Podcasts about Restaurant Brands International

SummaryIn this episode of Restaurant Owners Uncorked, host Wil Brawley speaks with Jeff Galletly, CEO of Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, about his extensive journey in the hospitality industry. Jeff shares insights from his corporate background at PepsiCo and Restaurant Brands International, his transition to entrepreneurship, and the rapid growth of Brooklyn Dumpling Shop. The conversation delves into the importance of hospitality in the restaurant business, the balance between technology and human interaction, and the current trends in consumer spending. Jeff emphasizes the significance of providing value and quality to customers while navigating the challenges of the restaurant industry. Jeff and Wil discuss the intricacies of leadership, brand integrity, and the entrepreneurial journey. They explore influential books that have shaped their perspectives, the challenges of maintaining brand identity during growth, and the importance of self-care for sustainable leadership. The dialogue emphasizes the need for resilience in the face of challenges and the significance of making thoughtful decisions in business.Takeaways Jeff Galletly transitioned from corporate roles to entrepreneurship. Brooklyn Dumpling Shop has doubled in size rapidly. Hospitality remains a crucial aspect of the restaurant experience. Technology should enhance, not replace human interaction. Consumer confidence is currently declining in the restaurant industry. Franchising offers significant growth opportunities for operators. The brand focuses on quality and value for customers. Feedback from guests is essential for improving service. Real estate challenges are mitigated by flexible footprints. Networking with industry peers is vital for growth and learning. Influential books like 'Know What Matters' shape leadership. Focusing on core values prevents distraction from opportunities. Maintaining brand integrity is crucial for long-term success. Entrepreneurship requires prioritization and team cohesion. Burning the boats symbolizes commitment to growth. Self-care is essential for effective leadership. Resilience is key in navigating business challenges. Decision-making impacts the trajectory of a business. Learning from challenges fosters personal and professional growth. Community and support systems are vital for entrepreneurs.

Restaurant Brands International CEO Josh Kobza discusses price pressures. He speaks with Sonali Basak and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Newcomer Investor Channel!  I love to chat about great businesses with awesome people. Please note: this podcast is not financial advice. I'm not telling YOU what to do... I'm just sharing what I do! Newcomer Investor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewcomerInvest Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@newcomerinvestor/featured Email me at ⁠iamthenewcomerinvestor@gmail.com⁠  TIMESTAMPS (0:00) - Intro (0:48) - McDonalds earnings review & comparison with Restaurant Brands International (14:30) - Will I buy McDonalds stock? (17:40) - Bell  (25:48) - TC Energy

It's been 5 years since Call to Action® captured our first of what's now over 140 heroes and allies from the industry front lines to have a chin-wag with. To celebrate, we're rereleasing a choice cut of our favourite episodes as part of a ‘Best Of' series.  Back in 2021, we posed as a jester in the throne room of the Burger Kingdom to nab one of the most influential CMOs in the industry; the mind behind the infamous Mouldy Whopper, Fernando Machado. A global marketer with enough Lions to rival Joe Exotic, Fernando has since tucked into a few new roles, including one as CMO at Activision Blizzard. But at the time of recording, Fer was CMO at Restaurant Brands International, serving up great creative work for Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons.  So, pull up to the next window and pick-up Fer's final flame-grilled interview pre-abdicating, where we chat on his obsession with creativity, how to make the case for creativity, the role of the CMO, why Mouldy Whopper was never a risk, brand heritage, cancel culture, Bill Bernbach, Dads in Briefs and the cliff divers of Acapulco. ///// Check out The One Club for Creativity  BGH Air Conditioners: Dads in Briefs   Timestamps (02:15) - Quick fire questions (03:39) - His early career and first job (08:02) - Importance of creativity as a competitive advantage (15:24) - Making the case for creativity in marketing (20:30) - Burger King's challenger mindset and culture of creativity (25:22) - Role of the CMO and comfort with being uncomfortable (28:29) - Listener questions  (33:04) - 4 pertinent posers  Fernando's book recommendations are:  Bill Bernbach's Book by Bob Levenson  The Copy Book by D&AD  /////

In this episode of The Art of Consulting Podcast, Cat sits down with Stefan Streckfus, co-founder and CTO of Renewell Energy. With nearly 5 years in renewable energy innovation and a background in designing scalable solutions for crises and commercial efficiency, Stefan shares his journey, challenges, and vision for the future of sustainable energy. Tune in for insights on impactful projects and advice for aspiring innovators. Welcome and Introduction 00:13 - 00:55 Hey, what is up you guys? It's Cat. Today we have a special guest, Stefan Streckfus, co-founder and CTO of Renewell Energy. With nearly 5 years in renewable energy innovation, Stefan is a Westgate fellow and former energy engineer at Mawaw Modular. He designed scalable renewable energy systems for refugee crises and founded Strekworks LLC, a consulting firm. He also led equipment innovation at Restaurant Brands International, improving efficiency and quality for brands like Burger King and Tim Hortons. Welcome, Stefan! Guest Introduction 00:56 - 03:40 Thanks, Cat! It's great to be here. I'm excited to share my journey in the renewable energy sector and talk about some of the projects I've been involved with. Journey into Renewable Energy 03:41 - 08:15 Let's start with your journey. How did you get into renewable energy? It began with my engineering background. At Mawaw Modular, I worked on renewable energy solutions for refugee camps, which sparked my interest in this field. That experience led me to co-found Renewell Energy. Projects and Innovations 08:16 - 15:45 Can you share more about the projects you've worked on? Sure. At Renewell Energy, we focus on scalable solutions for sustainable energy. One notable project was developing a solar-powered water purification system for remote areas. At Strekworks LLC, I consulted on renewable energy projects, helping companies transition to greener solutions. Impact of Renewable Energy 15:46 - 20:10 What impact have these projects had on the communities and companies you worked with? The impact has been significant. For example, the solar-powered water purification system has provided clean water to thousands of people in remote areas. At Restaurant Brands International, the innovations led to improved energy efficiency and cost savings. Challenges in the Field 20:11 - 25:50 What are some of the challenges you've faced in the renewable energy sector? One major challenge is the initial cost of implementing renewable energy solutions. There's also the need for continuous innovation to keep up with the growing demand for sustainable energy. Future of Renewable Energy 25:51 - 30:25 Where do you see the future of renewable energy heading? I believe we'll see more integration of renewable energy into everyday life. Innovations in storage and efficiency will make renewable energy more accessible and affordable. Advice for Aspiring Innovators 30:26 - 35:10 What advice would you give to someone looking to get into the renewable energy field? Stay curious and keep learning. The renewable energy field is constantly evolving, so it's important to stay updated with the latest technologies and trends. Networking and gaining hands-on experience are also crucial. Closing Remarks 35:11 - 36:30 Thank you so much, Stefan, for sharing your insights and experiences. Thank you, Cat. It's been a pleasure talking with you. Outro 36:31 - 37:00 That's all for today's episode, folks. Thank you for tuning in. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review. See you next time! Episode Highlights: Welcome and Introduction 00:13 - 00:55 Cat introduces Stefan Streckfus, co-founder and CTO of Renewell Energy. Guest Introduction 00:56 - 03:40 Stefan shares his background and experience. Journey into Renewable Energy 03:41 - 08:15 How Stefan got into renewable energy. Projects and Innovations 08:16 - 15:45 Stefan discusses key projects and innovations. Impact of Renewable Energy 15:46 - 20:10 The impact of Stefan's projects on communities and companies. Challenges in the Field 20:11 - 25:50 Challenges faced in the renewable energy sector. Future of Renewable Energy 25:51 - 30:25 Stefan's vision for the future of renewable energy. Advice for Aspiring Innovators 30:26 - 35:10 Advice for those looking to enter the renewable energy field. Closing Remarks 35:11 - 36:30 Cat thanks Stefan for sharing his insights. Outro 36:31 - 37:00 Cat wraps up the episode and encourages listeners to subscribe. About Our Guest Today: Stefan Streckfus is the CTO at Renewell Energy. His career has focused on the development and implementation of new technologies in commercial settings. Prior to Renewell Energy, Stefan was Sr. Manager of Equipment Innovation at RBI (Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes) for 5 years, where he focused on equipment innovation, commercialization and deployment. In 2015, he received his first patent for a modification to the broiler. Stefan earned his MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University and his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University. When he's not working on Renewell's mission, you can find him wandering the woods, links, or musical realms. Where to find Our Guest online https://renewellenergy.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-streckfus-480ab037/?original_referer=  

Restaurant Brands International is buying back its China business. Craveworthy Brands opened a food hall. And Chipotle taps Olympic athletes for its latest promotion.

Restaurant Brands International is buying back its China business. Craveworthy Brands opened a food hall. And Chipotle taps Olympic athletes for its latest promotion. First Bite is becoming Restaurant Daily! Don't forget to subscribe at Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here.

Restaurant Brands International-owned Burger King is launching its own $5 meal deal ahead of McDonald's, Bloomberg News reported, citing an internal memo, as burger wars heat up. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, The National Puerto Rican Day Parade descended on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in what organizers said was the “largest demonstration of cultural pride” in the United States. A middle school rite of passage is no more for the students of one Long Island town after school officials had the bathrooms fitted with “vape detectors.” And in Delaware, the criminal trial of President Biden's son heads into its final stretch as the defense tries to chip away at prosecutors' case laying bare some of the darkest moments of Hunter Biden's drug-fueled past.

