conference in Las Vegas in March.
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