Word: burger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Springfield bounced back as the Crimson's Nick Estabrook, after leading for two periods, dropped a 7-4 decision to Frank Reuter. With the score now at 9-3, Noble started the varsity's upsurge against Gymnast captain Burt Burger. After a 4-4 first period and a scoreless second, Noble reversed his man and picked up a minute's time advantage...
Also in store for the world's largest grocery is a long look at its management policies. A. & P. heirs, many of whom wish to diversify their holdings, have begun to ponder about a successor to A. & P.'s President Ralph Burger, 69, hand-picked for his job by the late John Hartford and his brother George (who died in 1957, dissolving a family trust and making the stock exchange possible...
...heirs are making other changes. They insisted that Burger add six outside members, including RCA's President John L. Burns and Westinghouse's Chairman Gwilym Price, to the 14-man A. & P. board, though Burger still dominates it. One task: finding a successor to Burger...
...meeting last week in Manhattan, stockholders took advantage of their new rights to question Burger on A. & P.'s profit margins, heard that they are 1.06% on the dollar, lowest of any top food chain. Grumbled one stockholder: "Isn't that too low?'' Replied Burger: "The company does not believe in profiteering on food. The food business is not a gold mine, and you cannot mine gold from...
...groundwork for the sale of stock, A. & P. President Ralph W. Burger outlined a proposal, expected to be approved at a meeting in December, to 1) replace present nonvoting common and preferred stock with a single class of voting common stock; 2) split all outstanding common shares on a 10-for-1 basis and issue three shares of common for each preferred share; 3) apply for listing of the new common stock on the New York Stock Exchange...