I love when I have the chance to reconnect with a blast from the past in my life...especially to catch up live on my podcast! In this week's episode of Hire Learning, I sat down with Curtis Weeks, who I worked with back in the day at Restaurant Brands International. Now, Curtis is killing it as the CEO of New Reach Education. On the episode, we have the privilege of hearing how Curtis is building an incredible community through great talent, how he's working to elevate the company's status and a bunch of insights into being a total operating guru! We even throw it back to the time he spent working as a district manager at Walmart. It was super fun to have Curtis on the pod, and I know you will learn a lot (as I did) from his story. Take a listen for yourself! Connect with our host, Oz Rashid, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozrashid.Learn more about MSH: https://www.talentmsh.com.Don't forget to rate, download and subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss out on creative, innovative strategies for hiring the best talent.#Talent #Hiring #Learning #Teams #Jobs

Today's guests; Patrick Doyle and Josh Kobza, the Executive Chair and CEO of Restaurant Brands International, one of the world's largest fast-food companies. They own Burger King, Tim Hortons, Firehouse, and Popeyes. In other words, they sell billions of Burgers, Coffees, Chickens and Sandwiches every year. They discuss trends in the industry, how they work together, the link between trust and speed, and much more.The production team on this episode were PLAN-B's Pål Huuse and Niklas Figenschau Johansen. Background research was done by Sigurd Brekke, with input from portfolio manager Irene Jensen.Links:Watch the episode on YouTube: Norges Bank Investment Management - YouTubeWant to learn more about the fund? The fund | Norges Bank Investment Management (nbim.no)Follow Nicolai Tangen on LinkedIn: Nicolai Tangen | LinkedInFollow NBIM on LinkedIn: Norges Bank Investment Management: Administrator for bedriftsside | LinkedInFollow NBIM on Instagram: Explore Norges Bank Investment Management on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we start by discussing the latest Canadian inflation data. We also go over challenges facing Canadian Tire, explore Intact Financial's surprising performance, and analyze Air Canada's strategic moves amid economic shifts. We then talk about the operational turnaround at Restaurant Brands International, with Tim Hortons leading the growth charge. Finally, we navigate the dynamic world of buy now pay later with Affirm Holdings, exploring revenue spikes, customer metrics, and potential risks. Join us as we dissect these financial landscapes, providing you with quick insights into the Canadian market's latest developments. Tickers of stocks discussed: AFRM, CTC-A.TO, AC.TO, IFC.TO Check out our portfolio by going to Jointci.com Our Website Canadian Investor Podcast Network Twitter: @cdn_investing Simon's twitter: @Fiat_Iceberg Braden's twitter: @BradoCapital Dan's Twitter: @stocktrades_ca Want to learn more about Real Estate Investing? Check out the Canadian Real Estate Investor Podcast! Apple Podcast - The Canadian Real Estate Investor  Spotify - The Canadian Real Estate Investor  Sign up for Finchat.io for free to get easy access to global stock coverage and powerful AI investing tools. Register for EQ Bank, the seamless digital banking experience with better rates and no nonsense.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Newcomer Investor Channel!  I love to chat about great businesses with awesome people. Please note: this podcast is not financial advice. I'm not telling YOU what to do... I'm just sharing what I do! Newcomer Investor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewcomerInvest Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@newcomerinvestor/featured Email me at ⁠iamthenewcomerinvestor@gmail.com⁠  (0:00) - Intro (0:39) - Tim Hortons (6:16) - Burger King (9:33) - High level + 5y plan (11:38) - Riocan & Smartcentres update (13:53) - Enbridge & TC Energy update (15:10) - My next big trade…

In the latest episode, we take a solo dive into a week filled with significant news and developments in the food industry, promising the return of guest interviews in the upcoming episode. The episode, presented by Caddle, encapsulates a variety of topics highlighting the dynamic nature of the food sector.We begin with an insightful discussion on a survey about farmers' trust, revealing a concerning gap in confidence across generations. Sylvain expresses his trepidation upon reviewing the survey results, emphasizing the importance of understanding these generational differences. The conversation then shifts to legislative changes, specifically C-282, which aims to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development Act to provide immunity to supply management during trade deals. This legislative development is currently on its second reading in the Senate, indicating significant implications for the food industry.The hosts also discuss U.S. food inflation, which decreased to 2.6% in January, and ponder its implications for Canada.Highlighting business success, Sylvain and Michael discuss Restaurant Brands International's remarkable improvement in Tim Horton's profitability, attributing part of this success to operational efficiencies like reducing drive-through times. Moreover, the episode covers MTY Food Group Inc.'s impressive financial performance despite a slight decline in same-store sales, reflecting consumer discretion in spending.The episode also sheds light on the agricultural sector, particularly Ukraine's resilience in maintaining cargo volumes from its deep-water ports at two-thirds of their pre-invasion levels. This resilience is a testament to the country's agricultural robustness and strategic significance.Lastly, the podcast pays tribute to Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill, who recently passed away at 94. Moore's legacy of giving the business to his employees through an employee stock ownership plan is celebrated, highlighting his innovative and employee-focused approach to business.About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.About MichaelMichael is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada and the Bank of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, Today's Shopping Choice and Pandora Jewellery.Michael has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions with C-level executives and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels. ReThink Retail has added Michael to their prestigious Top Global Retail Influencers list for 2023 for the third year in a row.Michael is also the president of Maven Media, producing a network of leading trade podcasts, including Remarkable Retail , with best-selling author Steve Dennis, now ranked one of the top retail podcasts in the world.Based in San Francisco, Global eCommerce Leaders podcast explores global cross-border issues and opportunities for eCommerce brands and retailers.Last but not least, Michael is the producer and host of the "Last Request Barbeque" channel on YouTube, where he cooks meals to die for - and collaborates with top brands as a food and product influencer across North America

In der heutigen Folge „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Nando Sommerfeldt und Philipp Vetter über schwierige Signale bei Adidas, Panik bei Peloton und weitere Erfolge der Deutschen Bank. Außerdem geht es um Nike, Puma, Polestar, Volvo, Geely Merck & Co., Apple, UnitedHealth Group, Restaurant Brands International, Domino's Pizza, Morgan Stanley, Zions Bancorporation, Vulcan Materials, Broadcom, Oracle, Amphenol, Cintas. Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Hier findet ihr alle AAA-Bonus-Episoden bei WELT – dazu den AAA-Newsletter und noch weitere WELTplus-Inhalte: https://www.welt.de/podcasts/alles-auf-aktien/plus247399208/Boersen-Podcast-AAA-Bonus-Folgen-Jede-Woche-noch-mehr-Antworten-auf-Eure-Boersen-Fragen.html Hörtipps: Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Außerdem bei WELT: Im werktäglichen Podcast „Das bringt der Tag“ geben wir Ihnen im Gespräch mit WELT-Experten die wichtigsten Hintergrundinformationen zu einem politischen Top-Thema des Tages. Mehr auf welt.de/kickoff und überall, wo es Podcasts gibt. +++ Werbung +++ Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte! https://linktr.ee/alles_auf_aktien Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

In der heutigen Folge von „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Anja Ettel und Laurin Meyer über vorzeitige Weihnachtsgeschenke von Kering, eine kleine Versöhnung mit dem Öl und was diese Woche sonst noch wichtig wird. Außerdem geht es um LVMH, Hermes, Paramount Global, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Yum Brands, Restaurant Brands International, The Wendy's Company, Domino's, Telekom und T-Mobile. Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Hier findet ihr alle AAA-Bonus-Episoden bei WELT – dazu den AAA-Newsletter und noch weitere WELTplus-Inhalte: https://www.welt.de/podcasts/alles-auf-aktien/plus247399208/Boersen-Podcast-AAA-Bonus-Folgen-Jede-Woche-noch-mehr-Antworten-auf-Eure-Boersen-Fragen.html Hörtipps: Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. Außerdem bei WELT: Im werktäglichen Podcast „Kick-off Politik - Das bringt der Tag“ geben wir Ihnen im Gespräch mit WELT-Experten die wichtigsten Hintergrundinformationen zu einem politischen Top-Thema des Tages. Mehr auf welt.de/kickoff und überall, wo es Podcasts gibt. +++ Werbung +++ Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte! https://linktr.ee/alles_auf_aktien Impressum: https://www.welt.de/services/article7893735/Impressum.html Datenschutz: https://www.welt.de/services/article157550705/Datenschutzerklaerung-WELT-DIGITAL.html

Welcome to the Newcomer Investor Channel!  I love to chat about great businesses with awesome people. Please note: this podcast is not financial advice. I'm not telling YOU what to do... I'm just sharing what I do! Newcomer Investor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewcomerInvest Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@newcomerinvestor/featured Email me at ⁠iamthenewcomerinvestor@gmail.com⁠  TIMESTAMPS (1:43) - Stock #1 - Restaurant Brands International: the business model; the pros of international expansion; TH International; master franchise agreements; BK International; Popeyes International; technology & throughput; eps and dividend; conclusion (23:29) - Stock #2 - Lindt & Sprungli; tradition & excellence; product lines and SKUs; retail & online shopping experience; Lindt's moat during holiday season; Gold Bunny; first half 2023 financial results

Fei Siong Group is perhaps most famously known for its brands of bak chor mee or minced meat noodles.  After all, the company that started in 1995, has since grown to become a casual dining and quick service restaurant company with over 150 outlets across 19 brands, with most of them serving your typical hawker fare.   But do you know Fei Siong actually operates the Popeyes chain of restaurants in Singapore?  In fact, the firm inked an exclusive franchise deal with Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Asia-Pacific in 2022 to develop and run new Popeyes in Singapore.  Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Asia-Pacific, for context, is owned by Restaurant Brands International or the company behind Burger King and Tim Hortons. The agreement marks Fei Siong Group's first venture into the fried chicken quick service restaurant industry. Question is, why did Fei Siong decide to make its foray into the fast food business?  Meanwhile, the firm said it plans to “refresh and modernise” Popeyes outlets across Singapore by revamping storefronts, introducing new menu items and adjusting recipes to better suit the Asian palate. But what can we expect on this front? Also, Fei Siong Group is also looking to have 50 outlets in Singapore within the next 10 years, but what is the basis behind the expansion plan? On Under the Radar, The Evening Runway's finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Jedrick Tan, CEO, Fei Siong Fast Food (Popeyes PL Singapore). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In-house technology solutions could be the next frontier for the restaurant industry. This quarter, several major public restaurant chains mentioned investing in proprietary technology during earnings calls—ranging from one-off applications to entire operating systems built from scratch.Wingstop was one of the most prominent examples, as the company went into detail last week on building its $50 million proprietary tech stack that has been in the works for years, and will be launching in the second quarter of 2024. Most notably, the wings chain confirmed this week that the company announced it will drop Olo as its primary tech partner at the end of Q1 2024, in favor of going in-house. Olo's stock plummeted by $1.60 per share on Tuesday with the announcement of the news.But Wingstop isn't the only company trading in third-party vendor partnerships for in-house solutions. Other public companies that either mentioned or went into detail about investments in proprietary tech solutions include Yum Brands, Sweetgreen, and Restaurant Brands International.

