Mellody Hobson — the co-chief executive officer of Ariel Investments LLC who has served as the Starbucks vice-chair of the executive board since 2018 — has been appointed as the coffee company’s next non-executive chair of the board of directors starting in March 2021, Starbucks announced Wednesday. When she assumes the board chair position, she… read more
By Iris Cao – EnvZone Low-cost carriers have become such a common means for people to travel around. Thus, hundreds of them have been created and slowly went bankrupt later. By far, one of the most successful low-cost carriers in the US is Southwest Airlines. This airline founded in 1967 has had 46 consecutive years… read more
– Stevie Nicks is the Digital Editor at Just Another Magazine – a website that covers the topics many care about. One will find articles about lifestyle, travel, fashion, trends and relationships – each of which is written in their unique style. Right now we live in a candidate’s job market. Although it might… read more
By Jim McGeady – ADP Spark Collecting data — not just any data, but the right data — can be crucial to manufacturing firms during this time of uncertainty and unpredictability. Today’s work environment is as unpredictable as ever, especially in the manufacturing world. There are just so many factors to deal with: Manufacturers not… read more
By Tony Ewing – Forbes Emergent leaders are people whose colleagues see as informal leaders. Take, for example, people who managed the virtual transitions of their offices during the pandemic. Their bosses were often preoccupied with strategic concerns. As a result, they picked up the slack to organize themselves. In other words, such situations gave… read more
COVID Complicates the Tipping Debate Even Further for Restaurants The topic of tipping and its impact on server wages is hardly a new one, but the coronavirus presented full-service restaurants and the industry at large with an opportunity to dismantle—or at least change—the default model. Greg Ryan, co-owner of Bell’s Restaurant in Los Alamos, California,… read more
Thompson Hospitality, a retail and facilities and management company, has acquired Matchbox Food Group LLC as the casual-dining chain emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said. Reston, Va.-based Thompson Hospitality in 2018 had made an $11 million investment in the Washington, D.C.-based Matchbox, a deal that had included an unexercised purchase option. In… read more
My team spends most of their days designing and deploying next-gen leadership-development tools for multiunit franchisees and above restaurant leaders. Naturally, we pay a lot of attention to the unique challenges facing multiunit leaders and the innovative ways they overcome them, especially in a global pandemic. Since COVID-19 hit, the foodservice industry’s area directors, district… read more
With a two-year-old dispute with franchisees resolved and restaurant profitability up, Jack in the Box is poised to start growing again, CEO Darin Harris told investors Thursday while discussing the San Diego-based quick-service chain’s performance in the fourth quarter, ended Sept. 27. It was a good quarter. Same-store sales were up by 12.2%, the best… read more
Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers has signed a franchise agreement with shopping center developer RSolution Holdings to develop 50 new restaurants over the next several years across the Southeast. The Wichita, Kan.-based fast-casual brand said that, as part of this 50-unit development agreement, Freddy’s will grow its footprint on Florida’s west coast and Panhandle. Locations… read more