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 HURRICANE
KATRINA NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : 2005
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Ruth's Chris and Emeril not feeling the love after Katrina. The mere mention of two of the city's highest-profile exports - Emeril Lagasse and Ruth's Chris Steakhouse - still draws venom from New Orleanians who feel scorned and abandoned. .... [more]
29 Aug, 2006
Home inspection franchiser from New Orleans finds solid base in S.A. A-Pro Franchise Inc. relocated to Texas, thanks to Hurricane Katrina, and a Cajun-accented Italian American reoriented his goals to emphasize a Lone Star. .... [more]
28 Aug, 2006
New Orleans business owners start over elsewhere. Christine McAtee, owner of Adventures in Advertising/Insignia Marketing, is one of thousands of small business owners forced to leave the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and start over someplace else. .... [more]
23 Aug, 2006
Hurricane Relief Efforts Receive $3 Million From Curves.
Curves International Inc. announced today it has partnered with its
franchisees and members to donate $3 million to Gulf Coast hurricane
relief. .... [more]
17 Nov, 2005
Ruth's Chris Steak House Announces Hurricane Related Restaurant
Closures. Ruth's Chris Steak House, Inc. today announced that
due to Hurricane Wilma and its effects on southern Florida, four company-owned
restaurants have temporarily closed. .... [more]
28 Oct, 2005
CKE Restaurants, Inc. Raises More Than $275,000 To Aid Hurricane
Victims. CKE Restaurants, Inc. announced today that an in-store
donation program created to aid hurricane victims raised more than
$275,000. .... [more]
26 Oct, 2005
Louisiana Car Dealer Credits Franchise System With Recovery
From Hurricane Double Whammy. Nearly a month and many gray
hairs since taking a hurricane one-two punch, a Louisiana used-car
dealer is helping his customers get rolling again, and he's crediting
his franchise system. .... [more]
13 Oct, 2005
Outback weathers hurricanes with increased system sales.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita cost Outback Steakhouse Inc. $2.2 million
in lost revenue during the five-week period ending Sept. 24. ....
[more]
29 Sep, 2005
Huntington Learning Center Announces Hurricane Katrina Business
Recovery Plan. The oldest national provider of franchised
supplemental educational services, Huntington Learning Centers, Inc.,
has announced a Hurricane Katrina Recovery Plan that offers significantly
discounted franchise fees. .... [more]
28 Sep, 2005
McDonald's searches for lost workers. With thousands
of employees still missing in the wake of Katrina, the fast-food giant
has mounted a major effort to find and help them. .... [more]
22 Sep, 2005
Kroger's Hurricane Relief Efforts Will Exceed $6 Million.
The Kroger Co. today said it expects to provide more than $6 million
for hurricane relief efforts. .... [more]
22 Sep, 2005
Popeyes® Chicken & Biscuits Launches National In-Restaurant
Donation Program. Popeyes® Chicken & Biscuits today
announced that the company and its franchise operators have launched
a national, in-restaurant donation program to support Hurricane Katrina
relief. .... [more]
21 Sep, 2005
Case® Offers Jobs to Victims Affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Case® Design/ Remodeling, Inc. today announced that it will look
among the displaced evacuees affected by Hurricane Katrina to fill
an immediate need for qualified carpenters, craftsman and carpenter's
helpers. .... [more]
21 Sep, 2005
AFC Enterprises updates Katrina damage. AFC Enterprises
Inc. reported 43 of its Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits restaurants
in the Gulf Coast region remain shuttered following the impact of
Hurricane Katrina. .... [more]
21 Sep, 2005
Papa John's works with franchisees affected by Katrina.
With 65 stores in Louisiana and Mississippi, the fury of Hurricane
Katrina was on the minds and agendas of many at the Papa John's International
Inc. headquarters before and after the storm devastated large swaths
of both states. .... [more]
19 Sep, 2005
Text messaging can provide vital link. Smoothie King
hopes to reopen at least five of its hurricane-damaged outlets this
week, thanks to employees who, while left without phone service, were
able to use text messages to arrange cleanups and the delivery of
fresh supplies. .... [more]
18 Sep, 2005
Popeyes Chain to Rebuild After Katrina. Marlon Field
and Adrian Perkins had seen hurricanes and false alarms before, so
when Katrina approached Louisiana the two Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits
managers left New Orleans with only enough clothes for a few days.
.... [more]
16 Sep, 2005
Katrina won't KO steakhouse's plans. It will take more
than a hurricane to stop Ruth's Chris Steak House from arriving in
the Hub. .... [more]
16 Sep, 2005
CKE Restaurants, Inc. Offers Aid to Hurricane Katrina Victims.
To assist the efforts of the American Red Cross, CKE Restaurants,
Inc. has initiated fund-raising efforts in all of its restaurants.
