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5 November 2015
Sustainable packaging industry is undergoing a period of growth with major brands focused on improving the recyclability of their packaging and also addressing the need to use sustainable sources t...
8 July 2015
One of the largest companies in the aseptic packaging market, Tetra Pak, have recently announced that their Evero Aseptic bottle, which was the world's first aseptic carton, will now be able to sto...
3 July 2015
Moody's Investors Service has assigned a stable outlook to WestRock Company, the newly formed global packaging company resulting from the combination of MeadWestvaco Corporation and Rock-Tenn Compa...
1 July 2015
The recent food shopper health-kick has begun to impact the labelling of food products, with North American consumers in particular increasingly demanding clearer packaging on their purchases and t...
22 June 2015
India's packaging market has suffered a set-back today when Stora Enso announced that it will close its unprofitable packaging unit in Chennai, India due to further decline in local market demand.<...
12 June 2015
Due to consumer preference for flexible consumer packaging the stick packaging market has been experiencing a boom. While traditional rigid packaging has a long way before being consigned to...
24 April 2015
Reckitt Benckiser have recently voluntarily recalled four different types of their popular Mucinex cold and congestion medicines due to a major labelling error. The Mucinex Fast-Max Night Time Cold...
20 April 2015
Nestlé have set out new guidelines on packaging adhesives that they want suppliers to follow, with a focus on improving packaging safety and meeting the requirements of packaging policies. This upd...
31 March 2015
Philips Automotive has won two awards at the 2014 Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) Show in Las Vegas, for the second year in a row. Philips has spent a great deal of time and money deve...
20 February 2015
Sealpac is highlighting their newly developed and technologically advanced packaging systems at the Anuga FoodTec event being held on the 24th to 27th March in Cologne, Germany.The company w...
30 January 2015
Flexible packaging market sector in the United States represents the second largest packaging market according to the Flexible Packaging Association FPA. In 2014, the flexible packaging market acco...
23 January 2015
The global paper packaging market has always seen technological innovation come from Japan, which is currently the second biggest paper packaging market in the world, ahead of China but behind the ...
16 December 2014
From calamari fritti to Provencal stew, the common squid has long served as a versatile ingredient to many a delicious recipe. However, a team of researchers in the United States is using it to mak...
28 October 2014
The global flexible packaging market has seen major changes in the past few years, with flexible pouches that were once almost exclusively used for children's drinks now becoming a more popular cho...
16 October 2014
The most interesting and innovative designs in the Japanese glass packaging market have been on display recently in the TOKYO PACK 2014 exhibition which opened earlier this month. 680 companies hav...
14 October 2014
The first man-made plastic was a bioplastic called Parkesine, made from cellulose and invented by Alexander Parkes, a British metallurgist, in 1856. And yet, for a number of years biobased and comp...
1 October 2014
An increase in the consumption of convenience food is driving the food packaging market which is forecast to total US$306 billion by 2009. As more and more people get lunch or a coffee on the go, o...
27 August 2014
Sonoco Products Company, the South Carolina-based industrial and consumer packaging products giant, is edging closer to the acquisition of Germany's Weidenhammer Packaging Group GmbH in a $393 mill...
24 June 2014
The global consumer packaging market is an important part of the global consumer industry and in 2013 was valued at around $400bn. The rigid plastic packaging market (jars, pots, tubs etc) is the s...
20 June 2014
Dissolving pulp is an umbrella term which refers to pulp that has cellulose content above 90%, and comes from various sources, such as wood, bamboo and cotton. Lacking sufficient wood pulp capacity...
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We have enough food to feed everyone. But we need to produce even more. Here's why.
In this series, Bjorn Lomborg explores the smartest investments to respond to global challenges such as hunger, chronic and infectious disease, sanitation, climate change, and global conflict. See the other articles here. And find out which investments are currently at the top of the Slate readers' priority list. Have your say by voting at the poll at the end of each article.
The problem of hunger can be solved. The planet creates more than enough food to meet everyone's needs. But there are still about 925 million hungry people in the world, and nearly 180 million preschool-age children do not get vital nutrients.
In 2008, the last global Copenhagen Consensus project focused attention on the problem of hidden hunger. A team of Nobel laureate economists found that micronutrient interventions—fortification and supplements designed to increase nutrient intake—were the most effective investment that could be made, with massive benefits for a tiny price tag.
In Copenhagen Consensus 2012, researchers and Nobel laureates are again looking at the smartest solutions to the world's biggest challenges. In a research paper released today on hunger and undernutrition, researchers John Hoddinott, Mark Rosegrant, and Maximo Torero of the International Food Policy Research Institute once more propose that decision-makers prioritize micronutrient interventions, and they update the analysis of the costs and benefits of doing so.
