Now I would think that any blind person using this facility would have a hard enough time hitting the target, let a lone searching to see if there is a no smoking sign.
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Friday, September 3, 2010
No smoking
Now I would think that any blind person using this facility would have a hard enough time hitting the target, let a lone searching to see if there is a no smoking sign.
picture from http://www.hertha.com/
What went wrong at Burger King
FORTUNE -- It's not yet clear what Burger King's new owner, the Brazilian-backed private equity firm 3G Capital, has in mind for the troubled No. 2 fast-food chain. But a total strategic revamp is in order.
Burger King (BKC), which went public four years ago after its previous private equity owners cashed out, has limped its way through the recession, losing sales and market share even as its far-better-managed rival, McDonald's (MCD, Fortune 500), has thrived. Thriving is what fast-food purveyors are supposed to do during a recession, when diners tend to trade down. But Burger King has stubbornly stuck to a losing strategy, falling further behind with each passing quarter. The result: A loss in share value over the two years up until Tuesday -- just before rumors of the buyout started to float -- of 36%. McDonald's shares over the same period rose 14%.
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Burger King (BKC), which went public four years ago after its previous private equity owners cashed out, has limped its way through the recession, losing sales and market share even as its far-better-managed rival, McDonald's (MCD, Fortune 500), has thrived. Thriving is what fast-food purveyors are supposed to do during a recession, when diners tend to trade down. But Burger King has stubbornly stuck to a losing strategy, falling further behind with each passing quarter. The result: A loss in share value over the two years up until Tuesday -- just before rumors of the buyout started to float -- of 36%. McDonald's shares over the same period rose 14%.
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Workers on one day strike at Toronto Hyatt
A nine-metre inflatable rat bobbed over about 30 striking workers marching Friday outside the Hyatt Regency, home of next week’s Toronto International Film Festival.
The one-day strike is an attempt to force the hotel to deal with “job security, pensions and certain safety issues,” said Althea Porter-Harvey of Local 75 of the union Unite Here.
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The one-day strike is an attempt to force the hotel to deal with “job security, pensions and certain safety issues,” said Althea Porter-Harvey of Local 75 of the union Unite Here.
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Carluccio's agrees to £90.3m takeover offer from Landmark
Italian restaurant chain Carluccio's has agreed to a £90.3m takeover offer from Middle Eastern retail and leisure giant Landmark.
Dubai-based Landmark, which holds the franchise for Carluccio's in the Middle East and owns 5.1% of the group's shares, has offered 142p in cash per share. It said it has irrevocable undertakings or letters of intent from shareholders accounting for 36.5%.
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Dubai-based Landmark, which holds the franchise for Carluccio's in the Middle East and owns 5.1% of the group's shares, has offered 142p in cash per share. It said it has irrevocable undertakings or letters of intent from shareholders accounting for 36.5%.
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Kinseth Hospitality Companies Assumes Management of Two Minnesota
North Liberty, IA., September 2, 2010 – Kinseth Hospitality Companies (KHC), an Iowa based hotel development and management company, announced they began managing the Cambria Suites in Maple Grove, Minnesota, and the Country Inn & Suites and attached Green Mill Restaurant in Woodbury, Minnesota, during the month of August, 2010. In both instances, KHC was selected as a Court Appointed Receiver to operate the properties.
Bruce Kinseth, Senior Vice President of Kinseth Hospitality Companies said, “KHC’s past experience, now managing over 4,700 hotel rooms throughout the Midwest, and our operation of high volume, casual themed restaurants gives us a unique background to bring our hospitality vision to both of the properties we assumed management of in August. We intend to use our hospitality sales and marketing experience to maximize the revenues for both of the properties in the short term.”
Bruce Kinseth comments further, “Given the past success that KHC has as a Court Appointed Receiver and our ability to safe-guard hotel assets for lenders, we have continued to increase the number of hotel management contracts within our portfolio during 2010. We are currently in discussion with other hotel financiers who are in need of an experienced hotel management company.”
Kinseth Hospitality Corporation now owns and/or operates forty-seven hotels and ten chain-affiliated restaurants in ten Midwestern states
Bruce Kinseth, Senior Vice President of Kinseth Hospitality Companies said, “KHC’s past experience, now managing over 4,700 hotel rooms throughout the Midwest, and our operation of high volume, casual themed restaurants gives us a unique background to bring our hospitality vision to both of the properties we assumed management of in August. We intend to use our hospitality sales and marketing experience to maximize the revenues for both of the properties in the short term.”
Bruce Kinseth comments further, “Given the past success that KHC has as a Court Appointed Receiver and our ability to safe-guard hotel assets for lenders, we have continued to increase the number of hotel management contracts within our portfolio during 2010. We are currently in discussion with other hotel financiers who are in need of an experienced hotel management company.”
Kinseth Hospitality Corporation now owns and/or operates forty-seven hotels and ten chain-affiliated restaurants in ten Midwestern states
