The Keg Steakhouse and Bar Canada
November 22, 2020 The Keg was created by Vancouver entrepreneur George Tidball in 1971. Mr. Tidball’s first restaurant location was in the lower level of an old industrial building in … Read more
Hudson’s Bay Compay: Paying homage to two of the oldest retailers in the United States and Canada: Part Two–Hudson’s Bay Company.
November 15, 2020 In Part One of this two-part series, we took a deep dive into the history of Brooks Brothers, the oldest store in the United States. In Part … Read more
Brooks Brothers: Paying homage to two of the oldest retailers in the United States and Canada: Part One–Brooks Brothers, U.S.A.
November 8, 2020 In today’s world, retailers come and retailers go. However, there are two retailers that have shown astounding staying power: Brooks Brothers, in the United States, and The … Read more
Winners Canada: find fabulous for less
November 1, 2020 Fabulous fashions at discount prices. Winners, one of Canada’s first off-price department stores, was founded in Toronto in 1982 by David Margolis and Neil Rosenberg. In 1990, … Read more
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
October 25, 2020 Founded by two Sicilian boys from Texas who love to cook and eat. Way back in 1986, Johnny Carrabba III and his uncle, Damian Mandola, got together … Read more
Potbelly
October 18, 2020 Good Vibes. Great Sandwiches. Way back around the end of the hippy days, 1977, to be exact, Peter Hastings and his wife owned a little antique shop … Read more
Tim Hortons USA: Where We’re at in 2020
October 11, 2020 Always Fresh! Last week I created a few charts to give you an overview of Tim Hortons in Canada. This week we’ll have a look at what’s … Read more
Tim Hortons Canada: where we’re at in 2020
Always fresh! October 4, 2020 Some of us call it Tims and some of us call it Timmies. But, no matter what you call it, Tim Hortons is part of … Read more
H-E-B: Here Everything’s Better
September 27, 2020 “Here, Everything’s Better,” might be a catchy slogan, but it really stands for Howard Edward Butt. But, it wasn’t Butt who founded H-E-B, it was his mother, … Read more
Bonefish Grill
September 21, 2020 Tim Curci and Chris Parker of Petersburg, Florida, love fishing. They love catching fish, cooking it and serving it to friends and family. In January 2000 they … Read more