July 13, 2009

Straw Hat Named The 5th Fastest Growing Restaurant Chain By Technomic Inc. And Restaurant Business News

24-7PressRelease.com: Despite the current recession, Straw Hat Restaurants was named the 5th top fastest-growing restaurant company on a team of rising-star chains with sales between $25 million and $50 million, according to Technomic Inc., the most recognized and experienced food industry consulting and research firm. The “Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report” is the most

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Local Yogurt Shops Try To Beat Franchises At Their Own Game

Pacific Business News: Amid the frozen yogurt shop explosion, led by California-based chains expanding to Hawaii, three local entrepreneurs have stepped up with new homegrown brands. The three are among at least 18 shops that have opened since last summer, mostly on Oahu, that sell self-serve frozen yogurt – “fro yo” – as its main

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A (Not So) Dangerous Idea

TheChronicleHerald.ca: Ideas come in queer and roundabout ways, their provenance obscure or tangled in contradictions. Who knows where this one began? Perhaps with some people who came here, and some who left, and some who wouldn’t come here for a million dollars in the currency of their choice, and some who have been here “all

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