30 août 2023 François Legault s'est vivement défendu hier d'avoir menti avant les dernières élections concernant le 3e lien. «Jamais je serais capable de prendre un engagement en sachant que je ne le tiendrais pas», a dit le premier ministre, soutenant qu'il n'avait jamais été question d'abandonner le projet autoroutier avant les élections.Les allègements de programmes et d'examens scolaires mis en place par le gouvernement Legault pendant la pandémie ne seront plus en vigueur cette année. C'est ce qu'a annoncé le ministre de l'éducation Bernard Drainville.Les élèves étudieront à nouveau la totalité du programme, et non plus seulement 75% comme c'était le cas depuis fin 2020. Le gouvernement fédéral a ajouté un avertissement à l'intention des membres de la communauté 2ELGBTQI+ (le sigle est pour: bispirituelle, lesbienne, gai, bisexuel, transgenre, queer, intersexuel ou tout autre groupe sexuel et de genre).L'avertissement mentionne que certains États américains ont adopté des lois et des politiques qui pourraient affecter ces personnes.L'ouragan Idalia atteindra ce matin la côte ouest de la FlorideSelon le Centre national (américain) des ouragans, Idalia pourrait être «extrêmement dangereux» lorsqu'il touchera terre ce matin entre les villes de Tallahassee et Tampa, en Floride.La Ligue professionnelle de hockey féminin (la LPHF) est officiellement lancée. Les matchs débuteront en janvier avec 6 équipes nord-américaines: Montréal, Toronto, Ottawa, New York, Boston, et Minneapolis-St. Paul, au Minnesota.Selon plusieurs médias, l'entreprise immobilière montréalaise Groupe Mach a déposé une offre d'achat pour acheter de grands immeubles locatifs qui étaient la propriété du Groupe Huot, de Québec.Le montant de la transaction pourrait dépasser 500 millions $. Selon l'agence d'évaluation de crédit TransUnion, le nombre de consommateurs canadiens qui ont fait des demandes de crédit a augmenté de 17% au deuxième trimestre par rapport au trimestre correspondant l'an dernier.Google a présenté hier plusieurs modèles d'intelligence artificielle destinés à être utilisés par les entreprises.Burger King va devoir défendre en justice la taille de ses hamburgersLa chaine américaine de restauration rapide, qui est la propriété de l'entreprise canadienne Restaurant Brands International, est la cible d'un recours collectif aux États-Unis. Les poursuivants reprochent à l'enseigne de présenter en photos dans ses succursales des hamburgers un tiers plus gros et mieux garnis que ceux réellement servis aux clients.--- Détails sur ces nouvelles et autres nouvelles: https://infobref.com S'abonner aux infolettres gratuites d'InfoBref: https://infobref.com/infolettres Écouter le balado d'InfoBref et voir comment s'y abonner sur les principales plateformes de balado: https://infobref.com/audio Commentaires et suggestions à l'animateur Patrick Pierra, et information sur la commandite de ce balado: editeur@infobref.com Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Welcome to the Newcomer Investor Channel! The overarching goal for this channel is to share insights, learn from each other, chat about the beauty of investing and foster healthy debate by sharing various viewpoints. NOTE: This podcast should NOT be taken as financial advice, and is for entertainment purposes only. Newcomer Investor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewcomerInvest Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@newcomerinvestor/featured Email me at ⁠iamthenewcomerinvestor@gmail.com⁠ (0:00) - Intro (1:17) - Peace of mind is priceless! (3:30) - 3 strategies for investing in a market like today (10:05) - Brookfield Corporation: great work! (16:13) - Narrative change feat. Restaurant Brands International

Het gaat over de ongezonde hap, die voor jou goed kan vallen als belegging. We hebben het namelijk over McDonald's en de moederbedrijven van KFC en Burger King. Allemaal trokken ze meer bezoekers, behaalden ze meer inkomsten en overtroffen ze de winstverwachtingen. Deze aflevering hoor je waarom deze aandelen het zo goed doen en of je ze ook echt moet hebben. Verder bespreken we de onverwachtse bankenbelasting in Italië. De regering vindt dat de banken te veel winst maken en pakt daar 40 procent vanaf. Dreigt in Noord-Europa hetzelfde te gebeuren? Ook gaat het weer over een beursflop. Deze keer: World Online. Het internetbedrijf van Nina Brink. Tot slot krijg je van ons een vooruitblik op de beursdag van morgen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Het gaat over de ongezonde hap, die voor jou goed kan vallen als belegging. We hebben het namelijk over McDonald's en de moederbedrijven van KFC en Burger King. Allemaal trokken ze meer bezoekers, behaalden ze meer inkomsten en overtroffen ze de winstverwachtingen. Deze aflevering hoor je waarom deze aandelen het zo goed doen en of je ze ook echt moet hebben. Verder bespreken we de onverwachtse bankenbelasting in Italië. De regering vindt dat de banken te veel winst maken en pakt daar 40 procent vanaf. Dreigt in Noord-Europa hetzelfde te gebeuren? Ook gaat het weer over een beursflop. Deze keer: World Online. Het internetbedrijf van Nina Brink. Tot slot krijg je van ons een vooruitblik op de beursdag van morgen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI's Pat Forde react to San Diego State deciding to return to the Mountain West conference for another year after flirting with the Pac-12.First, they kick off the pod with top defensive line recruit Justin Scott committing to Ohio State over Notre Dame and Michigan. As Fighting Irish fans grow frustrated with their squad always coming close, but never signing ‘the guy', the hosts ponder how much juice Marcus Freeman has with recruiting at an elite level. Freeman has consistently recruited very well, but needs to take the next step to truly compete for the 5-star players.After a drama-filled offseason, San Diego State has decided to stay with the Mountain West for another year. Ross breaks down the soap opera while Dan & Pat determine why the Aztecs decided to stay instead of move up to a Power Five conference.In college athletics legal news, the California revenue-sharing bill has been pushed back a full year after being passed once. If passed twice, colleges would have to distribute money received from athletics back to the athletes.A recent report noted that an anonymous Pac-12 coach believes that the Deion Sanders Colorado hire will end up being a lose-lose situation. The coach believes that if Coach Prime wins enough games, he will leave the program quickly, and if he loses too many games, the dismissal will be a ‘circus'. The guys decide what would dictate a good season for the Colorado Buffaloes and what would prompt this statement from a fellow coach in the first place.New UAB head coach Trent Dilfer went on a radio program & talked about tampering with his student athletes. Dilfer notably dared other coaches to try and poach his players so he could expose them.Lastly in news of the weird, this Friday is National Dive Bar Day, a woman survived three days in a swamp & we may see more chicken sandwich innovation soon.1:00 Introduction4:02 Justin Scott chooses Ohio State over Notre Dame22:57 San Diego State stays with the Mountain West34:01 The California revenue sharing bill has been delayed a year36:50 An anonymous Pac-12 coach thinks Coach Prime at Colorado is a lose-lose44:08 Trent Dilfer dares other coaches to try and poach his players48:45 National dive bar day is approaching55:20 Restaurant Brands International is looking to strengthen their position in the chicken wars58:13 A woman was found by a rescue team after being stuck in mudFollow Dan @DanWetzelFollow Pat @ByPatFordeFollow Ross @RossDellengerCheck out all the episodes of the College Football Enquirer and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports PodcastsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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The economic trend for nearly every restaurant operator in 2022 was to raise prices, with most companies taking mid-single digit-- or sometimes double-digit menu price increases in order to keep pace with inflationary trends. But just as operators need to be careful to not alienate customers by increasing menu prices too much, they also must learn how to balance enticing customers with deals while making sure revenue still grows.As this period of economic uncertainty continues, there has been an operational trend away from discounting and more toward everyday consumer value—a more complex equation that doesn't just take price into account, but also quality of food and beverages, uniqueness of menu items, experience, and speed of service. On recent earnings calls, several restaurant executives have mentioned taking a break from discounting in order to improve revenue returns for an industry that's just lapping the COVID-19 omicron-related downturn from last year, including Bloomin' Brands, Brinker International, and Restaurant Brands International.For more on the value movement, we turn to senior editor Joanna Fantozzi.

What are we to make of the situations at major burger chains these days? This week's episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive features Michael Halen, senior restaurant and foodservice analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, to discuss what's going on with McDonald's and Burger King, in particular. McDonald's recently laid off hundreds of employees around the world, closing its U.S. field offices and eliminating its two-zone field office structure. This, despite the company's generally strong results. We discuss those layoffs and what they mean to the company. We also talk about Burger King, which has struggled with bankruptcy filings and restaurant closures of late. And we talk about the potential impact that former Domino's CEO Patrick Doyle could have on the chain and its parent company Restaurant Brands International.

Who is Mike Hancock? We find out in this week's episode of the Restaurant Business podcast A Deeper Dive. Hancock recently took over as president of Firehouse Subs for longtime CEO Don Fox. Hancock has worked for Firehouse Subs parent company Restaurant Brands International. He started with the chain as chief operating officer last year after serving in a similar role at the Canadian chain Tim Hortons. Hancock discusses his views of Firehouse after a year with the chain, including its strengths and opportunities. He discusses technology in particular and the brand's foundation. We also get into a discussion on the future of the brand. And I can't help but ask him about Tim Hortons.

As a public company, moving into a fully franchised model isn't always easy. There are lots of challenges and misconceptions, but today's guest has come through all of that with flying colors.Matthew Doctor is President, CEO, and a Board Member of Regis Corporation, which trades under the symbol R G S. Regis is the beauty industry's global leader in salons and cosmetology education, with more than 5,500 locations worldwide operating under concepts such as Supercuts®, SmartStyle® and First Choice Haircutters® to name a few. Matt joined Regis in February of 2021, as Chief Strategy Officer, before becoming President in 2022. Previously, Matt was a partner and chief financial officer for Kava Restaurants, a Tim Horton's franchisee. Prior to Kava, he held several roles at Restaurant Brands International, owner of the Burger King, Tim Horton's and Popeye's Brands. There, he was head of Global Development and franchisee performance of Burger King, he led M and A in Asia for Burger King, and led development efforts for Tim Horton's. Matt started his career as an investment banker for JP Morgan in New York. On this week's episode, we sat down to talk about Matt's franchise career, and his incredible work with Regis during a really tricky period.Highlights: Matt shares Regis' brand history (2:58) Services provided under the Regis brand umbrella (5:31) Franchise reach, audience, and customer profile (6:11) Matt's work in the franchise field, and his introduction to Regis (7:16) How Regis fits the 'franchise model' (10:13) Matt discusses his senior team's synergy (12:31) What Regis focused on for future profitability (14:23) Technology initiatives and industry innovation (17:07) Future goals for the franchise (18:22) Matt explains Regis' growth expansion plan (20:24) Common mistakes to avoid as a franchisor (22:45) Effectively communicating your business to investors (24:35) Links:ICR TwitterICR LinkedInICR WebsiteMathew Doctor on LinkedInRegis Corporation on LinkedInRegis Corporation WebsiteFeedback:If you have questions about the show, or have a topic in mind you'd like discussed in future episodes, email our producer, marion@lowerstreet.co.

