Karen Hube, reports in The Fiscal Times that desperate times call for desperate measures. So goes the argument for what could be, after health care reform, the next most politically divisive proposal to come out of the … [Read more...]
Policing Private Equity
May 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Portfolio.com reports that regulators, subsumed with banks, hedge funds, and trading, have gone easy on private equity. Disciplining these funds is best left to institutional investors, anyway. The private equity … [Read more...]
Retailers Poised for Victory in Debit Card Fee Fight
May 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
CNN Money reports that retailers are poised for a major victory in the Wall Street reform bill currently pending in Congress. The Senate adopted an amendment late Thursday that will slap sharp restrictions on the fees … [Read more...]
Tim Hortons U.S. Prototype Opens in Dayton, Ohio
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A quick-service restaurant institution from Canada has targeted the Dayton region to test its new concept stores. Tim Hortons, one of the largest restaurant chains in North America, has recently renovated two of its … [Read more...]
Court: Burger King Can Set Prices
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Burger King Holdings Inc. won dismissal of part of a lawsuit brought by franchisees over the $1 double cheeseburger promotion, but a Miami court will hear arguments on whether the company acted inappropriately in … [Read more...]
Denny’s Shareholder Battle Boils Over
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Nation's Restaurant News reports that the bitter proxy fight for control of three seats on Denny’s board of directors comes to a head Wednesday at the company’s annual meeting, the parent of the 1,500-unit … [Read more...]
J.M. Smucker raises prices for Folgers, Dunkin’
May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
(Reuters) - J.M. Smucker Company (SJM.N) said on its website it will increase the list price for the majority of its Folgers, Dunkin' Donuts, Millstone and Folgers Gourmet Selections coffees, effective Tuesday. The … [Read more...]
A Family That Truly Runs on Dunkin’
May 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
Sue Andrade, a franchise operator of eleven Dunkin’ Donuts shops, speaks about how her extended family bought one store thirty five years ago and now has over seven hundred stores. In 1968 Ms. Andrade’s uncle from … [Read more...]
Have It Whose Way: Franchisees or Franchisor?
May 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
Richard Gibson reports in the Wall Street Journal that a letter to Burger King Holdings Inc.'s board bristled with anger and frustration. "Gentlemen, frankly, our business is in deep trouble," it warned, pointing to … [Read more...]
Kick-Start Your Day With the Dunkin’ Turbo Big Taste Tour from Smuckers
May 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
Smucker's Cross-Country RV Brings Dunkin' Turbo™ Coffee Across America May Through September 2010 ORRVILLE, Ohio, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Need a boost of delicious Dunkin' Donuts® flavor to kick-start your day? … [Read more...]
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