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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wal-Mart announces 22,000 jobs on eve of shareholder meeting - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Positions will include store pharmacists, human resources managers, customerr service associates, cashiers and sales according tothe Bentonville, chain (NYSE:WMT). Last October, Wal-Marrt announced plans to open 142 to 157 new and expandedc stores during the currenffiscal year, which ends Jan. 31, 2010. Othef states expected to gain morethan 1,00p0 jobs include Michigan, California, Florida, New South Carolina, Virginia and Utah. Its newesgt Arizona store opened in May in Walmart operates morethan 7,900 retail outletse and employs 2.1 million people in 15 countries.
Unlike many Wal-Mart has fared well amid the recessiohn as consumers keep a rein on purchase Last month the chainreported first-quartefr earnings of $3 billion, or 77 cents a a penny more than the same period a year ago. Revenue slippee a smidge to $93.5 billiobn from $94.9 billion. “During this difficult economic we’re proud to be able to creatd quality jobs for thousands of Americansthis year," said Eduardo vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
The jobs announcement comezs a day before the retail giant holdds its annual stockholders meetingy in Bud Walton Arena at the University of In addition to election of directors and otheerroutine business, six shareholder proposals are on the table: Creation of a gender identity nondiscriminatiohn policy. Adoption of a pay for superiorperformancew principle. Giving shareholders the right to an advisory vote on executive compensation. Requiring a semi-annualo report disclosing Wal-Mart’s political contributions. Giving majod shareholders the power to callspeciapl meetings.
Requiring incentive pay to come in the form of stock The Wal-Mart board is opposing all the shareholder Lee Scott Jr., who servedr as CEO of the company until his retirement at the end of Januarhy received a total compensation packagr of $30.2 million last year.
Positions will include store pharmacists, human resources managers, customerr service associates, cashiers and sales according tothe Bentonville, chain (NYSE:WMT). Last October, Wal-Marrt announced plans to open 142 to 157 new and expandedc stores during the currenffiscal year, which ends Jan. 31, 2010. Othef states expected to gain morethan 1,00p0 jobs include Michigan, California, Florida, New South Carolina, Virginia and Utah. Its newesgt Arizona store opened in May in Walmart operates morethan 7,900 retail outletse and employs 2.1 million people in 15 countries.
Unlike many Wal-Mart has fared well amid the recessiohn as consumers keep a rein on purchase Last month the chainreported first-quartefr earnings of $3 billion, or 77 cents a a penny more than the same period a year ago. Revenue slippee a smidge to $93.5 billiobn from $94.9 billion. “During this difficult economic we’re proud to be able to creatd quality jobs for thousands of Americansthis year," said Eduardo vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
The jobs announcement comezs a day before the retail giant holdds its annual stockholders meetingy in Bud Walton Arena at the University of In addition to election of directors and otheerroutine business, six shareholder proposals are on the table: Creation of a gender identity nondiscriminatiohn policy. Adoption of a pay for superiorperformancew principle. Giving shareholders the right to an advisory vote on executive compensation. Requiring a semi-annualo report disclosing Wal-Mart’s political contributions. Giving majod shareholders the power to callspeciapl meetings.
Requiring incentive pay to come in the form of stock The Wal-Mart board is opposing all the shareholder Lee Scott Jr., who servedr as CEO of the company until his retirement at the end of Januarhy received a total compensation packagr of $30.2 million last year.
Monday, June 27, 2011
AvalonBay gets OK for $65M Balboa project in S.F. - Boston Business Journal:
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The development, which will includwe a 28,000-square-foot grocery store, will replace the Krage auto parts store and parkinf lot at 1150Ocean Ave. The 1.8-acrw site just south of Phelan Avenue and abuttinbg the citycollege campus, is the first project approvefd under the Balboa Park rezoning the Boardf of Supervisors adopted in April. AvalonBay Senioe Development Director Meg Spriggs said the companhy hopes to start construction onthe two-building complex at the end of 2010 or the firsty quarter of 2011. Constructionh would likely take about18 months, meaninh that the project would open in 2012 at the earliest.