Omar Soliman is the Co-founder and COO of Couryah, a Canadian-based online on-demand delivery platform launched in 2019 designed to be a one-stop-shop for your needs — from grocery stores to drug stores to restaurants and more. Originally from Cairo, Omar moved with his family to Canada in 2007 and dove head-first into ecommerce and marketing. He has an extensive background in business analysis and raising customer service standards. His previous positions include Manager of Franchise Performance at Restaurant Brands International and Business and Operations Analyst at Citco Group. Additionally, Atlantic Business Magazine recognized him as one of its 30 Under 30 Innovators. In this episode… Every startup wants to hit the ground running, but how many actually accomplish that goal? The current ecommerce landscape is filled with tough competition and several pitfalls for new businesses. However, some startups have found quick success through a combination of preparation and strategy. Couryah is a grocery delivery platform that rose to the occasion. Now you can learn exactly how they did it. In this episode of the Ecommerce Wizards Podcast, Guillaume Le Tual hosts Omar Soliman, the Co-founder and COO of Couryah, to discuss how they handled their overnight success. They break down the platform and the advantages of their product. They also touch on the competition, starting their business with minimal capital, and Omar's advice for other entrepreneurs.

A empresa de investimentos 3G Capital, fundada pelo bilionário brasileiro Jorge Paulo Lemann e seus sócios, levantou cerca de US$ 143 milhões (cerca de R$ 740 milhões) por meio da venda de ações da Restaurant Brands International

14 de febrero, 2023 | Restaurant Brands International reportó esta mañana un cuarto trimestre sólido y apuntó a Joshua Kobza cómo su nuevo CEO. El ingreso de los últimos 3 meses del año aumentó 9% comparado con el año pasado. Los fines de este podcast son meramente informativos. Ni Banco Regional S.A. (BanRegio), ni cualquiera de las sociedades relacionadas a éste, ofrecen ni pretenden garantizar de manera explícita o implícita la rentabilidad de los productos de inversión referidos en la presente publicación y, por ende, ni BanRegio ni sus funcionarios y empleados podrán ser sujetos de ningún tipo de reclamación al respecto. La información y análisis contenidos en esta publicación no pretenden ofrecer ningún tipo de asesoría, y podrían no ser adecuados para sus circunstancias específicas. Cada inversionista deberá decidir la conveniencia de realizar cualquier inversión en los valores mencionados en esta publicación, para lo cual deberá consultar a un asesor profesional apropiado, de su confianza e independiente a BanRegio. Esta publicación no podrá ser reproducida, editada, vendida o distribuida de manera total o parcial sin consentimiento por escrito del área de Fondos de Inversión de BanRegio

Episode 168 - Agency Life, Qualitative Research, Walking, Flying and More with Casey Mohan In this episode of my podcast, I talk to Casey Mohan-Schulz, VP, Qualitative Insights & Strategy at CMB, a full-service custom market research and strategy firm in Boston, and President of AMA Sacramento Valley in California.  About Casey Mohan Casey leads CMB's qualitative practice and brings over a decade of qualitative research experience to the CMB team. During her career she has overseen numerous initiatives for Fortune 1000 clients, delivering insights and strategic recommendations that help clients connect with their target audiences and understand business context in meaningful ways. Her experience includes designing and conducting research for global clients across a broad range of industries and among a diverse range of audiences in both B2B and consumer spaces. Well-versed across qualitative methodologies, Casey has successfully conducted and overseen traditional and online focus groups, 1:1, and ethnographies, online discussion boards, innovation and ideation, co-creation workshops, as well as led employee focused meeting facilitation and activation workshops to help companies communicate research insights across their organization. Casey's work spans a range of clients/industries: Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Fiserv, Bank of America, Schwab, TD Bank, GoDaddy, Clover, Meta, Google, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Disney, Dignity Health, Geisinger, MD Anderson, SC Johnson, Restaurant Brands International, Taco Bell, Enterprise and more. ​ In her free time, Casey volunteers with the American Marketing Association.  In 2021 she was nominated as a national Volunteer of the Year for her contributions to developing DEI educational resources for the organizations' 1000+ professional chapter leaders, and her work co-authoring a national DEI framework and strategy. She has also led the Sacramento Chapter serving as Chapter President from 2019-2022. Casey also volunteers with local aviation related organizations throughout Sacramento including the California Capital Airshow, with her past volunteer work focusing on insights to support the International Council of Airshows.​ Casey graduated from California State University in Sacramento, earning a Bachelor's Business Administration with concentrations in Marketing and International Business.

Welcome to the Newcomer Investor Channel! The overarching goal for this channel is to share insights, learn from each other, chat about the beauty of investing and foster healthy debate by sharing various viewpoints. Today, we're defending Restaurant Brands International - Ticker symbol $QSR Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewcomerInvest Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@newcomerinvestor/videos Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7koQIwwtB1NxJYPxEW9A9w?si=1e264e386c26478c Email at iamthenewcomerinvestor@gmail.com Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (1:55) - RBI's Business Model: Franchisor vs Franchisee (3:50) - Market saturation argument (5:40) - Growth opportunities from International markets

"Why Investors Are Eating Up Restaurant Brands International Key Points Restaurant Brands International has been one of the hottest large cap names on the NYSE. The company has the kind of multi-channel growth you'd like to see as an investor. J. Patrick Doyle, former Domino's Pizza CEO, was recentl" "--START AD- #TheMummichogblogOfMalta Amazon Top and Flash Deals(Affiliate Link - You will support our translations if you purchase through the following link) - https://amzn.to/3CqsdJH Compare all the top travel sites in just one search to find the best hotel deals at HotelsCombined - awarded world's best hotel price comparison site. (Affiliate Link - You will support our translations if you purchase through the following link) - https://www.hotelscombined.com/?a_aid=20558 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets."""" #Jesus #Catholic. Smooth Radio Malta is Malta's number one digital radio station, playing Your Relaxing Favourites - Smooth provides a ‘clutter free' mix, appealing to a core 35-59 audience offering soft adult contemporary classics. We operate a playlist of popular tracks which is updated on a regular basis. https://smooth.com.mt/listen/ Follow on Telegram: https://t.me/themummichogblogdotcom END AD---" "y announced as the company's new executive chairman. Wall Street has been raising its earnings estimates for the current quarter and 2023. Why Investors Are Eating Up Restaurant Brands International This summer, few investors were ordering shares of fast food chain operator Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR). With gasoline prices soaring, fewer road trips meant fewer stops at Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs. Toss in a side of increased food and labor costs and the company's earnings suffered. By June 2022, french fries and chicken strips weren't the only things getting dipped as the stock dipped below $50. Since then, Restaurant Brands International has been one of the hottest large-cap names on the NYSE. A better-than-expected third quarter performance and a super-sized leadership announcement have traders bidding the stock back up toward its post-pandemic peak. With a few trading days left, this month's volume is already at its highest level in two and a half years. And with many Americans cutting back on expensive sit-down meals, fast food businesses like Restaurant Brands International may continue to be appealing to consumers and investors alike. How Did Restaurant Brands International Do in Q3? Earlier this month, Restaurant Brands International posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.96 which crushed the consensus estimate of $0.80. The 23% year-over-year improvement marked the company's best profit growth of 2022 and helped alleviate concerns about cost inflation. The result was driven by higher same-store sales at all restaurants except the recently acquired Firehouse Subs. Overall revenue growth of 15% reflected increased demand for takeout, drive-thru and delivery — exactly the kind of multi-channel growth you'd like to see as an investor. Growth was particularly strong at Burger King where the Royal Perks loyalty program attracted eaters with free food and upsizes. Loosened restrictions at the Canadian border also helped boost Burger King and Tim Hortons sales. The two restaurants are often housed under one roof along key travel corridors. Even with higher menu prices, consumers appear to be finding relative value at Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Horton's. And with gas prices elevated and many people working from home these days, fast food deliveries are up significantly this year. What Leadership Change Did Restaurant Brands Announce? On November 16th, Restaurant Brands International announced that J. Patrick Doyle will be the company's new executive chairman. This was perceived as a big deal because Mr. Doyle is the former CEO of Domino's Pizza where he had a solid track rec

We visited Starbucks' new Reserve location in the Empire State Building. International locations are fueling growth at big chains. And why Restaurant Brands International hired Patrick Doyle.

Tanvir Bhangoo is truly a jack of all trades. As a digital executive and advisor working with global brands, member of the Forbes Technology Council, former VP of Tech at Freshii, AND Director at Restaurant Brands International, Tanvir understands the tech and tools needed to meet consumers in their space. The list could go on and on but now, Tanvir is the Owner of TBX Digital, a brand that helps executives accelerate digital growth and boost operational efficiencies through value-driven consulting and advisory offerings.On this episode, Tanvir and Zack discuss: -Switching out tech stacks-Timing innovation-Walking a mile in your consumer's shoes-Executing the customer experience-MoreThanks, Tanvir!

This week on the Extra Serving podcast, a product of Nation’s Restaurant News, NRN editors Holly Petre, Sam Oches and Leigh Anne Zinsmeister spoke about the earnings palooza that occurred this week and the end of last week. Several brands reported this week and last, including but not limited to Shake Shack, McDonald’s, Brinker International, Bloomin’ Brands, Restaurant Brands International, Noodles & Company, Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Inspire Brands. There were some themes that stood out to the editors, and they discussed them on the pod along with some learnings from the earnings calls. Then, senior editor Joanna Fantozzi joined the podcast fresh off writing a piece about Papa Johns’ earnings to discuss the brand’s Q3 report. The quick-service chain was negative in both same-store sales and revenue for the first time in 12 quarters, and the four discussed what this means for the pizza giant that looked as though it was beginning to overtake Domino’s. Finally, the four discussed Fantozzi’s recent feature on ghost kitchens and the new players in the game. The editors discussed the future of ghost kitchens and the tools that they need to be both nimble and necessary in the current environment. This week’s interview is Amir Mostafavi, founder and CEO of South Block. The growing juice bar chain’s CEO discussed his eight tips for restaurateurs in business today and how he’s been able to grow his own business to 12 units.