They find that for a relatively small amount of money—less than $700 million annually—it would be possible to eliminate vitamin A deficiencies in preschool-age children, eliminate iodine deficiency globally, and dramatically reduce maternal anemia during pregnancy. But they also offer new solutions, including bundling nutrition interventions, increasing global food production, and improving the economic conditions of the rural poor through better communications and increased competition in fertilizer markets.
Chronic undernutrition has significant neurological consequences that can damage spatial navigation and memory formation, leading to loss of cognitive abilities and, in time, lower incomes.Hoddinott, Rosegrant, and Torero find that for about $100 per child, a bundle of interventions (including micronutrients and improvements in diet quality and behavior), chronic undernutrition could be reduced by 36 percent in developing countries. Even in very poor countries such as Ethiopia and using very conservative assumptions, each dollar spent reducing chronic undernutrition has a $30 payoff when seen in economic terms. (The Copenhagen Consensus approach measures the costs and benefits of different investments, which a panel of Nobel Laureate experts evaluate).


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"The RIAA back to school message is 'Beware of anything free.' Ironically, it applies most aptly to the free 'educational' DVDs that RIAA is peddling to students and to the bogus legal advice on RIAA's 'Campus Downloading' website. Those who have cooperated with the RIAA in distributing this information should take a closer look at the inaccuracies, distortions and contradictions in the RIAA message."
The "FAQ" posted by the RIAA in support of its campaign dismisses the copyright law's Fair Use doctrine as applying only to productive or scholarly works. It suggests, contrary to explicit Supreme Court precedent, that Fair Use has no application to the home recording of entire works. The RIAA's free DVD, however, says that it is OK to make a CD copy for yourself, but is criminal to do so for a friend.
If there is no Fair Use for home recording, why is it OK to make the copy for yourself?
-- Because Mitch Bainwol, RIAA's president, testified in Congress that he does this, and RIAA's legal counsel told the Supreme Court in the Grokster case that he thinks it is OK? -- Or because the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 (AHRA) prohibits any copyright suit for such "first generation" recordings? But if so - -- Why did RIAA and its members sue XM Satellite Radio over devices that make only personal, first generation recordings, and, -- Where in the AHRA, or in any court decision, does it say that purely personal recordings are legal, burning or emailing a single song for a friend or family member is criminal?
Shapiro, Sohn, and Black pointed to an August 28 editorial in the Greenville, MS Delta Democrat Times (www.ddtonline.com/articles/2006/08/27/news/editorials/edit4.txt) that called out the RIAA for its selective interpretations of the law:
"If (the RIAA's interpretation of the law) is correct, the law makes pirates of everyone who has ever recorded onto a cassette any song from a 45 RPM or 331/3 RPM record. If you've done this, you're a pirate, says the RIAA. The only reason you haven't been sued is the industry can't trace your practices through a computer. ... It apparently hasn't occurred to the industry that many of the people who download songs do so because they want to sample the music before they buy it. In the past, they had radio for this, but ... corporate influence has cut radio playlists to a limited number of songs and has narrowed the types of music that can be played ....."
Shapiro, Sohn and Black also stated that they fully support the idea of copyright education. They believe any copyright education campaign that includes information about consumer rights and responsibilities should be factually and legally accurate and should be developed by a neutral party.
The association and organization heads also noted that large amounts of content are posted free on-line by new artists under 'Creative Commons' licenses. They said RIAA's denigration of anything shared for free is not only inaccurate, but is also dismissive and disparaging of the young artists that the music industry purports to want to nurture and protect. They called on RIAA, and on the respectable institutions that have cooperated with its "education" campaign, to revise the "educational" website -- http://www.campusdownloading.com/dvd.htm# -- and to recall their "free" DVDs.
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CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Defining Tomorrow's Technology. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.
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The Home Recording Rights Coalition, founded in 1981, is a leading advocacy group for consumers' rights to use home electronics products for private, non-commercial purposes. The members of HRRC include consumers, retailers, manufacturers and professional servicers of consumer electronics products. Further information on this and related issues can be found on the HRRC website, www.hrrc.org.
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The Ukrainian Museum of Canada welcomes you to come and visit our museum, situated near the South Saskatchewan River in downtown Saskatoon. The museum consists of three galleries, a research library, collections offices and a gift shop. We also host many special events on a yearly basis, including various museum activities. Concerts, art exhibitions and receptions, book launches and a Yarmarok Christmas market are a few of our recent events. As well, we participate in Ukrainian Day in the Park and other cultural activities.
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Main Gallery:
The Main Gallery contains an overview of immigration to Canada, featuring cultural, religious, and heritage displays. You will see such items as religious artifacts, household & farm items, regional clothing, school books and pysanky.
Special Collections Gallery:
This Gallery features of a series of original paintings by William Kurelek. Commissioned by the Ukrainian Women's Association of Canada and completed for Canada's 100th Centennial year, the paintings celebrate Kurelek's mother's Ukrainian heritage, and the Ukrainian women pioneers. They depict events such as the blessing of the Easter baskets, the writing of pysanky, and feeding a typical threshing crew. The Kurelek Gallery also runs a short film about the life of Kurelek.