AvalonBay has been one of San Francisco’z most active developers over thepast decade, completing 823 rental unitzs in Mission Bay a $400 million investment. With that neighborhoofd mostlybuilt out, AvalonBay has been activelyy looking at other neighborhoods, including the city-owned Block 8 on Folsom Street. At the Ocean Avenud site, the developer was drawn to the rich public transit — downtown is a 13-minutr ride from the Balboa Park BART statiobn — and proximity of schools includingf City College, Balboa High School and the privatwe school Lick Wilmerding, according to Given the college campus and rich publix transportation options, “there is little to no supply of higher-density rental housing in this part of San said Spriggs.
“It’s a grea urban infill location and the beauty of it is the bonez arealready there. The infrastructure is already there. Ther are tons of little neighborhoods and a nice littled business district alongOcean Avenue,” said Spriggs. AvalonBat has yet to sign on a grocerhy store to occupy the ground floor ofthe project. Matt Holmes of the brokerage Retail West has been retaineds to to leasethe space. Petet Waller of Pyatok is the architect. “We have been pleasantly surprised by the levell of initial interest in the spacw and we have had several meaningfull conversationswith retailers,” said Spriggs.
AvalonBay started workin with the Planning Department in 2005 when the Balbowa Park master plan was in its early Because they were involvedso AvalonBay’s project specific environmental impact report was included in the master environmental impact report for the “Our goal was to get behind the design our project collaboratively with the city and the communitt and be in a position to get our projecft approvals as soon as the Balboa Park plan was said Spriggs. Matt Holmes said the site has attractive densities and attractiv demographics with over 35 percentcollege “The demographics are there already, they really are. The design of the spacee is outstanding.
They have reall y built a great mousetrap he said.
The development, which will includwe a 28,000-square-foot grocery store, will replace the Krage auto parts store and parkinf lot at 1150Ocean Ave. The 1.8-acrw site just south of Phelan Avenue and abuttinbg the citycollege campus, is the first project approvefd under the Balboa Park rezoning the Boardf of Supervisors adopted in April. AvalonBay Senioe Development Director Meg Spriggs said the companhy hopes to start construction onthe two-building complex at the end of 2010 or the firsty quarter of 2011. Constructionh would likely take about18 months, meaninh that the project would open in 2012 at the earliest.
AvalonBay has been one of San Francisco’z most active developers over thepast decade, completing 823 rental unitzs in Mission Bay a $400 million investment. With that neighborhoofd mostlybuilt out, AvalonBay has been activelyy looking at other neighborhoods, including the city-owned Block 8 on Folsom Street. At the Ocean Avenud site, the developer was drawn to the rich public transit — downtown is a 13-minutr ride from the Balboa Park BART statiobn — and proximity of schools includingf City College, Balboa High School and the privatwe school Lick Wilmerding, according to Given the college campus and rich publix transportation options, “there is little to no supply of higher-density rental housing in this part of San said Spriggs.
“It’s a grea urban infill location and the beauty of it is the bonez arealready there. The infrastructure is already there. Ther are tons of little neighborhoods and a nice littled business district alongOcean Avenue,” said Spriggs. AvalonBat has yet to sign on a grocerhy store to occupy the ground floor ofthe project. Matt Holmes of the brokerage Retail West has been retaineds to to leasethe space. Petet Waller of Pyatok is the architect. “We have been pleasantly surprised by the levell of initial interest in the spacw and we have had several meaningfull conversationswith retailers,” said Spriggs.
AvalonBay started workin with the Planning Department in 2005 when the Balbowa Park master plan was in its early Because they were involvedso AvalonBay’s project specific environmental impact report was included in the master environmental impact report for the “Our goal was to get behind the design our project collaboratively with the city and the communitt and be in a position to get our projecft approvals as soon as the Balboa Park plan was said Spriggs. Matt Holmes said the site has attractive densities and attractiv demographics with over 35 percentcollege “The demographics are there already, they really are. The design of the spacee is outstanding.
They have reall y built a great mousetrap he said.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Geoeye, Inc. Company Profile | GEOY Company Information
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GeoEye, Inc. (GeoEye or the Company), together with its consolidatec subsidiaries, provides geospatial information, imagery and solutions for the nationaklsecurity community, strategic partners, resellers and commerciao customers to help them better map, measurs and monitor the world. Geospatial informatioh is geographic information that can be used to identifyt a particular locations spatial relationship toother locations.
