Word: bohnett
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...story Little Black Sambo. For this reason, the city government in Toledo tried unsuccessfully to block the opening of a restaurant there in 1978. The company denies the charge, claiming "Sambo's" is a combination of the names of its two founders, Sam Battistone Sr. and F. Newell Bohnett. The company finally decided to switch rather than continue fighting. If No Place Like Sam's leads to sales increases in the Northeast, the company may adopt it nationally...
...part of the rescue operation launched after City Investing Co., a New York conglomerate experienced in resurrecting ailing companies, completed buying 34% of the chain for $29 million in 1980. Last January the new management filed a $100 million lawsuit against 28 former company officials, including Battistone and Bohnett, charging that they had inflated profits and expanded the chain too rapidly...