Feature Gallery:
Exhibits in the Feature Gallery change regularly - three to four times per year. Receptions and exhibitions hosted by the Ukrainian Museum of Canada have included:
- A wedding, in partnership with the Peter & Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore (Edmonton)
- Icons, by Vera Senchuk
- The museum's collection of Peter Rupchan pottery
The museum's kylymy (woven tapestries) collection
- Paper currency of revolutionary Ukraine, 1917-1920
- Displays by local, national and international artists who work in various mediums
- And, many other treasures from the museum archives
Special Events:
Over the years, the Ukrainian Museum of Canada has hosted many special events. These have included:
- Diplomatic tours
- Wine & cheese receptions
- Various reunions
- Concerts and symposiums
- Ukrainian medieval feast and gala
- Yarmarok Christmas Markets
- Participation in National Cultural Days open houses
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- Ukraining Day in the Park Pancake Breakfast
- Unveiling of 'CTO' Internment Operations memorial plaque
ActivitiesSchool and Group Tours:
School tours are available at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, all year. The minimum size is 15 students. For more than 25 students, the tour is broken into two groups. It is expected that adult volunteers will be provided by the teacher for younger classes.
- Tours must be booked at least two weeks in advance
- Tours last approximately one hour
- Additional activities (such as a video presentation or our Discovery Box) can be arranged when booking
- Due to the nature of our pysanka workshops, they cannot be booked as part of a tour
For a fee structure, please call 244-3800 during business hours.
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Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter Egg) Workshops:
Pysanky workshops are only offered during Lent, which changes year-to-year. Workshops fill up quickly so it is best to contact the museum early to book these as we have a limited amount of time and space available. We offer workshops for children and adults.
At the workshop your class will learn what the word pysanky means, why pysanky are important to the Ukrainian culture, the history of pysanky, the symbols and their meanings, and how to write their own pysanka.
- The minimum class size is 16 students and the maximum allowed is 30.
- We also require two to four adult helpers, plus teachers and E.A.s per group. The helpers do not make an egg and do not pay.
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- The dyes used are permanent so please dress accordingly
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We also conduct at least one Saturday workshop for the general public to attend during Lent. Please contact us for further information.
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Museum member perks include:
- Free admission to the Ukrainian Museum of Canada
- Free admission to all our branches
- Your own copy of our quarterly newsletter
- Advance notice of special events
- 10% off most Gift Shop purchases
Become a Volunteer:
Volunteers are very valuable to our museum. We encourage our volunteers to bring their unique skills, interests, and experiences to their tasks.
We look for volunteers who are excited to learn and willing to take direction.
Our volunteers have in the past helped in the gift shop (pricing, selling, and organizing), the library (inputting records and sorting materials), and the collection (organizing, filling out forms, and inputting records). Volunteers have assisted with special events, receptions, the Medieval Gala and at our Yarmarok Christmas Market. Volunteers also lend their expertise to gardening and landscaping on site.


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Hey! I am a Brew Hut regular, and I'm on this thread investigating oatmeal stout techniques!
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id assume your not in america if its still expensive there, id advise imprting the american version. europes one doesnt have trophies and there is no sign it will as of yet. we also didnt get dlc.
also i guess more feedback would be reading your guide on unlocking the land of carage, and how you said it might be easier to capture a bunch of LoC characters rather than leveling your own..... why not mention the chicken hat capture trick. you get the chicken hat when you do 80% of the x-dimension missions, which is a few less than it takes to unlock LoC if i recall. it makes you invulnerable to physical damage on odd turns and magic on even turns. you can capture any enemy no matter how strong as long as whatever character you have the hat on is in the base panel and is capable of damaging the enemy by at least 1% of their max life per attack. when you throw a monster into the base panel to capture it, the turn technically doesnt change. this means the chicken hat will make you immune to a set type of damage for the whole 'simulated battle' that occurs. if the enemies ATK stat is higher than INT then the simulated battle only uses physical, so if you capture them on an odd turn they cannot win the simulated battle other than by default (if 100 simulated turns happen, or if you havent unlocked that tier/mao is lower level than monster). the reverse is true of INT, enemies only using magic damage if INT is higher than attack, making you able to easily capture them on even turns. in LoC you run in, grab a physical attacker with a thrower, then you take 1 person out of the base and do no action, throw the LoC character into the base. your chicken hat person will kill them. then you gency out with the person you made take no action. heal up and you can then equip the chicken hat on the LoC character and use it to capture multiple enemies a turn on your next run.
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Very nice guide. I was on my way to the Cross Edge forum, when I saw "Disgaea 3" I didn't even know they were going to add trophy support to this game!
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|July 24th, 2009, 06:12 PM
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Very big thanks for the guide!
