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Article #843Re: Looking for Huge Portions
From: Tim May
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:28
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:28
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In article <c66pkd$1m88$1@agate.berkeley.edu>, D. Gerasimatos <dim@soda.csua.berkeley.edu> wrote: > In article <c66mrk$cnk$1@blue.rahul.net>, > axlq in California <axlq@spamcop.net> wrote: > > > >Also, some U.S. restaurant chains that are all but dead here live on > >in Asia. There was a Shakey's Pizza place in Yokosuka (I haven't > >seen a Shakey's in the United States since the 1970s), and a bunch > >of Swensen's Ice Cream places in Singapore. > > > Shakey's is still around. There are 54 in California alone. One of those > is on Foothill in Pasadena. > According to this news story, a Singapore company bought Shakey's in 1989. The financials don't look too good for them, according to the report. <http://www.pizzamarketplace.com/news_story_12766.htm> There are also still some Swenson's around, including, last I looked, one on University Avenue in Palo Alto. Not as many as during their heyday. --Tim May
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