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These Top 10 Celebrity Franchise Owners Are Winning Outside the Limelight, Too

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The rapper owns nearly 30 Wingstop restaurants. and international locations, the company saw 156% total sales growth in 2022 versus 2021. Founded in 1972, Popeyes boasts more than 2,700 restaurants in the U.S. In 2020, Mahomes also bought a minority stake in the Kansas City Royals sports franchise. With over 700 U.S.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” We are a typical global, internet-based media company, operated out of the garage in my house.” trillion.” of women-owned businesses.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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Raise a Glass: The Popularity of Nonalcoholic Drinks Is Marking a Shift in Drinking Culture

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After her 2019 launch of products such as the Bombay Fire—which features pomegranate, chili and tea—Mocktail Club was a winner of a prize from Black Ambition, whose founder, Pharrell Williams, invests in and supports Black- and Hispanic-owned companies. If you walk into a restaurant or a grocery store, the options are still very limited.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

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Not only does the “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” host help give mom-and-pop restaurants a huge boost through his show, but Fieri also gives back in other ways, whether that’s feeding thousands of Californians who lost their homes during wildfires or raising nearly $25 million for restaurant workers during the pandemic.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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Many times, companies just really don’t know how to onboard and manage an adult on the spectrum,” Moore says. Many crew members found work at grocery stores and restaurants. KFM Making a Difference has awarded 130 college scholarships to adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder across the nation since 2012.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

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No two companies are the same. One of the concepts that Steelcase promotes is the Workcafe: the transformation of the traditional cafeteria or corporate restaurant into an informal, but harder working space that offers a diversity of zones not just for social connections. But the principles are universal.