We operate a constellation of Earth imaging satelliteds and mapping aircraftwhichh collect, process, and distribute digitap imagery of the Earths surface, atmosphere and weather conditions and have an international network of grounsd stations, a robust imageruy archive, and advanced location-based imagery processingh capabilities. We maintain image processing and productionn centers at our headquartersin Dulles, Virginia and our facilities in Thornton, Colorado and Mission, Kansas. Our advancerd image processingand location-based information technology developmentf and production center in St. Louis, Missouri is a world-renownede center for innovation inthe industry.
Our satellite syste m also includesa U.S. ground including four ground stations owned or leasef bythe Company, to operate the satellites and to process, and distribute imagery from the satellites. ...
GeoEye, Inc. (GeoEye or the Company), together with its consolidatec subsidiaries, provides geospatial information, imagery and solutions for the nationaklsecurity community, strategic partners, resellers and commerciao customers to help them better map, measurs and monitor the world. Geospatial informatioh is geographic information that can be used to identifyt a particular locations spatial relationship toother locations.
We operate a constellation of Earth imaging satelliteds and mapping aircraftwhichh collect, process, and distribute digitap imagery of the Earths surface, atmosphere and weather conditions and have an international network of grounsd stations, a robust imageruy archive, and advanced location-based imagery processingh capabilities. We maintain image processing and productionn centers at our headquartersin Dulles, Virginia and our facilities in Thornton, Colorado and Mission, Kansas. Our advancerd image processingand location-based information technology developmentf and production center in St. Louis, Missouri is a world-renownede center for innovation inthe industry.
Our satellite syste m also includesa U.S. ground including four ground stations owned or leasef bythe Company, to operate the satellites and to process, and distribute imagery from the satellites. ...
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Ping, Universal Avionics named top state manufacturers - Portland Business Journal:
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The awards, given out Friday, dubbed Phoenix-based Ping as manufacturetr of the yearand Tucson-based Universakl Avionics as the small manufacturer of the year. “This year’ss winners exemplify dedication to product innovationm and a commitment to the stateof Arizona,” said Mark chairman of the AMC and vice chai of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Ping, which has become a leader in golf club manufacturing, is celebratingh 50 years of The company has been innovating in golf desigjn since Karsten Solheim developed the first Ping putter in his Redwoocd City, Calif., garage, taking the name from the soun d the club made when it strucjk a ball.
Ping now employs 800 people and is able to develola custom-fit set of clubs within 48-hours of the time an ordetr is placed. Universal Avionics has been in busineswsince 1981. Founded by business jet pilo Hubert Naimer, the company started out developing flight management systems for business andtransport airplanes. The company now manufactures a rangw of avionics systems for various aircrafty from helicopters tocommercial jets. It works through a network of 224authorizede dealers, and its products are offererd as factory-installed options on 21 aircraft.
The awards, given out Friday, dubbed Phoenix-based Ping as manufacturetr of the yearand Tucson-based Universakl Avionics as the small manufacturer of the year. “This year’ss winners exemplify dedication to product innovationm and a commitment to the stateof Arizona,” said Mark chairman of the AMC and vice chai of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Ping, which has become a leader in golf club manufacturing, is celebratingh 50 years of The company has been innovating in golf desigjn since Karsten Solheim developed the first Ping putter in his Redwoocd City, Calif., garage, taking the name from the soun d the club made when it strucjk a ball.
Ping now employs 800 people and is able to develola custom-fit set of clubs within 48-hours of the time an ordetr is placed. Universal Avionics has been in busineswsince 1981. Founded by business jet pilo Hubert Naimer, the company started out developing flight management systems for business andtransport airplanes. The company now manufactures a rangw of avionics systems for various aircrafty from helicopters tocommercial jets. It works through a network of 224authorizede dealers, and its products are offererd as factory-installed options on 21 aircraft.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Chief information officers eye 2010 for IT budget comeback - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The May IT Spendingg Report by The Goldman SachsGroup Inc. predictws a decrease of only 1 percentt in IT spendingin 2010. Goldman surveyed 100 IT executivee from Fortune100 companies, and 50 percenf of the respondents were chief information officers. “Anyonre selling to an enterprise has to havea 12-month return on investment,” said Anil Patel, a principal at Clearstonew Venture Partners in Menlo Park. “Yoju either have to find a way to increasd the top line orcut costs, and you have to measurew it in 12 Bipin Badani, senior vice president and chief informatiob officer at Fujitsu America Inc.
in believes budgets have become so tighttthat they’ll have to loosen next year. like many companies, has reduced its spendiny by about 10 percent and stopped all noncriticakIT projects. “What I’m seeing is that people have stoppedspendint completely. They don’t have the budget, and they’rer not spending on new capitao investment and capital networksat all,” Badani said. “So I think they are becominyg overdue fora recycle, and I woulxd say mid-2010 would be the time for an increase in Fujitsu is also focusing on doing as many tasks as possibls remotely, an area Badan i called “critical” for reducing infrastructure management.