Love that chicken from Popeyes! If you love Louisiana food, it's a safe bet that you're a Popeyes lover too. The company that has grown to over 3,000 stores stretching from one end of the globe to the other, all started right here in New Orleans. Today, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen includes locations in more than 30 countries. You'll find that chicken in London, Sri Lanka, the Philippines – there's over a dozen Popeyes in Jamaica for goodness sake! But none of that would be possible if it weren't for the visionary, one of a kind powerhouse that was Al Copeland. Owned by Restaurant Brands International, and now in its 50th year, Popeyes remains one of New Orleans finest culinary ambassadors. And for the record, it's not fast food! That chicken is still marinated overnight in those secret seasonings before being hand breaded and fried – delivering that spicy, delicious flavor with every bite. His son, Al, Jr. recently memorialized his father in a cookbook memoir entitled Secrets of a Tastemaker written by Chris Rose, Kit Wohl and the Copeland family. We sat down with Al to hear the whole story!If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate us on your preferred podcast platform. And visit poppytooker.com where we have hundreds more available for your listening pleasure.

Love that chicken from Popeyes! If you love Louisiana food, it's a safe bet that you're a Popeyes lover too. The company that has grown to over 3,000 stores stretching from one end of the globe to the other, all started right here in New Orleans. Today, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen includes locations in more than 30 countries. You'll find that chicken in London, Sri Lanka, the Philippines – there's over a dozen Popeyes in Jamaica for goodness sake! But none of that would be possible if it weren't for the visionary, one of a kind powerhouse that was Al Copeland. Owned by Restaurant Brands International, and now in its 50th year, Popeyes remains one of New Orleans finest culinary ambassadors. And for the record, it's not fast food! That chicken is still marinated overnight in those secret seasonings before being hand breaded and fried – delivering that spicy, delicious flavor with every bite. His son, Al, Jr. recently memorialized his father in a cookbook memoir entitled Secrets of a Tastemaker written by Chris Rose, Kit Wohl and the Copeland family. We sat down with Al to hear the whole story!If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate us on your preferred podcast platform. And visit poppytooker.com where we have hundreds more available for your listening pleasure.

This week on the award-winning Extra Serving podcast, a product of Nation’s Restaurant News, NRN editors Holly Petre, Sam Oches and Leigh Anne Zinsmeister spoke about Starbucks entering the metaverse. The quick-service chain made its debut in the metaverse this past week with a design that was worth the wait. In something NRN senior editor Joanna Fantozzi called “Loyalty 2.0” on First Bite, our daily morning podcast, Starbucks is giving users the chance to use tokens they earn in the metaverse for real-world treats like Espresso Martini Tastings. The team discussed what this means for the brand and the industry at large. Next, the team talked about Chipotle’s new menu item which debuted both in the real world and in the metaverse, the first menu item to do so. Users can play a game and earn the chance to receive a free burrito or bowl with the chain’s new Garlic Guajillo Steak. The team discussed what Chipotle’s latest gamification of the metaverse means and what it holds for the future of the brand. Finally, the team talked about Burger King’s $400 million refresh by Restaurant Brands International. The chain’s parent company announced this week it would invest $400 million into the quick-service burger chain for “updates.” The team broke this down and discussed what the marketing words really mean. This week’s guest is Sanjiv Razdan, CEO of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, who spoke with Bret Thorn about inflation, supply chain and the chain’s signature drinks.

Today we’re going to be talking about Joanna Fantozzi’s column, Tech Tracker. Tech Tracker rounds up what's happening in the technology sector of the restaurant industry, including news from restaurants vendors, digital platforms and third-party delivery companies. This month, the main story comes from an interview with Kitchen United CEO Michael Montagano, who gave some insight into the ghost-kitchen company’s recent $100 million fundraising round with investments from a wide range of companies. Those companies include Burger King parent Restaurant Brands International, supermarket company The Kroger Co., Simon Shopping Malls and convenience-store chain Couche-Tard Circle K. Joanna has more on the story. Plus, catch up on all the top news of the day with our daily news recap at the beginning of each episode. Be sure to subscribe to First Bite wherever you get your podcasts or on Castos, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

On Monday, Kitchen United raised $100 million in its Series C funding round led by Kroger, Burger King parent Restaurant Brands International, shopping mall company Simon and convenience store brand Circle K. To date, ghost kitchen company Kitchen United has raised $175 million in funding. This diverse round of investors, including former football star Peyton Manning, proves that ghost kitchen and off-premises technology extends beyond strictly restaurant chains and can be useful within the retail and entertainment industries. NRN senior editor Joanna Fantozzi has more on the story. Plus, catch up on all the top news of the day with our daily news recap at the beginning of each episode. Be sure to subscribe to First Bite wherever you get your podcasts or on Castos, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

Join Nate and Mike as they discuss the Elon Musk's buyout of Twitter, producer Tom's stock portfolio, which includes several never before talked about stocks, and a tasty discussion about salty snacks. Who's the better brand spokesperson based on money earned, William Shatner with Priceline or Michael Jordan and Nike? Some buy, sell, hold and more on this weeks episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on the Extra Serving podcast, a production of Nation’s Restaurant News, NRN editors Holly Petre, Sam Oches, and Leigh Anne Zinsmeister discuss Starbucks’ exit from Russia. Starbucks joined McDonald’s and made the official move to exit Russia this week. The team discusses what it means for the brand and what it means for companies to take a stand on issues like this, DEI issues and the recent shooting in Texas. The team also discussed Fat Brands’ latest acquisition of Nestle Toll House Café by Chip. After acquiring multiple brands in 2021 and an indication at the ICR conference in January that they didn’t intend to purchase more, Fat Brands surprised everyone with this recent move. The team discusses what it means and gives an overview of the year in M&A deals so far. It wasn’t mentioned in the podcast, but the biggest acquisition from 2021 was arguably Restaurant Brands International’s purchase of Firehouse Subs, on par with Inspire Brands’ purchase of Dunkin’ the year before. Finally, the team discussed the possible sale of Wendy’s and the idea that this public company could go private after being public for so long. What does it mean that the brand’s biggest investor is exploring a purchase of the brand? Would it make it the largest M&A deal of the year? The team discusses. This week’s interview is Oath Pizza’s director of supply chain and product innovation Pamela McMorrow. Joanna Fantozzi and McMorrow speak about the topic on everyone’s mind: supply chain challenges.

US stocks rose Tuesday. Plus, Molson Coors beat expectations, Pfizer's net income rose 61%, and Restaurant Brands International says Burger King helped boost sales.

US stocks rose Tuesday. Plus, Molson Coors beat expectations, Pfizer's net income rose 61%, and Restaurant Brands International says Burger King helped boost sales.

This week on the Extra Serving podcast, a production of Nation’s Restaurant News’ Last Bite Network, NRN editors Holly Petre, Sam Oches and Bret Thorn discussed Popeyes’ year-over-year sales decline after an epic 2020. “Even though the headline is that their sales were down, I have to imagine they’re not too disappointed because it seems like there were a lot of external factors like labor that’s primarily at fault here,” Oches said on the podcast. The team, meeting in person at NRN’s New York City headquarters, sampled the famous chicken sandwich (as seen below on video) and discussed its merits while also analyzing Popeyes’ massive 2020 in comparison to 2021 following the brand’s fourth quarter earnings. The big headline from all of Restaurant Brands International’s earnings, however, was that Burger King is raising menu prices. The team discusses how rising menu prices at quick-service versus fast-casual restaurants during this time of inflation will impact customer expectations for these segments. Plus, Thorn interviewed Amy Alarcon, the vice president of culinary innovation at Popeyes about that sandwich and new menu innovations at the chicken chain.

(0:39) - The guys begin the second hour weighing in on IBM's push to bring in younger workers at the expense of older, more tenured workers.(12:10) - A conversation about the difficulties that home construction is facing, particularly issues finding garage doors.(23:22) - Charlie Gasparino of FOX Business called into the show to discuss the Russia-Ukraine situation as well as what can be done to fight inflation.(33:47) - Talking about Burger King's parent company, Restaurant Brands International, and how they beat on earnings thanks in large part to higher digital and international sales.

In this special episode of Bast Amron's The Practice Podcast, listen to the recorded opening remarks from Dana Quick of Bast Amron and Jose Cil, CEO of Restaurant Brands International, Inc., BURGER KING®, Tim Hortons®, and Popeyes® on EMPOWERMENT – How to Energize Your Team for Success in Today's Workplace from our 4th Annual Business Advantage Forum.Dana and Jose both offered some unique insights into what it means to empower people, especially in the workplace. Each shared different perspectives on how great leaders inspire and empower their workforce to be and do their best.You do not want to miss it!Episodes are available on YouTube, Spotify, Google, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, or listen through any podcast streaming app.

In this episode of Take-Away with Sam Oches, Sam talks with Don Fox, the CEO of Firehouse Subs, which was recently acquired by Restaurant Brands International, parent to Burger King, Popeyes, and Tim Hortons. Don gives an inside look at that deal, what it means for Firehouse, and what could be possible for the brand in the coming years. In this conversation, you’ll find out why: As dine-in business continues to lag, you need to transfer your storytelling from the dining room to your messaging An exciting menu and brand alone won’t make your business attractive to potential buyers International expansion is the white space available to these major restaurant groups The resources available to these super groups makes them formidable The M&A market is hot right now both for successful brands and those with work to do Have feedback or ideas for Take-Away? Email Sam at sam.oches@informa.com.

This week on the Extra Serving podcast, NRN editors Holly Petre, Sam Oches and Joanna Fantozzi discussed the planned acquisition of Firehouse Subs by Restaurant Brands International. The team covered what this additional brand can do for the RBI portfolio that already includes Popeyes, Tim Hortons and Burger King. What does it mean that the group has acquired a sandwich brand? Are they trying to compete with Subway? Also, the team discussed MOD Pizza’s plans to go public. The fast-casual pizza brand filed initial paperwork to go public but has yet to make a comment on the news. The NRN team talks about what it means that yet another chain has chosen to go public during this historic year for restaurant IPOs. Lastly, NRN editors spoke about the latest acquisition from Fat Brands. The team discusses what it means that Fat Brands has made four major acquisitions in the past five months and what could be next for the restaurant company on a tear. Be sure to check back at NRN.com in early December for Fantozzi’s full analysis of Fat Brands. This week’s interview is with Roy Rogers’ vice president of franchising Gregg Koffler. Koffler spoke with Fantozzi about the chain’s new franchising strategy and what’s up next for the iconic brand.