Somehow I never got into the rather complex game mechanics of the previous Disgaea titles, but with all this I think I'll finally give it a try. The poor game has been lying around here for months, and I didn't even take it out of the box yet...
Just one question: Is it possible to run through the game once and take care of the trophies later, or would I have to start from scratch in order to get them?
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Actualy, it would be ALOT easier to get most of the trphies if you already went through the game and have some higher level characters. It would take a whole lot longer to get the trophies without leveled up characters already, so.......You are in good shape loading up your current characters.
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Alright, I'll take it easy and just finish the main story first then - thanks for the answer.
I just thought there might be some missables or a point of no return later in the game or something, but from what I understand that's not the case here.
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Extremely detailed guide, nice job.
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Very detailed guide great work
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If someone could make a youtube video of the "Receive 9, Move 60" trophy same with 4-20 that would be very much appreciated thanks.
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Quarterly Report
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
We wish to caution our readers that this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and certain information incorporated herein by reference contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements may include matters such as future economic performance, general economic conditions, consumer preferences and spending, costs, competition, new product execution, restaurant openings or closings, operating margins, the availability of acceptable real estate locations, the sufficiency of our cash balances, the strategic alternatives review that has been undertaken by the company and cash generated from operating and financing activities for our future liquidity and capital resource needs, growth of franchise and licensing, the impact on our business as a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ("Dodd-Frank Act") and the rules promulgated thereunder, future litigation and other matters, and are generally accompanied by words such as: "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "estimates," "predicts," "targets," "expects," "contemplates" and similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2012 as updated in subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, including Item 1A of Part II of this report. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable law.
This information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes, and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contained in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2012 (the "2011 Form 10-K").
We have a 52/53-week fiscal year ending on the Tuesday closest to December 31. The third quarters in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 ended on September 27, 2011 and October 2, 2012, respectively. Each quarter contained thirteen weeks and each year to date period contained thirty-nine weeks. Our current fiscal year ends on January 1, 2013 and consists of 52 weeks.
As used in this report, the terms "company," "we," "our," or "us" refer to Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, unless the context otherwise indicates. The terms "fiscal quarter ended," "fiscal quarter," or "quarter ended" refer to the entire fiscal quarter, unless the context otherwise indicates.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to the results reported in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") included in this filing, we have provided certain non-GAAP financial information, including adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, restructuring expenses, strategic alternative expenses, write-off of debt issuance costs and other operating expenses/income ("Adjusted EBITDA") and "Free Cash Flow", which we define as net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities. Management believes that the presentation of this non-GAAP financial information provides useful information to investors because this information may allow investors to better evaluate our ongoing business performance and certain components of our results. In addition, our Board of Directors (the "Board") uses this non-GAAP financial information to evaluate the performance of the company and its management team. This information should be considered in addition to the results presented in accordance with GAAP, and should not be considered a substitute for the GAAP results. Not all
of the aforementioned items defining Adjusted EBITDA occur in each reporting period, but have been included in our definition based on historical activity. Our definitions of these non-GAAP disclosures may differ from how others in our industry may define them. We have reconciled the non-GAAP financial information to the nearest GAAP measure on pages 16 and 21.
We include in this report information on system-wide comparable store sales percentages. System-wide comparable store sales percentages refer to changes in sales of our restaurants, whether operated by the company or by franchisees and licensees, in operation for six fiscal quarters including those restaurants temporarily closed for an immaterial amount of time. Some of the reasons restaurants may be temporarily closed include remodeling, road construction, rebuilding related to site-specific catastrophes and natural disasters. Franchise and license comparable store sales percentages are based on sales of franchised and licensed restaurants, as reported by franchisees and licensees. Management reviews the increase or decrease in comparable sales to assess business trends. Comparable store sales exclude permanently closed locations. When we intend to relocate a restaurant, we consider that restaurant to be temporarily closed for up to twelve months after it ceases operations. If a suitable relocation site has not been identified by the end of twelve months, we consider the restaurant to be permanently closed. Until that time, we include the restaurant in our open store count, but exclude its sales from our comparable store sales. As of October 2, 2012 there are five stores that we intend to relocate, and are thus considered to be temporarily closed.
We use company-owned comparable store sales, franchise and license sales and the resulting system-wide sales information internally in connection with restaurant development decisions, planning, and budgeting analyses. We believe system-wide comparable store sales information is useful in assessing consumer acceptance of our brands; facilitates an understanding of our financial performance and the overall direction and trends of sales and operating income; helps us evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising and marketing initiatives; and provides information that is relevant for comparison within the industry.
Comparable store sales percentages are non-GAAP financial measures, which should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for other measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP, and may not be equivalent to comparable store sales as defined or used by other companies. We do not record franchise or license restaurant sales as revenues. However, royalty revenues are calculated based on a percentage of franchise and license restaurant sales, as reported by the franchisees or licensees.
