Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Buffalo Wild Wings just torched a Bill Ackman protégé and other top stories.

  • Buffalo Wild Wings just torched a Bill Ackman protégé

    Buffalo Wild Wings just torched a Bill Ackman protégé
    The ongoing war between Buffalo Wild Wings and Marcato Capital, a San Francisco-based hedge fund, is heating up. On Tuesday Buffalo Wild Wings released a presentation to shareholders that emphasized the firm's strength and took shots at recent criticisms flung at the casual dining chain by Marcato. The hedge fund currently has a 6.1% stake in the company, according to a May press release by Marcato calling for board changes.  Marcato released a deck in April in which they outlined some of the c..
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  • Buffalo Wild Wings Opens In Peachtree Corners

    Buffalo Wild Wings Opens In Peachtree Corners
    PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA — Buffalo Wild Wings, the restaurant chain known for its wide array of wings and beer offerings, has opened its newest location in Peachtree Corners.The restaurant bills itself as "the ultimate place to get together with friends to watch sports, drink beer and eat wings." The new restaurant offers 54 wide screen televisions and a more than ample size bar area.The Peachtree Corners restaurant is located at 6135 Peachtree Pkwy., just a few doors down from the new Aldi grocery..
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  • Blue Buffalo Company (Nasdaq: BUFF) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock ...

    Blue Buffalo Company (Nasdaq: BUFF) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock ...
    Blue Buffalo Company (Nasdaq:BUFF) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell ADVISORY, May 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What: Blue Buffalo (Nasdaq:BUFF), the nation's leading natural pet food company, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to raise awareness for pet cancer research and treatment. In honor of the occasion, Bill Bishop, Founder and Chairman, will make opening remarks. David Petrie, President of the Blue Buffalo Foundation, and Susanne Kogut, Executive Director..
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  • Moving More After a Concussion

    Moving More After a Concussion
    Since then, mounting evidence has indicated that sports-related concussions are not benign and require appropriate treatment. The question has been what these appropriate treatments should be.In the early 2000s, dozens of the world’s premier experts on sports-related concussions started meeting to review studies about concussions, with plans to issue a consensus set of guidelines on how best to identify and deal with the condition.The panel, called the Concussion in Sport Group, does not make f..
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  • Bills look ready to botch their quarterback job again

    Bills look ready to botch their quarterback job again
    The Buffalo Bills have been one of the NFL’s most dysfunctional franchises of the last two decades. They own the longest playoff drought in professional American sports, have had nine head coaches since 2000 and have yet to find a franchise quarterback since the days of Jim Kelly. The Bills are hoping to put an end to their mediocre ways this year with a completely new regime. GM Doug Whaley is out and coaches Rex and Rob Ryan are gone, but one thing remains the same: Tyrod Taylor is their quar..
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  • Deliver Us from iPads

    Deliver Us from iPads
    Imagine a crowded restaurant. Glasses clink. Conversations buzz. You’re ushered to your seat, take a nonchalant glance around, and then, after an inevitable subtle double take, there he is: the astronaut at the next table. I’m not talking about a real astronaut, of course, but of a digital traveler: one of those small — or, often, not so small — children constantly plugged in and tuned out, floating somewhere in cyberspace. While it sounds otherworldly, the “astronaut at dinner” is becomin..
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  • A Review of 'People v. Bushey'

    A Review of 'People v. Bushey'
    Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. are partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
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  • Labor costs hurt most chains' profits in Q1

    This post is part of the On the Margin blog. Labor costs are rising and sales are falling, and that’s hitting restaurant companies where it counts: The bottom line. National Retail Concept Partners, a consulting firm out of Denver, analyzed publicly traded companies that reported earnings through May 5. Of the 26 companies that reported, only three of them had flat or positive labor impacts: Darden Restaurants Inc., Yum Brands Inc., and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. The latter chain enjoyed stron..
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  • Zac Efron Is Trading Shirtless Scenes for Serial Murder

    Zac Efron Is Trading Shirtless Scenes for Serial Murder
    Left, by Jason Koerner; Right, from Bettmann, both from Getty Images.Zac Efron has already navigated one major career pivot, transitioning from Disney-approved heartthrob to . . . a more grown-up heartthrob, with a few interesting detours along the way. But despite his best efforts (sorry, The Paperboy), he’s never exactly managed to find a dramatic role that marked him as a Serious Actor.All that may change with the announcement of his latest project: the onetime High School Musical front man h..
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  • Florida A&M names Robert McCullum as men's basketball coach

    Florida A&M names Robert McCullum as men's basketball coach
    The 62-year-old McCullum was one of three finalists for the job along with Buffalo assistant Lindsey Hunter and Pat Kennedy, who has led five programs ...
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Toyota Chief Says He's Looking at Spending Cuts as Profit Slides .Buffalo Judge Who Desegregated City Schools Dies At 95 .
Sabres snap Blues' 6-game winning streak with 3-2 win .Henry Heimlich, life-saving maneuver creator, dies at 96 .

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