Episode 137! The Biz Bites N' More Podcast covers Restaurant Brands International's recent portfolio expansion into subs and we could not see it going worst than the dumpster fire over at Subway. Casper Sleep turned out to not be the Netflix of mattresses and wow, we are shocked. Joe passed the bill for infrastructure and if we know anything about politics it will end up great and not a complete disaster. $QSR $CSPR #Comedy #Business Blog: bizbitesnmore.com Twitter: @bizbitesnmore Facebook: @bizbitesnmore YouTube: Biz Bites N' More Leave a voice message on anchor or leave a five star review on Apple and we will read it aloud/listen to it on the pod! VM: https://anchor.fm/biz-bites-n-more/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biz-bites-n-more/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biz-bites-n-more/support

In this Thursday earnings and news episode, we talk about the following topics: Our take on the rumours that Paypal wanted to acquire Pinterest The ongoing drama between Ed Rogers and the rest of his family Sebastien St-Louis leaving as CEO of HEXO DWAC, the SPAC that will be taking public Trump Media & Technology Group Earnings from Ropert Technologies, Restaurant Brands International, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Netflix, Corus Entertainment and Intuitive Surgical Tickers of stocks discussed: PYPL, PINS, ROP, RCI-B.TO, QSR.TO, CMG, DWAC, HEXO, CJR-B.TO, ISRG https://thecanadianinvestorpodcast.com/ Canadian Investor Podcast Twitter: @cdn_investing Simon's twitter: @Fiat_Iceberg Braden's twitter: @BradoCapital Buy us a coffee ☕️ ❤️: https://ko-fi.com/tcipod See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Restaurant Brands International took a huge industry-leading role in the sustainability space with their announcement that they have set substantial new climate-related targets on greenhouse gas emissions, pledging to cut their emissions in half by 2030 and be net-zero by 2050. We are visited by the team that led this effort - Becky Hall, Director of Global Sustainability & Natalie Pecile, Senior Manager of Sustainability to talk to us about the company's journey down this road and, more importantly, how and why they got here. And the President's controversial vaccine-mandate policy is still front of mind for employers but uncertainty surrounds what the final rules will look like. To help us sort it out, we are joined once again by Ed Egee, Vice President for Government Relations & Workforce Development at the National Retail Federation who is going to walk us through where we are in the final rule-making process and what operators can expect to see in the next few weeks. And a record 4.3 million workers quit - yes quit - their jobs in August with the highest percentage of those coming in the restaurant and retail sector. We'll talk about the ramifications of that as well as the road ahead. We'll discuss those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.

What do surprisingly good retail sales in September indicate for holiday shopping? Will Google's new Pixel phone be a hit? Which major retailer could be the next to drop tobacco products? Are we in for a record-setting Halloween? Maria Gallagher and Jason Moser answer those questions, analyze the latest from Domino's Pizza, Virgin Galactic, Shopify, Microsoft, Oracle, Restaurant Brands International, and share two stocks on their radar: Zillow Group and Marvell Technology.

Shawn Bowen is the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of World Fuel Services, a Fortune 500 energy, commodities, and services company.  He was formerly the Global Head of IT Security and Compliance (Chief Information Security Officer) for Restaurant Brands International (parent company of Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and Tim Hortons). In this role, he was responsible for establishing the strategic direction, instituting comprehensive security programs, along with building a thorough data governance program and consumer privacy framework. He has over 20 years of experience in information technology, primarily in cybersecurity. Previously, he was the first-ever Chief Information Security Officer of the US Marine Corps where he directed the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISRE) Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Cybersecurity Program. For over 23 years, he served as a reservist in the Air Force Cyber Command as a Command Chief Master Sergeant and Senior Enlisted Advisor. Shawn is a Certified EC-Council Instructor (CEI) for the C|CISO course and is regarded as a highly passionate, transformative, thought leader in IT Security, with a record of leading successful strategies in various environments. Shawn is passionate about people and educating them on cybersecurity. He 'wants the willing, no matter what your rank is.' "Meaning, find people who are interested in cybersecurity at any level in your organization: your cybersecurity champions. He notes that it's more important for most of the staff to know a little about cybersecurity than a small percentage of staff know everything about it. It's with this approach that people will start proactively reaching out to Shawn when they have questions and creating a more open dialogue about security throughout the organization." He fuels this passion by serving on the Board of Advisors for YL Ventures and cloud security startup, CloudDefense. Highlights: 0:00 - Introductions & Background Installing Windows 95 on his own kickstarted his interests in computers, etc 2000s getting "stuck" with an audit and learning about the challenges with security Problem solving and the difference between wicked and complex problems Curiosity and being satisfied with "never finishing" Daily puzzles on a calendar 8:05- Personal Bonding and Sharing Within The Team Story: In his 20's focused on the job, personal lives irrelevant, even his personal loss. Learned that he is not a robot and learned to address emotions through team meetings - Personal and professional ratings Understanding the trends between personal and professional performance to help the team to be real Importance of creating a safe place to fail and sharing leadership paths for the next generation leader Held up a solved puzzle during a tough meeting Recognizing different aspects within the team and partnerships EQ prior to Shawn's wife, he looked at personalities based on his assessment and what "value" they had to him. Learned to shift expectations from what the team could do for him and move toward how can he help the person achieve goals. 18:50 - What Is Shawn's Vision of Life After CISO? The evolution of CIO and CISO CISO is where Shawn wants to be Shawn sees a future of CISO as Board Members or Advisors Retirement plan - Advisory work 27:15 - Avoiding Burnout Soccer Hobby the last few years, sky diving! Managing risk and sky diving Finding the right balance between home life and work Passion helps keep things in interesting and fun Don't fake passion for the job, get away and do something else. Reddit comments are gold 30:47 - Where Shawn Got His Passion Self admitted perfectionist and will analyze Soccer story - Goalkeeper and heard comment about him "nitpicking" and analyzing players on the field "Don't Shawn It!" - aka. Seeing forest from the trees Ongoing learning - how to minimize the constant...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 06:00:17 +0000 https://lsexchange.podigee.io/452-neue-episode 0d59bb6f96fed0a4a2d160a743d3ba55 Aktienwerte Restaurant Brands und Mondelez Der DAX hat die Woche erneut mit einem kleinen Minus beendet. Diesmal konnten sich die US-Indizes dem Abwärtsdruck auch nicht entziehen und verbuchten ein leichtes Wochenminus. Damit fiel unser Leitindex in die alte Range zwischen 15.300 und 15.800 Punkten zurück und zeigt auch mit der Unterstützung der EZB keine Ambitionen, neue Hochs erreichen zu wollen. Die Währungshüter hatten in dieser Woche den Leitzins auf historisch niedrigem Niveau bestätigt, möchten aber vor dem Hintergrund steigender Inflation die Anleihenkäufe etwas reduzieren. Mit unserem Händler Shara tauchen wir in die Charttechnik ein und zeigen anhand der 200-Tagelinie ein Instrument auf, welches viele Anleger beachten. Dabei wenden wir dies gleich auf den Dow Jones und Nasdaq an, wo uns der weiter Lauf über diesem Indikator seit mehr als einem Jahr ins Auge fällt. Was kann das bedeuten? Mit Blick auf interessante Aktienwerte steht zunächst Restaurant Brands International auf der Agenda. Das Franchise-Unternehmen aus Kanada betreut Burger King, Tim Hortons und die US-amerikanische Kette Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. Seit Jahren wird die Dividende erhöht und die Bewertung scheint historisch in einem guten Bereich zu liegen, wie wir an mehreren Stellen aufzeigen. Zweiter Wert ist Mondelez International, die mit Snacks in 160 Ländern aktiv sind. Bekannte Marke sind hierbei Milka, Kaba, Daim oder Toblerone. Neben Snacks gibt es auch die Marke Miracle Whip, welche in unseren Discounter-Regalen vertreten ist. Ohne direkte Auswirkungen durch die Corona-Pandemie kann der Konzern auf eine stabile Dividende verweisen und das Wachstum vorantreiben. Technisch notiert die Aktie genau auf der 200-Tagelinie, was thematisch heute sehr gut passt. Folgende Sprungmarken sind vorhanden: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Marktübersicht mit DAX-Chart 02:12 - Indikator 200-Tagelinie am Beispiel Dow Jones und Nasdaq 08:45 - Restaurant Brands International als Franchise-Geber 10:22 - Blick auf die Dividende 12:00 - Entwicklung der Burger King Mutter 17:10 - Wachstumspotenzial Kaffee und China 18:30 - Süsswaren aus dem Haus Mondelez International 21:30 - Dividendenerhöhung und Aktienrückkauf 23:04 - Das P-E-Ratio und Chartbild 26:35 - Chartanalyse von Mondelez International Kommen Sie auch in der neuen Woche wieder bestens informiert mit TRADERS´ media GmbH und der LS Exchange in den Handelstag. Der erste Livestream der Woche startet am Montag um 8.30 Uhr. Charttechnik # Mondelez #RestaurantBrands #DAX #Nasdaq #DowJones #Finanzen #Aktien Risikohinweis: Den Analysen, Charts und Tabellen liegen Informationen zugrunde, welche die TRADERS´ media GmbH erarbeitet hat und die wir für vertrauenswürdig halten. Obwohl die TRADERS´ media GmbH sämtliche Angaben und Quellen für verlässlich hält, kann für die Richtigkeit, Vollständigkeit und Aktualität der enthaltenen Informationen keine Haftung übernommen werden. Insbesondere wird für Irrtum und versehentlich unrichtige Wiedergabe, insbesondere in Bezug auf Kurse und andere Zahlenangaben, jegliche Haftung ausgeschlossen. Die TRADERS´ media GmbH übernimmt keine Verpflichtung zur Richtigstellung etwa unzutreffender, unvollständiger oder überholter Informationen. Dieses Dokument dient lediglich der Information. Auf keinen Fall enthält es Angebote, Aufforderungen oder Empfehlungen zum Kauf oder Verkauf von Wertpapieren oder anderen Finanzinstrumenten. Die in diesem Dokument enthaltenen Informationen stellen keine "Finanzanalyse" im Sinne des Wertpapierhandelsgesetzes dar und genügen auch nicht den gesetzlichen Anforderungen zur Gewährleistung der Unvoreingenommenheit der Finanzanalyse und unterliegen keinem Verbot des Handels vor der Veröffentlichung von Finanzanalysen. Sie können insbesondere von den der TRADERS´ media GmbH veröffentlichten Analysen von Finanzinstrumenten und ihrer Emittenten (Research) abweichen. Bevor Sie eine Anlageentscheidung treffen, sollten Sie Ihren Anlageberater konsultieren. Ausländische Rechtsordnungen können der Verbreitung dieses Dokuments widersprechen oder diese beschränken. Das Copyright für alle Beiträge liegt bei der TRADERS´ media GmbH. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Vervielfältigung nur mit besonderer Genehmigung des Unternehmens. 452 full Aktienwerte Restaurant Brands und Mondelez no Mondelez,Aktien,Börse,Trading,Dow Jones,Restaurant Brands,Finanzen,Nasdaq Andreas Bernstein