.... [more]
14 Sep, 2005
Brooke Corporation Cancels New Orleans Convention. Brooke
announced that the Company's 2005 Annual Franchise Convention scheduled
in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been canceled due to the devastation
caused by Hurricane Katrina. .... [more]
13 Sep, 2005
Burger King Corporation to Help Provide Jobs
for Hurricane Katrina Evacuees. Burger King Corporation today
announced a program to source, recruit and hire displaced Burger King
restaurant employees into new or existing jobs at Burger King restaurants
in more than 13 cities nationwide. .... [more]
12 Sep, 2005
Toys 'R' Us and Babies 'R' Us Support Evacuees Affected by Hurricane
Katrina. In the wake of devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina,
Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us have donated supplies
to multiple locations that are housing evacuees. .... [more]
12 Sep, 2005
Applebee's: Six restaurants remain closed after Katrina.
Applebee's International Inc. said Monday that six of its restaurants
are still closed after it had temporarily closed 15 restaurants in
the wake of Hurricane Katrina. .... [more]
12 Sep, 2005
INTEREST: Leave-Time Gifts Are Encouraged. The Treasury
Department is expected to announce a plan today designed to encourage
workers to give up unused vacation time, sick days or personal leave
in order to help Hurricane Katrina victims. .... [more]
9 Sep, 2005
Hurricane Katrina evacuees find jobs at Austin print shop.
An Austin franchise of AlphaGraphics Inc., a Salt Lake City design,
copy and print company, has temporarily hired a small group of Hurricane
Katrina victims. .... [more]
9 Sep, 2005
Tony Roma's Donates Sales of Red Crosses to Help Victims of
Hurricane Katrina. Romacorp Inc., the parent company of Tony
Roma's restaurants, announced today that all U.S. company and franchise
restaurants will hold a fundraising drive to collect monetary donations
for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. .... [more]
9 Sep, 2005
Hardee's Franchisees Establish Relief Fund. The Independent
Hardee's Franchisee Association today is establishing a hurricane
relief fund to assist franchisee restaurant employees in the Gulf
Coast whose lives have been devastated in the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina. .... [more]
8 Sep, 2005
Couche to aid staff stricken by Katrina. Alimentation
Couche-Tard Inc. plans to offer workers at its 11 New Orleans-area
Circle K locations destroyed by hurricane Katrina the option of relocating
when the company tracks them down. .... [more]
8 Sep, 2005
Sonic Teams With Its Operators, Supply Partners and Customers
to Aid Hurricane Katrina Victims. Sonic Corp., the nation's
largest chain of drive-in restaurants, today announced that it will
join with its operators to provide financial support for the victims
of Hurricane Katrina. .... [more]
8 Sep, 2005
House of Bread Franchising Rallies Behind New Orleans Franchisees.
House of Bread will donate 100 percent of sales on Friday, September
16, to the owners of the New Orleans House of Bread franchise, whose
store was likely destroyed as a result of Hurricane Katrina. ....
[more]
8 Sep, 2005
Rapid Refill Ink Teams Up With the American Red Cross.
Rapid Refill Ink franchisees are helping those in need after the hurricane
in the Gulf. Franchisees are raising money for the American Red Cross
Hurricane Disaster Relief by collecting inkjet and laser toner cartridges.
.... [more]
7 Sep, 2005
Wendy's Working to Help Employees Displaced Due to Hurricane
Katrina. Like Americans everywhere, members of Wendy's family
across North America are pulling together to help one another in the
wake of the devastation and loss from Hurricane Katrina. .... [more]
7 Sep, 2005
A Message to All RPM Pizza Team Members Displaced Due to Hurricane
Katrina. RPM Pizza, LLC, the largest U.S. franchise of Domino's
Pizza, is seeking to contact a number of team members whom they have
yet to hear from in the days following Hurricane Katrina. .... [more]
6 Sep, 2005
Outback Steakhouse, Inc. Comments on the Effects of Hurricane
Katrina. Outback Steakhouse, Inc. today reported that certain
of its restaurants were closed due to mandatory evacuations, property
damage or lack of power and water as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
.... [more]
6 Sep, 2005
Corporate giving grows as hurricane relief picks up steam.
Corporate America continued giving millions in supplies and money
Thursday to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, with donations ranging
from diapers to 10,000 oven-fresh pizzas. .... [more]
2 Sep, 2005
Higher gas prices pinch business owners, delivery drivers.
Across the country, small business owners and people who drive for
a living are feeling a pinch from gasoline prices that have spiraled
to more than $3 a gallon after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.
.... [more]
2 Sep, 2005
Ruby Tuesday Affected by Hurricane Katrina. Ruby Tuesday
restaurants in Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi were destroyed by
Hurricane Katrina. .... [more]
2 Sep, 2005
Local iSold It on eBay Stores Accepting Donations for Victims
of Hurricane Katrina. iSold It on eBay Drop-Off Stores Team
with World Concern and the American Red Cross to Send Proceeds from
Items Sold to Help Aid Relief Efforts. .... [more]
1 Sep, 2005
Papa John's launches hurricane relief effort. Papa
John's International and its Houston franchisees have launched a relief
effort to ease the suffering of victims of Hurricane Katrina. ....
[more]
1 Sep, 2005
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