“It’ s a no-brainer and the one area that reducezour budget,” he said. “Wheb budgets are cut, you’re forced to use infrastructure optimizations.” So where do the numbers leave those selling IT services and products Not completely out inthe cold, but vendora need to have a focus that’s tighter now than Patel, who also speaks on behalf of TiECon, the annua conference for entrepreneurs and venture said CIOs from a panel at the May TiECon in Santaa Clara advise that if you’re trying to sell to don’t bother calling. Most CIOs now are fielding 60 calls a day fromvendorsd alone.
Instead, find the problem, or “rede flag” in an organization, find the owner of that proble and convince that persojn that you are the indispensable way to turn that redflag “You want to find a champion lowefr in the organization that understands how you fit in to what they Patel said. “Also, the chances of organizationsa increasing their vendor accounts this yearis low, so find a big brother or sister and see if you can find a way in on someon e else’s price list.
” Roger Burkhardt, CEO of Ingres a Redwood City maker of open source database products and champion of what the companyg calls “The New Economics of IT,” notexd the Goldman Sachs survey also touched on where to save money, and software licensing and maintenancse were very high focus areas for potential Consulting and third-party services such as the India IT subsector remain at the top of the list for potential futuree cost reductions, while computer hardware is close to the top of the according to the survey.
“The challenge for the CIO now is that theree are projects that they need to but much of the budget is being chewexd up by keepingthings running,” Burkhardtg said. “It’s a very tough thing for a CIO to because they’re looking for ways to innovatw while spending less
The May IT Spendingg Report by The Goldman SachsGroup Inc. predictws a decrease of only 1 percentt in IT spendingin 2010. Goldman surveyed 100 IT executivee from Fortune100 companies, and 50 percenf of the respondents were chief information officers. “Anyonre selling to an enterprise has to havea 12-month return on investment,” said Anil Patel, a principal at Clearstonew Venture Partners in Menlo Park. “Yoju either have to find a way to increasd the top line orcut costs, and you have to measurew it in 12 Bipin Badani, senior vice president and chief informatiob officer at Fujitsu America Inc.
in believes budgets have become so tighttthat they’ll have to loosen next year. like many companies, has reduced its spendiny by about 10 percent and stopped all noncriticakIT projects. “What I’m seeing is that people have stoppedspendint completely. They don’t have the budget, and they’rer not spending on new capitao investment and capital networksat all,” Badani said. “So I think they are becominyg overdue fora recycle, and I woulxd say mid-2010 would be the time for an increase in Fujitsu is also focusing on doing as many tasks as possibls remotely, an area Badan i called “critical” for reducing infrastructure management.
“It’ s a no-brainer and the one area that reducezour budget,” he said. “Wheb budgets are cut, you’re forced to use infrastructure optimizations.” So where do the numbers leave those selling IT services and products Not completely out inthe cold, but vendora need to have a focus that’s tighter now than Patel, who also speaks on behalf of TiECon, the annua conference for entrepreneurs and venture said CIOs from a panel at the May TiECon in Santaa Clara advise that if you’re trying to sell to don’t bother calling. Most CIOs now are fielding 60 calls a day fromvendorsd alone.
Instead, find the problem, or “rede flag” in an organization, find the owner of that proble and convince that persojn that you are the indispensable way to turn that redflag “You want to find a champion lowefr in the organization that understands how you fit in to what they Patel said. “Also, the chances of organizationsa increasing their vendor accounts this yearis low, so find a big brother or sister and see if you can find a way in on someon e else’s price list.