Sam Heath and I worked together at McKinsey many many years ago. He is now responsible for marketing Tim Horton's in Canada (where it is by far the largest quick service restaurant chain), and Timmie's fledging business of selling its product in grocery stores. Last year, out of nowhere, Sam's heart stopped and he “died”. We explore how that event affected him and his overall career in this episode. Next week we dive into Tim Horton's - both the stores and the CPG products - and how he is growing the two inter-related businesses. You can also listen to these interviews in your podcast player of choice: Apple, Sticher, TuneIn, Overcast , Spotify. Private Feed (for premium episodes).Sponsor MessageGet paid for your feedback, join Wynter's research panelWant to give back to the community while having a low-key side hustle to fund your habit? Provide feedback on product messaging for industry-leading B2B companies, be compensated every time you do it ($15-$50 per survey). Takes ~10-15 min to take one survey, low-key time commitment.Transcript:Edward: My guest today is Sam Heath, head of retail for Restaurant Brands International. That's the CPG group for Tim Hortons. Today, we cover Sam's path to overseeing the restaurant chains, the entire CPG business—Brown, McKinsey, OLG, Burger King, and Tim Hortons. I worked with Sam when we were both at McKinsey Canada. I'm excited to chat with him today. Sam, in 2015, you were the Senior Director of Innovation for Burger King, but then you left that to run all of marketing for Tim Hortons Canada. You've never had a marketing title before. How exactly did you get that role? How did you jump from running innovation to running marketing? Sam: At the time, Burger King was a little bit crazy in a way that I describe match my type of crazy. They took people that had done well in whatever roles that they'd had and gave them more stuff to go do. I'd look at marketing. I've done analytics. I've done other things like that, but I'd never done the actual direct-to-consumer go get impressions, sell the product, sell the brand marketing. It was a really pretty big jump. It was taken by the people I work for on faith that I could do a good job at it. Edward:At that time, Burger King owned Tim Hortons. It was one organization.Sam: When I joined, it was just Burger King, but when they moved me up, it was about a year after the merger had happened. Edward: You had delivered for them around innovation. They said, hey, we trust you to run innovations. Now, we're going to trust you to run marketing. Sam: For the most iconic brand in all of Canada, yes. Go from this team of six people that are sampling hamburgers in the test kitchen. Why don't you take over this team of 70 with a $300 million marketing budget up in Canada?Edward: Why did they think you were capable of doing that? I know you're capable of doing that, but why did they think you were capable of pulling that off? That seems like a big risk. Sam: It is a big risk, but it was taken by people who had taken risks like that at Burger King and seen them paid off. They also were willing to replace me if it didn't look like it was working.Edward: You said they took risks like that before with you, or are they just risk-takers in general?Sam: Just risk-taking in general. It was very much the culture of the organization. This was a bunch of people who looked at Burger King and said, this is a good brand—it's just clearly not doing well back in 2011—bought it and said, we need to change everything to turn this around. They went from a 300-person organization in 2011 when they acquired Burger King, I think about 20 of those people were left when I had joined 2½ years later.Edward: When that opportunity came up, did you put yourself forward for it, or did they come to you and say, hey, we have these gaps. Sam, can you step into it?Sam: It was very much the second. They said, we have this gap. The semi-annual upside is what's happening. I got invited there under the pretense of making a presentation on something else. When I met with the President, Tim Horton, he said, congratulations, we've got a new role for you. It was a jump of a couple of levels, at least, and an order of magnitude more responsibility.Edward: What do you think when you do that? Did you think you had the marketing skills to do this? Did you think you're going to figure it out as you go along? What was going through your mind?Sam: I've always been interested with everything that's going on around me. It's not like I was ignoring the media advice and the creative that was happening while I was designing hamburgers or working on pricing. I just liked to see how things plug together and organize, and I trusted myself to learn the pieces that I didn't know. Also, as you get more senior, you trust yourself not to need all the details and build a team that's capable of filling in for your own gaps. Edward: What skills did you think you were missing going in? What did you think that, hey, these are the things I need to figure out fast if I'm going to be successful on this job?Sam: Honestly, all the pieces that people traditionally think about as marketing—creative review, creative design, how do you translate what the brand stands for into what you're actually saying in the advertising, going from overall marketing strategy down to campaign, sliding down to briefs, down to approvals of the creative that's going out on television, digital, and other places.Edward: Now you think you know what you don't know. How do you go about getting those skills? What did you actually do to be ready?Sam: The previous CMO did a great job of setting me up for that. I had his team to rely on. Clearly, Tim Hortons was a brand that had had a positive store sale count for over 20 years. They had a team that knew how to do this. Just being gentle and being careful. Just being given a job doesn't mean you need to change anything. Often, you're a caretaker for what came before. It's a mistake marketers make to say that, well, I'm here now. I need to change everything. Rule number one should be first, do no harm.Edward: It's interesting. Oftentimes, when things are going well, that's not when they replace the head of marketing. Here's a place where they replaced the head of marketing. They brought you in but things were already going really well. It feels like that's a time when you hire someone who is a caretaker marketer, but you're in a place where they brought in somebody who wasn't even a marketer at all. That almost feels like they want to shake things up, but in this case, they didn't want that. Sam: There was, again, that culture piece from Burger King of risk-takers, people who want to be bold and change things up. They wanted to put that culture in place at Tim Hortons. They wanted to maintain the results but still move over to what is now the RBI culture of being a bit more bold and taking a few more risks. Ultimately, if you look at the performance of Tim Hortons in the few years after that happened, there was a bit of a stumble. It was a bit of a mismatch for the brand. We can talk about strategically, whether that was the right choice, but that's the position that I was placed in.Edward: That's interesting. I'm thinking about you, particularly, rather than the company. How do you think about changing things up and making things better when you don't have a lot of expertise? You're reliant on the team because they're the experts on this, but at the same time, they hired you on to change things. How do you make those changes without messing things up?Sam: If you have learned how to do a new job enough times, you start to get an idea of what it feels like to learn a new job. You know that there is a structure that you're trying to understand, a set of processes, a set of routines, and things that are done for particular reasons. You have an idea of what that wheel looks like once you do understand it as you're trying to figure out. Taking that meta approach to learning a new job while trying not to disturb things, what I try to bring to that was I like to measure everything. I like to have a bottom-up roadmap or scorecard of how things fit together so that we can see whether things are going well or not. Often, that type of high-level organization, that connective tissue that plugs together all the little bits and pieces that marketers are doing every day, every week, every month, that I found is where I can usually add value and help people see what they're doing better.Edward: I want to go back and talk a little bit about the path that got you there. What were you passionate about when you were 12–14 years old?Sam: I was passionate about Space Lego and role-playing games, whether computer games or specifically, Dungeons & Dragons. Edward: Do you think diving into Lego, diving into D&D affect your later life at all? Did you develop skills there that play out today or was it a one-off and it didn't really matter? Sam: I'm not sure that I developed skills during Lego and D&D that changed me. I think it's more that I chose the things then that I liked doing and I honed skills that I may have already had. Lego is a lot of organization, seeing how things get put together, and being patient as you meticulously follow these rules to achieve a great product. D&D is just a really interesting game. It lets you explore everything from how rules create conduct in the world to all sorts of other things that are useful for managing around the management table. Edward: Let's go forward a little bit and talk about your first job. In your first job, you were a bike courier? Sam: Pretty much, yes.Edward: Talk to me a little bit of what you learned as a bike courier and how that affected things later. Sam: First, just to set the stage, in the 90s, there were a lot more bike couriers hopping around than there are now. You've probably seen a few in cities but they have largely been replaced by Adobe Acrobat, esigning, and things. There were hundreds in Vancouver. Edward: This was not a food delivery. You aren't Postmates of the 1990s?Sam: No. I was doing bank deposits, getting documents signed, dropping off documents to be signed, everything else. At one point, I showed up at the bank and realized I've been riding around with $40,000 cash in my backpack for the previous 1½ hours. People would hand you deposits. It was interesting, which was for some reason really motivating and inspiring for me. It felt like I was the grease that was helping the wheels of commerce keep turning. I was helping real estate deals get signed, seeing big contracts get closed, seeing how and why people were soothing each other for different things because these were the documents I was carrying around. Edward: You became aware of that stuff or was it a matter of, hey, Sam, take this piece of paper and get it across the street? It was like you've learned what the pieces of paper were for and the impact of your decisions were.Sam: You do because people don't call a bike courier when a document needs to get there eventually. I would show up at offices seven minutes before a bank six blocks away was going to close and something you needed to get to the back before close. They wanted me to know how important it was. There were times I was delivering legal depositions or summons and I couldn't deliver it. I would go back and give a statement that would get taken down and taken to court.People would talk to me. People like talking to people. I was friendly and personable. I learned a lot more of how these businesses were running and people would think I would. Edward: It's almost like those stories of the guy working in the mailroom who learns how the CEO operates and then moves up to the ranks. Sam: The secret of my success. Edward: You got your PhD in Computer Science. What were you planning to do with that before you actually left the world of academia?Sam: I planned to leave the world of academia since I realized that I was in the world of academia pretty much. I thought that getting a PhD in Computer Science would be a good way of getting a good-paying job as a teacher. I like teaching people. I like helping other people understand problems and dive their way through things. Once I realized that all I had to do was research and that was what I've built myself a path to, I got out as fast as I could. Edward: You went to McKinsey. Why did you end up in McKinsey?Sam: I ended up at McKinsey because they dropped off a stack of brochures in the mailroom of the computer science department where I was at. A friend of mine said that one of his high school friends went there. They were smart, liked it, and so would I. It was no more strategic than that. Edward: On that note, I want to jump ahead a little bit. In 2013, you joined Burger King to develop their pricing strategy. After spending a bunch of time doing strategy at McKinsey's, strategy at OLG, you're doing more strategy at Burger King, but then you left a year later to run product innovation. That seems a pretty big switch for someone who had been spending their career doing strategy. How did that happen?Sam: One thing, you may have guessed from why I decided to leave academia, every time I've tried to make a strategic choice or plan out who I want to be in five years, I've been spectacularly wrong in my career. A decent explanation of what strategy works is the questions that clients don't know even where the question fits. It's not even that they have a question they don't know how to solve. They don't even know where it fits. They go, oh, it's not operations or it's not marketing. It's a strategy. Let's call in somebody.Edward: It's the other.Sam: It is really the other bucket. After a career literally of answering the random questions that nobody could figure out how to answer, I got pretty comfortable with just jumping into, this topic looks interesting. I'll go do that now.The opportunity came up in Miami to go do pricing for a year. I did that. Because I correctly guessed that Burger King was a company with a culture that was pretty well-attuned to how thought, after a year of doing pricing, they said, hey, why don't you move to the test kitchen and figure out what sauces we should put on our original chicken sandwich and extra-long cheeseburger? You seem like you might be good at that. I'm like, okay.Edward: It is interesting the way you describe it because it feels like coming from a career in strategy, people think of strategy as, hey, what's the five-year plan? What's the 10-year plan? But for your own career, you're saying that strategy is the last thing on your mind.Sam: It could sound like that, but in my experience, strategy isn't a bottom-up, let's think about what we should be doing in five years. It's more a matter of, we're doing a bunch of stuff and we don't know how it fits altogether or we don't know that it all makes sense. Can you come in and take a look at all the things we're doing and make sure that there is a connection to our underlying core of who we are as a company?I think of strategy not as a bottom-up, high-level thinking but more of an organization, seeing how things that a company is already doing fit together. I think that's similar to how I've thought about my own career. We can figure out how it fits together afterwards. It's more a matter of making sure that the individual ideas make sense at the time.Strategy is looking across things going on and plugging them together. Career decisions are doing things and figuring out how they fit together afterwards. You've probably got a pretty good intuitive idea of what you want to do next.Edward: It almost sounds like strategy is story-telling.Sam: I think that's very, very much the case. You need to help senior executives figure out how to tell the story of who they become as a company.Edward: Your career is almost the same idea. You do the things. You take opportunistic chances. Then, after the fact, you can go back and tell a story about how it all fits together.Sam: Which interestingly, if you go back to when I was 13 years old and running a Dungeons & Dragons game, sometimes, your players just do stuff. You go, yeah, that makes sense. I can fit that together into the story I'm telling. It's not that it was pre-planned. You're just working with what exists.Edward: Sam, what were the biggest failure points in your career? Where did things not go as expected?Sam: I think if you look at any of the times I've switched companies or switched careers, that's when I realized that the current plan that I was on wasn't working anymore. I [...] those things as failures. I spent five years getting a PhD that I realized four years in I did not want. At one point, I realized that I didn't want to be a consultant anymore.There haven't been any spectacular failures where people have come to me and said, you've really disappointed us and we're going to fire you now. Instead, I'm more a matter of the thing that I thought was interesting. It evolves or changes in a way that I no longer like or I evolve and change in a way that I'm no longer interested in. That happens every 3–5 years. We just change.Edward: Sam, you're now a head of the retail of Restaurant Brands International. I want to cover more of that in part two, but I want to touch on an experience you had last summer, if you're comfortable talking about it. Tell me, about 40 minutes last summer, you died and they managed to bring you back to life. In a movie, that would cause you to reevaluate everything in your life and change who you are and what you think about. Did it do anything like that for you? How did you change after that event if at all?Sam: That's a really good question. For anybody thinking about business was spectacular, it would be like a scene from the most over-the-top hospital drama you've seen. The first defibrillator did not work on me. They had to go find an antique one that happened to put out more power. That's what eventually restarted my heart back to life.I thought about this and I still think about whether I should be reevaluating my life, but my approach of, am I happy with what am I doing right now and if not, then I'll go find something else to do has served me pretty well. I haven't spent 10 years chasing a goal that's 10 years down the road in the hopes that once I achieve it, I'll be happy. I try to make sure that I've enjoyed what I'm doing along the way.I came out of that. Actually, the first thing I did was send a selfie while I was still intubated to my Microsoft Teams group at work saying, don't think I'll be in at work today. I was back on the job within 8 weeks of meeting 39 minutes of CPR with a very talented team at the Toronto General Hospital.My reevaluation of my life ended up not really being one. I'm still pretty comfortable with the choices I've been making.Edward: Sam, what are your productivity tricks? What do you do to be productive that most people don't do?Sam: You're either doing things or you're not doing things. If you're doing things, it's less of a worrying about focusing on staying on one task or focusing on the highest priority item, than continuing to work on it until you lose momentum, you lose steam.I would rather finish 60% of one task, get distracted, go to 50% of another task, go back to the first one, and then force myself to finish something after I lose interest. As long as I am being productive, I don't really worry necessarily whether it's my top priority item or third or fourth in my priority list. I just enjoy the fact that I'm getting things done.Edward: There's something about that. Like prioritization is overrated in that you're much better just be getting something done than spending a lot of time trying to optimize for the right thing to do.Sam: Things are either important or they're not. If they're not, they shouldn't be on your list. If they're important and they're on your list, as long as you're doing anything, you're doing well.Edward: I read somewhere—I can't even remember who it was—their model of as long as your distractions are also something you want to get done, then you're fine. If you stop doing what you want to do because you go and spend time on Facebook, that's not so good. But if you're stopping doing project A because you're distracted to do project B and then you get distracted and start working on project C, you're probably going to be in a good place by the end of the month.Sam: Yeah. That's exactly right.Edward: Sam, this has been fantastic. We're going to pick this up next week under my new publishing model. We'll pick up with part two. We're going to dive into Tim Hortons' business.Sam: Right. Thanks, Ed. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit marketingbs.substack.com

