Hey Nick, congrats on getting the work!
I'm going to be doing similar changes - next month will have the 4th corporate owner in a year-and-a-half and have to change all the systems (logos, titles, etc.). I'm salaried full-time employee, so no extra money but hey it's a job <grin>. -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:32 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: OT: Fast Food mish-mash > > > You get another point if you knew that Tri Con is based in Louisville > Kentucky, and Long Johns/A&W was based in Lexington. > > This means I get to do some more work making changes to a web > site. We > built the system that TriCon uses to purchase their office > supplies, A lot > of the franchisers use this system also. Now I get to add > some more people > to the list. > > At 05:08 PM 3/12/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >ok kids, pop quiz: > > > >do you really know where your fast food profits go? > > > >you get a point if you knew that Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and > Kentucky Fried > >Chicken are all owned by the same company, Tri Con Global. > >another point if you knew that Tri Con bought the 3 chains > when they were > >spun off by PepsiCo. > > > >another point if you know that this haute cuisine > conglomerate is now buying > >the Long John Silver's and A&W Root Beer chains. > > > >yet another point if you know their new corporate name - > Yum! Inc. (matches > >their ticker symbol). > > > >The whole point is "co-branding" - 2 brands under the same > roof, e.g. Taco > >Bell and Long John Silver's, so if the parents and the kids > want different > >food there can still be family peace. This is also faster > and cheaper than > >searching for another site and going through the permit > approvals process. > > > >Gee, between YUM, McDonalds, and Burger King, there aren't many other > >players anymore. > > > >(BTW extra credit if you knew that McDonalds owns Boston Market.) > > > >-Ben > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