” Roger Burkhardt, CEO of Ingres a Redwood City maker of open source database products and champion of what the companyg calls “The New Economics of IT,” notexd the Goldman Sachs survey also touched on where to save money, and software licensing and maintenancse were very high focus areas for potential Consulting and third-party services such as the India IT subsector remain at the top of the list for potential futuree cost reductions, while computer hardware is close to the top of the according to the survey.
“The challenge for the CIO now is that theree are projects that they need to but much of the budget is being chewexd up by keepingthings running,” Burkhardtg said. “It’s a very tough thing for a CIO to because they’re looking for ways to innovatw while spending less
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Food for thought: Recession prompts restaurants to cut prices - Denver Business Journal:
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People came up to peruse the $32.95r holiday brunch menu at Panzano Restaurant, wherse Mayo is the general manager, and a numbed asked if they could getsomethinfg cheaper. In the past, most lookers would shruyg and come in ifthey didn’t like the This time, when several were told that was it for the day, they walkedf away. Like a toy-store managere the day after Christmas, Mayo knew he had to stargt slashing prices. And he wasn’t alone. You can now get a $4 stea appetizer at Panzano. Morton’s The Steakhousee has added a hamburger to its has introduceda low-price menu.
And if you’rd eating at Vesta Dippiny Grill before heading toa concert, consider your parting rounf of shots on It’s a buyer’s market in the restaurang world these days, with establishmente from the chi-chi to the quick-and-casuakl slashing prices, adding cheaper items to menus and offeringt new service perks just to retain It’s one reason Peter Meersman, president of the (CRA), believes nationalk forecasts that say eateries in the state will fare better duringv the economic downturn than those in 95 percent of the country.
But the price-cuttingy also raises the specter that consumerx who are willing to spend theid tightened budgets eating out may have changed expectations after thisbargain spree. And restaurantt officials, while reveling in the steadier streamsx of people coming intheirt doors, are realizing that prices may nevetr be as high as they were beforee last fall’s market collapse. “There’s a lot of feelingb out there that they will goback up, but they will nevet be back up to where they were before,” Mayo “Admittedly, we can’t keep the same profit marginds we did before with this prics drop.
But we also can’t keep the business if we don’rt make this adjustment.” Business has plummetee at restaurants of all types in recent monthss as more families are staying home and The responseby Denver-area restaurants has been to enticd the customer even more, and they’re doing so in many One is the happy-hour in which eateries try to get peopled in with the possibilitty of cheaper alcohol or lower-priced small plates in hopesx they will stay for Some popular downtown waterinb holes, such as Marlowe’s and Paramountf Cafe, are offering half-priced drinks.
Panzano has takemn dinner items such as its steaki orseafood bouillabaisse, cut the portionss in half and begun offering them for $4. Happy-hour business has doublex since January, Mayo said. Other places have takenn to adding cheaper menu At the end of for example, Morton’s added a hamburge that, while still $15, represents the lowest-priced item on the upper-enrd steakhouse’s menu, general manager Joe Mirrelson said. Some restaurant s are putting money into advertising theirprice drops. Coral located in the Highlandds neighborhood, sent out mailers to area residentx recently notingthe reductions.
Many quick-servse restaurants have taken after McDonald’s and, while not going all the way down to adolladr menu, are giving customers lower-priced Chipotle rolled out its Low Rolled Menu on April 1, with $2.9o soup and $2.25 single tacos, after getting emaila from customers seeking smallerr portions, said Chris Arnold, spokesman for the Denver-based “The expanded menu we’re testing in Denverr represents the most significant changee in our [15-year] history,” said who acknowledged he’d been hearing more anecdotees of patrons splitting meals with a friend or takinf half of them home.
Some restaurantxs blanch at the notiomn of knocking down prices and instead are lookingt to make customers feel more at At Vesta, any patron askingf for change to plug the meter will get a pre-paid parkin key to use, and groups headinvg to downtown shows can expect a free round of shots, ownerr Josh Wolkon said. “We’re all in trouble,” Wolkojn said. “If [customers] make a decision in tough time to choose to spend their money onour restaurants, you have to make sure they got theidr dollar’s worth.” One trend severalk people said they expect to see is the returm of the $52.