We are the largest owner/operator, franchisor and licensor of bagel bakery café restaurants in the United States. As a leading fast-casual restaurant chain, our restaurants specialize in high-quality foods for breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks in a bakery-café atmosphere with a neighborhood emphasis. Our product offerings include fresh bagels and other bakery items baked on-site, made-to-order breakfast and lunch sandwiches on a variety of bagels, breads or wraps, soups and salads, assorted pastries, premium coffees and an assortment of snacks.
In the context of our key strategies to drive comparable store sales growth, to enhance corporate margins and to accelerate unit growth, we evaluated our financial performance for the third quarter and year to date 2012 by considering the following key factors:
• Comparable store sales - Our system-wide comparable store sales have been positive in each of the last six quarters with the third quarter of 2012 delivering +0.2% with positive comparable store sales at our restaurants on a company-owned basis over the last five quarters. Positive comparable store sales has been driven by growth in average check, led by our strength in catering sales, favorable menu mix and a slight reduction in customer discounts.
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 System-wide comparable sales +0.2 % +1.0 % +1.2 % +1.1 % +1.3 % +0.2 % Company-owned comparable sales -0.3 % +0.7 % +0.8 % +1.1 % +1.2 % +0.2 %
Our catering business, on a comparable store basis, grew by approximately 21.9% and 20.6% on a quarterly and year to date basis, respectively, with our focus on our online ordering system as well as search engine/online marketing. Our catering business now makes up over 7% of our company-owned restaurant revenues. We have also seen strong growth in our specialty beverage line of business. Coffee and specialty beverage sales now represent approximately 10% of our menu mix and continue to grow.
• Manufacturing and Commissaries - Revenues for our manufacturing business and commissaries declined by 14.4% reflecting our commissary closures in the first quarter of 2012, while our margin as a percentage of manufacturing and commissary revenue improved to 23.6% from 8.7%. We completed the closure of all five of our commissaries by the end of the first quarter 2012 and have benefited from the resultant efficiencies in our supply chain.
• Franchise and License Revenue - Total franchise and license related revenues increased by 4.6% as a result of the royalty streams from 20 net additional units opened since September 27, 2011, together with favorable comparable store sales.
• Margin improvement - Our margin improved in our company-owned restaurants as a percentage of company owned restaurant sales by 20 basis points for the third quarter 2012 when compared to the third quarter 2011, which we primarily attribute to favorable cost initiatives, lower food costs and relatively flat labor costs and other operating costs more than offsetting an increase of $1.5 million in marketing investment.
• Unit development - As of October 3, 2012, we owned/operated, franchised and licensed 797 restaurants. We have added 35 restaurants and closed 11 restaurants during the first three quarters of 2012.
2012 Outlook
Our execution plan to grow comparable store sales includes:
• Build traffic by leveraging our strengths in:
• Breakfast (bagels & sandwiches)
• Smart Choice menu options
• Specialty beverages and coffee
• Build average check through bulk bagels, catering and premium sandwich innovation
• Grass roots local brand activation
• Targeted digital/outdoor media
• Targeted outdoor billboard advertising
We expect that our catering channel will continue to benefit from our online ordering system, an outsourced and expanded call center, focus on online and digital marketing, and an optimized menu.
Our approach to enhancing corporate margins will extend and build on the initiatives that we have already started, namely, managing the sourcing of our commodities, streamlining our network of product distribution centers, utilizing point of sale technology to drive sustainable cost advantage, and improving restaurant level operating efficiency through targeted initiatives around product costs and labor.
Our acceleration of unit growth will continue to focus on franchising of our Einstein Bros. concept, asset light unit economics and continued expansion into new key licensing channels. Our unit growth plan for 2012 considers our long-term annual growth objective of +10%, or 66 to 72 system-wide openings for 2012. This includes the openings of 14 to 15 company-owned restaurants, 12 to 14 franchised restaurants and 40 to 43 licensed restaurants. We view refranchising opportunistically as a strategy to attract high quality franchisees that will support our accelerated growth initiatives.
We expect to spend between $24 million and $26 million in capital expenditures in 2012 which includes the opening of company-owned restaurants and the relocation of company-owned restaurants, along with the continued roll-out of our new point of sale ("POS") system. We also intend to deploy our capital into areas such as installing drive-thru lanes and adding new exterior signage.
We have a robust pipeline of existing franchise development agreements and new license locations. We will continue to host discovery days for potential franchisees as well as to expand our license footprint.
Results of Operations for the Quarter and Year to Date Periods ended September 27, 2011 and October 2, 2012
Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter 2012 as compared to the Third Quarter 2011
• Total revenues increased $2.0 million, or 1.9%, driven by an increase in company-owned restaurant revenue of $3.1 million, or 3.4%, offset by declines in manufacturing revenue due to the closure of our commissaries.
• Cost of goods sold decreased 210 basis points as a percentage of company owned restaurant sales primarily as a result of our cost saving initiatives.
