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Starbucks Hits The Reset Button
Feb 29, 2008
As we reported in our Jan. 15 e-newsletter, no one made Schultz, a billionaire, give up his comfortable semiretirement and retake the operating reigns at Starbucks earlier this year. He just didn’t like the way it was...
A NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR ZAGAT
A NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR ZAGAT
Feb 11, 2008
In mid-January, Zagat Survey founders Tim and Nina Zagat announced they had hired Wall Street dealmaker deluxe Goldman Sachs to find a “strategic alternative” for their company. The pair—she’s 65, he’s 67—said they...
A NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR ZAGAT
Jan 30, 2008
In mid-January, Zagat Survey founders Tim and Nina Zagat announced they had hired Wall Street dealmaker deluxe Goldman Sachs to find a “strategic alternative” for their company. The pair—she’s 65, he’s 67—said they...
Shake Up In The Coffee Market
Jan 14, 2008
Let’s look at the Starbucks situation first. On the surface, it looks to be in the kind of trouble almost every foodservice operator would love to find his or her operation in. Yes, the stock price has tanked—down 48...
BIG HUNK OF GUNK
Dec 19, 2007
Step outside any fast food outlet on a sultry summer day, take a big whiff and you’ll get an immediate sensory impression of the air quality problem some restaurants present. But it’s not cooking odors per se that...
BUZZ KILL: RECIPE THIEVES
Nov 29, 2007
Right now, the Internet is the focus of the recipe-pirating watchdogs. We don’t know much about Attributor, a company that claims its sophisticated software can go out onto the Web and figure out who’s copying what...
STAR QUEST OUT WEST
Nov 29, 2007
There wasn’t much of a buzz earlier this fall when Michelin released the third edition of its New York City restaurant rankings and the second edition of its San Francisco guide. Minor tweaks were made, to be sure...
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