What are pet rocks? Pet Rocks were a 1970s collectible conceived in Los Gatos‚ California by advertising executive Gary Dahl. Contents [hide] 1 Development 2 Marketing 3 Availability 4 References 5 External links [edit]Development In April 1975‚ Dahl was in a bar (which is now Beauregard Vineyards Tasting room in Bonny Doon) listening to his friends complain about their pets. This gave him the idea for the perfect "pet": a rock.[1] A rock would not need to be fed‚ walked‚ bathed‚ groomed
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CONVERSATION CAFÉ BUSINESS PLAN Table of Contents {text:bookmark-start} The Executive Summary {text:bookmark-end} Conversation Café‚ unlike a typical café‚ will provide a unique forum for communication and entertainment. A niche exists that has yet to be filled for a high-volume‚ upscale‚ quality-driven coffeehouse with a warm‚ inviting atmosphere. Conversation Café meets this need and fills this niche. We offer high-quality products in an upscale environment. Furthermore‚ our high-profile
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In our Business Connections class‚ we used a simulation called “Biz Café”. This simulation activity took place in groups of three or four over the span of the semester. The simulation was a coffee house that the group made decisions on. Every week the group makes decisions regarding what should happen at the coffee house‚ i.e. hire/firing employees‚ wages‚ insurance‚ marketing‚ etc. Three days later the results of these decisions are posted and the group sees the results of the decisions they made
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Academy Graduate Studies‚ Benghazi. Term Paper for Maintenance Management Course Titled: Impact of Maintenance Activities on the Environment. Prepared By: Haitham Hashem 4657. Farage Shem 4465. Supervised By: Prof. Dr. Farage Elfeituri. Contents Introduction 3 How Can Maintenance Affect the Environment? 4 Limitation of Environmental impact in maintenance operations 4 I. Evaluation of Environmental aspects in maintenance 4 II. Environmental aspects to be considered 5
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CONTRACT NO. RD. 0474 1. CONTRACT DETAILS Financing - Government of Kenya Development Vote Engineer - Chief Engineer (Roads)‚ MOR&PW Contractor - Aegis Construction Ltd. Design - Sapamo Consulting Engineers Design Fee - Kshs.10‚971‚048.00 Contract sum - Kshs.502‚026‚888.00 Contract Period - 15 Months Date of commencement - 4th April‚ 2007 Contractual Date of completion - 5th July‚ 2008 Period of time elapsed - 7 months (47%) Amount certified to date - Kshs.64‚396
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1. The Broadway Café History The café‚ I inherited from my grandfather is located Downtown Raleigh‚ NC on the Fayetteville Street. The café offers many different kinds of specialized coffees‚ teas‚ a full service bakery‚ and homemade sandwiches‚ soups‚ and salads. My grandfather first opened the Broadway Cafe in 1952 and it has been a local hotspot for many years. Unfortunately the business has been declining for the last five years and inevitably is going to hit the wall soon if some staple measurements
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Cool Beans Coffee Cafe Kimberly A. McKelvy Dr. Patricia Obiefule BUS 335 – Staffing Organizations February 3‚ 2013 Identify the type of employment relationship you would establish between the coffee shop and employees from a legal perspective. Explain your reasoning. Cool Beans Coffee Cafe is planning on establishing an employer-employee relationship. A written agreement is going to represent our employment contract‚ “the terms and conditions of which represents the promises and expectations
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‘THE BEST ESPRESSO THIS SIDE OF MILAN’ ANNUAL REPORT 2008 HIGHLIGHTS FY2008 (JUNE 2007 – MAY 2008) FINANCIAL EVOLUTION STORES 371 REVENUE (£M) 129.3 108.8 90.7 FY08 GROWTH 19% 70.1 50.5 REVENUE UP 19% TO £129.3M (2007: £108.8M) LIKE-FOR-LIKE STORE SALES INCREASED BY 2.4% EBITDA ROSE BY 20.5% TO £24.1M (2007: £20M) PRE TAX PROFIT CLIMBED BY 38% TO £13.2M (2007: £9.6M) STRONG CASH GENERATION CONTINUES TO FUND ROLL-OUT OF NEW STORES A NET INCREASE OF 61 NEW STORES DURING THE YEAR‚ BRINGING
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As owner of the White Dog Café‚ Judy Wicks must decide how she can improve her restaurants growth in the short‚ medium‚ and long term while continuing the restaurants social programs and maintaining its current ethical position. After an analysis of the current situation‚ we will present viable alternatives to ensure the White Dog Café continues its commitment in the long term to social responsibility in a manner that allows Judy Wicks to step down as owner of the Café. We will prove to Judy Wicks
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Success literature going back hundreds of years espouses the benefits of hard work. But why is it that some people seem to feel that “hard work” is a dirty word nowadays? I define “hard work” as work that is challenging. Both hard work and “working hard” (i.e. putting in the time required to get the job done) are required for success. A problem occurs when people think of challenging work as painful or uncomfortable. Does challenging work necessarily have to be painful? No‚ of course not. In fact
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