Cooper's Hawk

Financing

Cooper’s Hawk to be sold to Ares Management

Sources have confirmed a Mergermarket report of the deal to the private equity firm.

Workforce

Cooper’s Hawk tries a new workforce development strategy: BMWs

General managers and executive kitchen managers can get free BMW leases for three years based on their ability to develop employees.

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Hiring ahead of the growth is the secret to the brand keeping pace, its CEO says.

The aim is getting precious space on customers’ phones for an app.

The service is part of the company’s ongoing efforts to increase benefits for its 340,000 Wine Club members.

The former Potbelly CFO had spent a time as that chain’s interim CEO.

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Offering a varied menu of modern American dishes, designed to complement its handcrafted, barrel-aged wines made on-site

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