Word: owner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...business booming by decorating some of them with Ralph Lauren wallpaper and marble bathrooms. Others disagree, claiming that McDonald's is simply making scapegoats out of franchisees and that discounting helps the corporation at the franchisees' expense, since McDonald's takes in royalties on total sales, even as individual owners are stuck with shrinking profit margins. Though stressing that McDonald's will no longer shy away from forcing out bad owner-operators, Roberts dismisses the notion of scaling back McDonald's presence in the U.S. Says he: "We've got to be accessible to customers...
...many dealers to the area from those countries. Its standing as a port city and a major Southern trading center stimulated the growth of the business. And the city's culture and music has attracted many people in the arts with an affinity for antiques. Says Peter Moss, co-owner of Keil's Antiques on Royal Street, which was founded by his great-grandmother Hermina Keil in 1899: "Antiquing is an Old World business, and New Orleans is an Old World town with a lot of color and history...
...King is dead! Long live the King! After a year’s hiatus during which owner Patrick Lee opened Redline, Grafton Street has returned in a dramatic new location one block further down Mass. Ave. Grafton, after resting and recharging its batteries for a few months, has reappeared refreshed and eager to pump vitality into Cantabrigian nightlife. Its return can only bode well for Harvard’s budding gourmands as well as its incipient lushes...
Cheng-San Chen, owner and operator of Louie’s Superette I don’t know what life is all about. That is all I ask myself. What is life? Why do people come into the world? I have many customers; they tell me that they are religion majors. They tell me about all the different religions. To me, there is one God and that God is nature. I don’t understand, if we have the same God, why that God sends two different messages to two different groups—for example, the Muslims...
...business booming by decorating some of them with Ralph Lauren wallpaper and marble bathrooms. Others disagree, claiming that McDonald's is simply making scapegoats out of franchisees and that discounting helps the corporation at the franchisees' expense, since McDonald's takes in royalties on total sales, even as individual owners are stuck with shrinking profit margins. Though stressing that McDonald's will no longer shy away from forcing out bad owner-operators, Roberts dismisses the notion of scaling back McDonald's presence in the U.S. Says he: "We've got to be accessible to customers...