• Net income increased $0.6 million, or 20.4%, and Adjusted EBITDA increased $1.4 million, or 13.6%, for the third quarter of 2012.
Consolidated Results 13 weeks ended 39 weeks ended Increase/ Increase/ (in thousands) (Decrease) (in thousands) (Decrease) September 27, October 2, 2012 September 27, October 2, 2012 2011 2012 vs. 2011 2011 2012 vs. 2011 Revenues $ 103,532 $ 105,494 1.9 % $ 308,455 $ 316,360 2.6 % Cost of sales 84,664 84,747 0.1 % 253,420 251,912 (0.6 %) Operating expenses 13,614 14,415 5.9 % 40,856 46,482 13.8 % Income from operations 5,254 6,332 20.5 % 14,179 17,966 26.7 % Interest expense, net 772 744 (3.6 %) 2,507 2,322 (7.4 %) Income before income taxes 4,482 5,588 24.7 % 11,672 15,644 34.0 % Total provision for income taxes 1,647 2,174 32.0 % 4,589 6,070 32.3 % Net income $ 2,835 $ 3,414 20.4 % $ 7,083 $ 9,574 35.2 % Adjustments to net income: Interest expense, net 772 744 (3.6 %) 2,507 2,322 (7.4 %) Provision for income taxes 1,647 2,174 32.0 % 4,589 6,070 32.3 % Depreciation and amortization 4,836 5,014 3.7 % 13,984 14,792 5.8 % Restructuring expenses 121 - * * 334 480 43.7 % Strategic alternatives expenses - 250 * * - 685 * * Other operating expenses (income), net 47 60 27.7 % (776 ) 319 (141.1 %) Adjusted EBITDA $ 10,258 $ 11,656 13.6 % $ 27,721 $ 34,242 23.5 %
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During the third quarter of 2012, we maintained our focus on enhancing corporate margins by increasing company revenues while managing store level margins by focusing on food costs, and implementing cost saving initiatives.
System-wide comparable store sales were +0.2% and +0.9% for the third quarter and year to date periods ended October 2, 2012, respectively, driven by strong check growth of +4.1% for the quarter and +4.3% on a year to date basis, reflecting price and product mix favorability.
Net income increased by $0.6 million for the third quarter of 2012 from the third quarter of 2011. We attribute this to increased revenue resulting from positive same store sales, increased unit count and cost leveraging.
Company-Owned Restaurant Operations 13 weeks ended Increase/ Percentage of company-owned (in thousands) (Decrease) restaurant sales September 27, October 2, 2012 September 27, October 2, 2011 2012 vs. 2011 2011 2012 Company-owned restaurant sales $ 92,311 $ 95,418 3.4 % Percent of total revenues 89.2 % 90.5 % Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization): Cost of goods sold $ 27,693 $ 26,676 (3.7 %) 30.0 % 27.9 % Labor costs 27,329 27,906 2.1 % 29.6 % 29.2 % Rent and related expenses 9,926 10,761 8.4 % 10.7 % 11.3 % Other operating costs 10,145 10,649 5.0 % 11.0 % 11.2 % Marketing costs 1,567 3,017 92.5 % 1.7 % 3.2 % Total company-owned restaurant costs $ 76,660 $ 79,009 3.1 % 83.0 % 82.8 % Total company-owned restaurant gross margin $ 15,651 $ 16,409 4.8 % 17.0 % 17.2 %
39 weeks ended Increase/ Percentage of company-owned (in thousands) (Decrease) restaurant sales September 27, October 2, 2012 September 27, October 2, 2011 2012 vs. 2011 2011 2012 Company-owned restaurant sales $ 275,723 $ 285,264 3.5 % Percent of total revenues 89.4 % 90.2 % Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization): Cost of goods sold $ 81,971 $ 80,048 (2.3 %) 29.7 % 28.1 % Labor costs 81,514 82,982 1.8 % 29.6 % 29.1 % Rent and related expenses 30,205 31,508 4.3 % 11.0 % 11.0 % Other operating costs 29,485 30,152 2.3 % 10.7 % 10.6 % Marketing costs 7,793 9,007 15.6 % 2.8 % 3.1 % Total company-owned restaurant costs $ 230,968 $ 233,697 1.2 % 83.8 % 81.9 % Total company-owned restaurant gross margin $ 44,755 $ 51,567 15.2 % 16.2 % 18.1 %
Company-owned restaurant sales for the third quarter and year to date 2012 increased 3.4% and 3.5%, respectively, which is attributable to unit growth and favorable company-owned comparable store sales of +0.2% and +0.8% for the third quarter and year to date 2012, respectively. Catering sales comprised approximately 7.8% of our comparable company-owned restaurant sales for the third quarter of 2012 and 7.5% for year to date 2012, reflecting year over year increases in comparable sales of 21.9% and 20.6%, respectively. On a year to date basis, coffee sales remain strong and now represent approximately 10% of our comparable company-owned restaurant sales. We have also added a net of nineteen new company-owned stores since September 27, 2011, including a net of nine stores acquired from or sold to franchisees.
