At 2010-07-12 14:31, John Smith wrote:
On 13 July 2010 07:25, Brad Neuhauser <brad.neuhau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Side note: John, Do you seriously check health certificates before
> tagging restaurants?
I don't usually tag name, just operator, I just mentioned that to
point out the name is easy to locate if people did want to tag it.
Is operator correct, though? Many well-known chains are franchises, where
the actual operator is a company or individual that is named on the
business license or health certificate.
To use a (hopefully) internationally-known chain of sandwich shops, if you
tag operator=Subway, you are saying that Subway operates the restaurant,
which is incorrect. Subway rents use of their brand name and collective
advertising for 12.5% of the gross sales, and may also act as a vendor for
some or all of the supplies, but the owner/operator of the restaurant is
someone else.
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Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net>
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