Choice hasn't bought another chain since 1990, when its parent picked up both Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn.
While he may part with some stores, he won't dump the chain.
Meanwhile, the Placed study also found that showrooming is poised to cut into sales racked up by big spending shoppers at retailers ranging from Costco to off-price chain T.
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Mr. ROONEY: One of the reasons we took this case is because we believe that it will lead to Marines hesitating on the battlefield because they won't have confidence in their chain of command, they won't have confidence that they'll be looked after if these allegations come up.
"If you take the particular trial you just had, then community evidence wasn't part of the chain that was presented to the jury but they were very helpful while we were doing the searches, " he said.
McDonalds (MCD), t he franchise food chain, is planning to buyback about 10% of its shares outstanding in a strategy to stabilize MCD shares at a time of flat profits and slowing fast-food revenues in soft economies round the globe.
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But this Wisconsin-based chain doesn't stop there when it comes to customer comfort, says expert J.
All of the product innovation in the world won't help a company if it can't also innovate its supply chain and speed of delivery.
The chain won't release sales numbers, but "we can confirm reports that it was a record-setting day, " said Steve Robinson, Chick-fil-A's executive vice president of marketing.
He believes that Starbucks will be coming in soon (the chain won't say) but is sure that real estate will be a problem for that colossus as well.
The decision wraps up a painful expansion exercise for the retailer, but it isn't the first international food chain to have trouble with the vast and diverse U.S. market.
Mr. Benson is especially proud that he didn't turn his steakhouse into a chain.
But the pants snafu isn't the only quality issue the chain has had, though.
Burger King isn't the only fast-food chain that's trying to draw attention with unusual offerings.
If you don't mind staying in the same chain each place, try negotiating with that chain's reservation center, he says.
Marry HP and Compaq, and you have a potential T. rex in the food chain of computer imaging, printing, security and storage.
"I am doing an Asian-Mexican sushi chain that isn't hurt by the credit crunch since they are doing this out of the checkbook, " Cisneros told me.
While the drug isn't allowed to enter the food chain in the U.K., British authorities said the risk to those people who may have eaten meat containing it is very low.
"They don't have to go up this giant chain of command to get something done, " says Michael Burnside, an owner of a pair of northern Michigan dealerships, who left a Thor rival, Coachmen, after 17 years.
While Carrefour doesn't have sub-Saharan operations, the chain has stores in northern Africa.
Buying from TGI Friday's wasn't an option, they found, as chain restaurants pay top dollar to buy and keep liquor licenses.
Explosives experts said the fertilizer wasn't the right grade and the fireworks weren't powerful enough to set off the intended chain reaction.
Lead times may be long and the supply chain inflexible, but you can't beat the price.
One little hangup: Other than the 2.3% stake he received in Kroger when he flipped his Fred Meyer chain in 1999, he doesn't own grocery stores anymore.
Nutrition specialist Dr. Melina Jampolis said McCotry's regimen isn't as bad as the horror stories of people chain-smoking to stave off hunger or eking out a meager existence on cayenne-pepper-flavored water.
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