As a percentage of company-owned restaurant sales, we saw a decrease in our food costs to 27.9% in the third quarter 2012 from 30.0% in the third quarter 2011. This 210 basis point favorability includes savings from our initiatives (-130 basis points), the impact of our price increases (-80 basis points) and the impact of inflation in our commodity costs (-50 points), partially offset by a shift in product mix (+50 basis points).
On a year to date basis, we saw a decrease in our food costs from 29.7% in 2011 to 28.1% in 2012. This 160 basis point improvement includes savings from our initiatives (-130 basis points) and the impact of our price increases (-90 basis points), partially offset by the impact of inflation in our commodity costs (+50 basis points) and a shift in product mix (+10 basis points).
We have secured protection for all of our commodity needs for the remainder of 2012. We have secured protection for approximately 33% of our wheat needs and 96% of our coffee needs for 2013.
As a percentage of company-owned restaurant sales, labor costs decreased in the second quarter due largely to a reduction in group insurance and workers compensation claims. On a year to date basis, overall labor costs (as a percentage of company-owned restaurant sales) have declined due to the leveraged impact of our revenue increases.
We invested $1.5 million more in marketing during the third quarter of 2012 than we did for the third quarter of 2011, primarily resulting from testing in two of our markets, continued local store (grass roots) marketing and grand opening support. On a year to date basis, marketing expenses have increased to $9.0 million in 2012 from $7.8 million in 2011.
Manufacturing and Commissary Operations 13 weeks ended Increase/ Percentage of manufacturing (in thousands) (Decrease) and commissary revenues September 27, October 2, 2012 September 27, October 2, 2011 2012 vs. 2011 2011 2012 Manufacturing and commissary revenues $ 8,766 $ 7,507 (14.4 %) Percent of total revenues 8.4 % 7.1 % Manufacturing and commissary costs $ 8,004 $ 5,738 (28.3 %) 91.3 % 76.4 % Total manufacturing and commissary gross margin $ 762 $ 1,769 132.2 % 8.7 % 23.6 %
39 weeks ended Increase/ Percentage of manufacturing (in thousands) (Decrease) and commissary revenues September 27, October 2, 2012 September 27, October 2, 2011 2012 vs. 2011 2011 2012 Manufacturing and commissary revenues $ 25,541 $ 23,196 (9.2 %) Percent of total revenues 8.3 % 7.3 % Manufacturing and commissary costs $ 22,452 $ 18,215 (18.9 %) 87.9 % 78.5 % Total manufacturing and commissary gross margin $ 3,089 $ 4,981 61.2 % 12.1 % 21.5 %
We closed all five of our commissaries by the end of the first quarter 2012. Sales that were previously made to our franchisees and licensees by the commissaries are now being handled directly through our distributors.
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The Hoot Hoots
Tuesday, June 21
This post is part of a series in which we review bands playing around town on Tuesday nights.
The Hoot HootsTuesday, June 21High Dive
Tuesday, June 21
High Dive
"I don't know how I'll get things done today, when all I want to do is go outside and play," sang Adam Prairie of the Hoot Hoots last night at the High Dive. It was an easy thought to sympathize with--on a beautiful, sunny day the last thing anyone wants to do is go into a windowless venue and see a show. Luckily for the audience, the Hoot Hoots are cheerful and engaging enough to make missing a few rays of precious Northwest sunshine seem trivial. Besides, even though it was the longest day of the year, it was finally dark when the Hoot Hoots started to play.
The Hoot Hoots are a band working in a genre you don't see too much in Seattle these days, sort of psych-power-pop (they covered "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO, if that gives you a hint, but you could equally imagine a choice of "Birdhouse In Your Soul"). Their songs are fun and a bit spastic, occasionally about textbook subjects like love but more often dealing with outer space or the annoyance of having to wait all day to pick a friend up from the airport when you're anxious to see them. Singer Adam Prairie (his brother Chris drums and sports a matching beard) can croon, growl, and pull off a respectable falsetto, and sometimes uses all three techniques in the course of a single song. The band is fond of costumes, and celebrated the solstice with bassist Geoff Brown in a bunny suit, keyboard player Christina Ellis sporting a child's star costume, and Adam Prairie wearing a full-length, hooded rainbow caftan.
It was obvious from their performance (and their name, and their "Silly Lecture Series" videos on YouTube) that the Hoot Hoots exist primarily to have a good time, rather than to put on an excessively polished live show or achieve world domination. Yes, watching them you get the feeling that a band is a band is a band. But man, it's so refreshing to see a band having fun and getting into it instead of taking an overly serious, pretentious approach. For that, Hoot Hoots, we salute you.
