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Dave's Dispatch
Starbucks Makes a Change
July 1, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)
"Yes, I know, I'm not supposed to take pictures in here," I replied, taking one.
How could I resist? Today the coffee chain rolled out healthful food offerings in an effort to enhance its business in the face of a bleak economy and incursions by McDonald's McCafe. I wanted a shot.
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A Sweet Surprise at Baskin Robbins
June 23, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (5)
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Industries: Human Resources, Marketing
Church's Chicken Deal is a Strong One
June 17, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (3)
The recent acquisition of Church's Chicken by Friedman Fleischer and Lowe isn't likely to make a wing's worth of difference to the fast-feeder's many customers. They'll still have access to the tasty fried bird and re-hydrated mash potatoes the 1,400 unit chain serves up--largely in urban areas--thousands of times a day.
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Quiz: Got a Beef?
June 14, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)
1. El Pollo Loco recently launched an ad attacking KFC for using what ingredient in the marinade of its new grilled chicken?
-- soy protein concentrate
-- beef powder
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Industries: Marketing, Operations
The CEO: Life at the Top of the Heap
June 8, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
Anyone spot Clarence Otis Jr.'s interview in Saturday's New York Times? It's intriguing and worth a look. Otis, CEO at Darden Restaurants, begins by offering the necessary fictions of life at the top. Asked, for instance, to describe the most important lesson he's learned about leadship, Otis offers a familiar refrain. Leaders, he opines:
Industries: Human Resources, Operations
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