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...Its previous owners — Bain Capital, the Carlyle Group and Thomas H Lee Partners — took the company public in 2011. Additional reporting by Patrick Temple-West in New York...
...“Our strong same-restaurant sales and new restaurant growth drove continued market share gains during the quarter,” said chief executive Gene Lee....
...Thus we have the American titan Lee Friedlander, whose portraits of employees at work, from bakers to MIT workers, are blessed with near-voyeuristic intimacy....
...The SFO will be represented by James Hines QC of Three Raymond Buildings....
...Lewis Hine perfected both the form and the message more than 100 years ago....
...“The Russian consumer was a great story,” says Lee Timmins, who heads Hines’ Russian office. “Even in the first three quarters of 2014, it did not feel like a crisis....
...The Chicago-based company once known as Sara Lee will add Pinnacle’s Duncan Hines cake mixes, Log Cabin syrups and Wish-Bone salad dressings to its range....
...Smarter-than-human machines that will one day advance far beyond the capabilities of their creators do not figure in his predictions....
...Brinker International’s Chilis chain and the Wendy’s-Arby’s Group Arby’s chain suffered from declining sales in their restaurants....
...Triarc Companies, a holding company which is the franchisor of the Arby’s restaurant system in the US, also took part in the earlier stages of the auction....
...Triarc Companies, a holding company and the franchisor of the Arby’s restaurant system in the US, is also considering making a final bid....
...The first round will also include a consortium of private equity buyers, including Thomas H Lee Partners and Bain Capital, both of which are based in Boston, where Dunkin Brands is located....
...MinuteClinic’s Mr Howe, appointed in June, is a former chief executive of the Arby’s fast food chain who previously worked for KFC....
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