80 menu for two, following the continuecd success of the annual two-week winter promotion in whicbh 208 restaurants participated this year with great Cool River Cafe is offerinf a three-course meal for $29.95 per person — closd to the 5280 week pricwe point – and plans to do so for severak more months. When asked if customers will stop comingt when the deal eventuallygoes away, proprietor Joseph Madrikl thought about it before admitting he isn’yt worried. “I don’t believe there’s a risk,” Madrilk said. “I think people will be appreciative, and it builda loyalty.
”
People came up to peruse the $32.95r holiday brunch menu at Panzano Restaurant, wherse Mayo is the general manager, and a numbed asked if they could getsomethinfg cheaper. In the past, most lookers would shruyg and come in ifthey didn’t like the This time, when several were told that was it for the day, they walkedf away. Like a toy-store managere the day after Christmas, Mayo knew he had to stargt slashing prices. And he wasn’t alone. You can now get a $4 stea appetizer at Panzano. Morton’s The Steakhousee has added a hamburger to its has introduceda low-price menu.
And if you’rd eating at Vesta Dippiny Grill before heading toa concert, consider your parting rounf of shots on It’s a buyer’s market in the restaurang world these days, with establishmente from the chi-chi to the quick-and-casuakl slashing prices, adding cheaper items to menus and offeringt new service perks just to retain It’s one reason Peter Meersman, president of the (CRA), believes nationalk forecasts that say eateries in the state will fare better duringv the economic downturn than those in 95 percent of the country.
But the price-cuttingy also raises the specter that consumerx who are willing to spend theid tightened budgets eating out may have changed expectations after thisbargain spree. And restaurantt officials, while reveling in the steadier streamsx of people coming intheirt doors, are realizing that prices may nevetr be as high as they were beforee last fall’s market collapse. “There’s a lot of feelingb out there that they will goback up, but they will nevet be back up to where they were before,” Mayo “Admittedly, we can’t keep the same profit marginds we did before with this prics drop.
But we also can’t keep the business if we don’rt make this adjustment.” Business has plummetee at restaurants of all types in recent monthss as more families are staying home and The responseby Denver-area restaurants has been to enticd the customer even more, and they’re doing so in many One is the happy-hour in which eateries try to get peopled in with the possibilitty of cheaper alcohol or lower-priced small plates in hopesx they will stay for Some popular downtown waterinb holes, such as Marlowe’s and Paramountf Cafe, are offering half-priced drinks.
Panzano has takemn dinner items such as its steaki orseafood bouillabaisse, cut the portionss in half and begun offering them for $4. Happy-hour business has doublex since January, Mayo said. Other places have takenn to adding cheaper menu At the end of for example, Morton’s added a hamburge that, while still $15, represents the lowest-priced item on the upper-enrd steakhouse’s menu, general manager Joe Mirrelson said. Some restaurant s are putting money into advertising theirprice drops. Coral located in the Highlandds neighborhood, sent out mailers to area residentx recently notingthe reductions.
Many quick-servse restaurants have taken after McDonald’s and, while not going all the way down to adolladr menu, are giving customers lower-priced Chipotle rolled out its Low Rolled Menu on April 1, with $2.9o soup and $2.25 single tacos, after getting emaila from customers seeking smallerr portions, said Chris Arnold, spokesman for the Denver-based “The expanded menu we’re testing in Denverr represents the most significant changee in our [15-year] history,” said who acknowledged he’d been hearing more anecdotees of patrons splitting meals with a friend or takinf half of them home.
Some restaurantxs blanch at the notiomn of knocking down prices and instead are lookingt to make customers feel more at At Vesta, any patron askingf for change to plug the meter will get a pre-paid parkin key to use, and groups headinvg to downtown shows can expect a free round of shots, ownerr Josh Wolkon said. “We’re all in trouble,” Wolkojn said. “If [customers] make a decision in tough time to choose to spend their money onour restaurants, you have to make sure they got theidr dollar’s worth.” One trend severalk people said they expect to see is the returm of the $52.
80 menu for two, following the continuecd success of the annual two-week winter promotion in whicbh 208 restaurants participated this year with great Cool River Cafe is offerinf a three-course meal for $29.95 per person — closd to the 5280 week pricwe point – and plans to do so for severak more months. When asked if customers will stop comingt when the deal eventuallygoes away, proprietor Joseph Madrikl thought about it before admitting he isn’yt worried. “I don’t believe there’s a risk,” Madrilk said. “I think people will be appreciative, and it builda loyalty.
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