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TGI Fridays

The week in ideas, December 21, 2012

Tip pooling might be a bad idea. Begging for business might be a good one. Keeping your mouth shut can also be a good idea. Telling cops they can’t eat at your restaurant is never a good one. But none of that matters because the apocalypse is today. Hope you have your promotion lined up.

Fridays modernizes to engage with millennials

A new TGI Fridays in Corpus Christi, Texas, is ditching the dark wood, red stripes and kitsch—as well as the TGI—to capture a different crowd and daypart.

TGI Fridays sold to private-equity firms for $800 million

May 20, 2014

Sentinel Capital Partners, which will be the majority shareholder, earlier this year acquired Checkers Drive-In Restaurants as well as the parent company of the Newk's Eatery franchise.

8 chains aiming at voters on Election Day

By Jackson Lewis on Nov. 02, 2016

Operators are looking to cash in on the chatter surrounding this year’s presidential race.

TGI Fridays announces initiative to accelerate growth

Sep. 29, 2014

TGI Fridays intends to sell most of its 247 company-run units to current and new franchisees who agree to renovate the restaurants and construct stores on what the company termed an “accelerated timetable.”

Activist wants Scott Bergren, Lee Sanders on BWW's board

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 06, 2017

Mick McGuire, an investor known to play an active role, also wants a seat for himself.

Marketing

Top 10 marketing stories of 2014

By Kelly Killian on Dec. 30, 2014

Technology and social media fueled many of the year’s marketing successes and missteps at restaurants. A couple of operators, though, found new life in old tricks, doubling down on discounting and resurrecting in-demand LTOs.

TGI Fridays snags Taco Bell's new product force

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 07, 2017

The creator of breakthrough items like the Doritos Locos Taco will now be charged with differentiating the casual brand from the pack.

Workforce

Mastering networking

By Amanda M. Westbrooks on Mar. 10, 2015

A Women’s Foodservice Forum study earmarked “building networks” among the top three competencies of successful women in the industry. See how to tailor that effort to your style.

Consumer Trends

So Long, Dining Rooms

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 12, 2017

As off-premise continues to grow, an omnichannel approach may be on the horizon.

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