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The Dude (real name Jeff Dowd), inspiration for The Big Lebowski, once lived in Seattle? I did not know that. And yet, as The New York Times reports in a story on the resurgence of the White Russian cocktail:
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CREX 1343 leads this westbound Richmond bound vehicle train through Ludlow on a cool day in the Mojave Desert.
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The Season 26 premiere of 'The Simpsons' will be the last episode for a "great" character.
Yes, someone is going to be killed off of the long-running animated series this coming fall. Calling it "the Yellow Wedding" during a conference call in reference to the penchant for 'Games of Thrones' to kill people during weddings (Red, Purple), executive producer Al Jean told reporters it was a "terrific character" and that he or she is "portrayed by an actor who won an Emmy for playing that character."
So let the speculation and investigation begin; there are certainly enough clues. To get you started, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Kelsey Grammar, Yeardley Smith, and Julie Kavner have all won Emmys.
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Whoever it may be, he or she will join a list of deceased characters that includes Maude Flanders, Mona Simpson, Fat Tony, and most recently Edna Krabappel after voice actor Marcia Wallace passed away last October.
Of course, the producers were sure to note that just because a character dies in the animated world, doesn't mean they can't make appearances. "What we told the performer is, 'This does not mean the end of your participation.'"
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Okay - so that LEGO episode looks amazing. I definitely can't wait for it.
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Couple ?'s with new dlc.
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I noticed with the new dlc that there seems to be an Alice in Wonderland theme.
The lady you save in the snowglobe at the end of the quest is named Alice.
In the same lvl, you follow a flitswitch to a chest that has a note in it from our favorite psychotic chest, Chesty. He says in the note that you're invited to a tea party. Mad Chest = Mad Hatter?
There is a part in the cursed skull lvl after you get the Hobbe outfit, where you run down a curved hill. On the right side of the road is a large tree with a hole under it and some rabbits playing out front. A buddy of mine said the rabbits were white but mine were brown. Anyways, rabbits and a rabbit hole.
There may be more but I haven't put any clues together yet. Now to the questions:
Where is the tea party at? I tried nightmare hollow but found nothing new. Has anyone found it and if so, where is it?
The rabbit hole, how do you get inside it? Can you? I tried sticking with the Alice in Wonderland theme and drank a shrinking potion but that was a no-go. Any ideas?
And lastly, I'm having a hard time finding all the dyes. Found a lot but haven't triggered the achiement yet.
Any help would be great! Thanks!
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For the rabbit hole if u found the hidden book in the snowglobe about the grumpy rabbit it is a clue to this hole. u need to go to the spot in the skull where u fight the poison balverines and go through all the stone arches in the right order, the order is noted in the grumpy rabbit story, then take the egg u find and put it in the basket and ur in. the key u find inside is for a house in snowglobe.
7 years ago
I do know the tea party one. its in snowglobe and its in a house that has a sign in front of it.. its kinda up on a hill. its really close to one of the main areas with alot of houses around.
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Bolton is a lovely town only 10 miles away from the City of Manchester. It has a great shopping precinct with indoor market & lots of pedestrianised streets. Bolton is the birthtown of my favourite Comedian - Peter Kay. His award winning series, Phoenix Nights was filmed on the outskirts of the town.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning operation of a toll-free Appraisal Compliant National Hotline was announced this morning, the first phase of a three-phased implementation plan. The hotline serves to receive and refer complainants of alleged violations in real estate appraiser financial transactions to appropriate state and/or federal agencies. "We are pleased with the efforts of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) to begin operation of this hotline and feel that this will be a great resource for consumers and businesses to use in the future to ensure that they are getting the best service provided by appraisers, appraisal management companies, brokers and lending institutions across the state," said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak. "I encourage everyone with a concern or complaint to take advantage of the hotline to have your voice heard."The hotline is a requirement that was put forth through an act of Congress in 2010. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was created to promote financial stability by improving accountability and protecting consumers from abusive financial services. The ASC board approved a three-phase implementation plan for the hotline in November 2011. The phases consist of initial establishment, analysis and contracting or maintenance. "On behalf of the Board, we look forward to the implementation of the National Hotline, as established by the Dodd-Frank Act, and hope that it continues to the strengthen appraisal independence," said Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board Director Christine McEntire. "Our hope is that through the hotline and various other efforts, we will continue to diminish the foreclosure crisis that has spread nationwide." The hotline also includes a website at www.ReferMyAppraisalComplaint.asc.gov and online email service to further assist consumers with complaints. For more information on the Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board, please visit www.reab.oid.ok.gov or call (405) 521-6636. About the Oklahoma Insurance DepartmentThe Oklahoma Insurance Department, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, is responsible for the education and protection of the insurance-buying public and for oversight of the insurance industry in the state. For more information contact: March 15, 2013 Kelly Collins(405) 522-0683 firstname.lastname@example.com SOURCE Oklahoma Insurance Department
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