US stocks fell Friday. Plus, Restaurant Brands International sees growth, ExxonMobil beats expectations, and the EU accuses Apple of anticompetitive practices.

US stocks fell Friday. Plus, Restaurant Brands International sees growth, ExxonMobil beats expectations, and the EU accuses Apple of anticompetitive practices.

We’ve posed as a jester in the throne room of the Burger Kingdom to nab the recently abdicated and most influential CMO and brand genius in the industry; the mind behind the Mouldy Whopper, Fernando Machado. A global marketer with enough Lions to rival Joe Exotic, Fernando has recently tucked into a new role as CMO at Activision Blizzard. At the time of recording, Fer was CMO at Restaurant Brands International, serving up great creative work for Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons.  So, pull up to the next window and pick-up Fer’s final flame-grilled interview* pre-abdicating. We chat on his obsession with creativity, how to make the case for creativity, the role of the CMO, why Mouldy Whopper was never a risk, brand heritage, cancel culture, Bill Bernbach, Dads in Briefs and the cliff divers of Acapulco. Do you want fries with that?     *probably///// Follow Fernando on Twitter  Check out The One Club for Creativity BGH Air Conditioners: Dads in Briefs    Fernando’s book recommendations are: Bill Bernbach's Book by Bob Levenson  The Copy Book by D&AD  /////

In a special episode of Bast Amron's The Practice Podcast, listen to the recorded panel Supporting Working Parents in a Remote Work Environment from our 3rd Annual Business Advantage Forum. Bast Amron Of Counsel Hayley Harrison moderated an all-star panel which included Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at ADP, Barry Eisler, Vice President, and Regional General Attorney at Liberty Mutual Group, Maria Dantes Sanchez and Counsel, Employment and Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Restaurant Brands International, Grissel Seijo. The panelists brought their diverse perspectives together to cover a challenging topic and provide valuable takeaways about how businesses can successfully manage the ongoing transition to a remote work environment and how best to support their employees as they face new challenges. The panel also offered some unique insights into employee engagement and productivity, including what new policies and metrics are most useful for measuring performance in this new landscape.Click here to listen to the recording.

When Cheryl Bachelder took the helm at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, sales and profits were declining and shareholders and franchisees were unhappy. But during the nearly 10 years of Cheryl’s leadership, Popeyes stock moved from $11 in 2007 to a remarkable $79 at the time of its 2017 sale to Restaurant Brands International. So what's the secret ingredient to Popeyes turnaround? Cheryl joined us today to share how her unique strategy of servant leadership proved to be a recipe for success.

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Some farmers and groups that represent them welcomed the opportunity to host the creative forces behind a fast-food chain’s advertising campaign that questioned food production’s impact on climate change. Hear what transpired and resulted from Michelle Miller, known as the Farm Babe on social media, and Fernando Machado, chief marketing officer for Restaurant Brands International, which owns and operates Burger King.

Some farmers and groups that represent them welcomed the opportunity to host the creative forces behind a fast-food chain’s advertising campaign that questioned food production’s impact on climate change. Hear what transpired and resulted from Michelle Miller, known as the Farm Babe on social media, and Fernando Machado, chief marketing officer for Restaurant Brands International, which owns and operates Burger King.

Building security in the customer experience, not “compliance helmets” - Shawn Bowen, CISO with Restaurant Brands International, joins CISO Stressed Host Liz Wharton to discuss the value of experience-based learning, digital empathy, and the customer experience. New CISO Stressed episodes are available every other Tuesday. Subscribe to SCYTHE’s YouTube Channel and watch the latest CISO Stressed episode as well as Threat Thursday and other video releases. Questions or conversation ideas? Drop us an e-mail at info@scythe.io with “CISO Stressed” in the subject line. https://www.scythe.io/library/episode-2-shawn-m-bowen

Restaurant design is adapting quickly to meet changing consumer needs. This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Rapha Abreu, global head of design for Restaurant Brands International, to discuss the intersection of restaurant design and new technology and how it’s all being adapted in a post-COVID era.

Lots of marketers talk about "big data" and its promise for improving the way marketing decisions are made, but few have truly explored the full potential that data holds. This week on the Inbound Success podcast, MDT Director of Digital Marketing Don Seaberry talks about how he is using R programming language, SQL, and Python to create advanced models for extracting insights from large volumes of marketing data. Don is a self taught data scientist, and explains how he learned to code, and why and how any marketer can do the same. Check out the episode to get the details on how Don is using data models, hear examples of the ways that it has changed how he approaches marketing, and what it takes to level up your game as a data scientist. Resources from this episode: Connect with Don on LinkedIn Visit the MDT Marketing website Check out some of the resources Don mentioned: The Measure School YouTube Channel Think With Google Search Engine Watch Follow Fernando Machado on Twitter Check out Cory Henke's interview on The Inbound Success Podcast Visit Joe Martinez's website Transcript Kathleen (00:00): Welcome back to the Inbound Success Podcast. I'm your host, Kathleen Booth. And this week, my guest is Don Seaberry, who is the director of digital marketing for MDT marketing. Welcome Don. Don (00:22): Thank you. Thank you very much. Glad to be here. Kathleen (00:24): Yeah. Welcome to the podcast. I would love it if you could tell my listeners a little bit about yourself, who are you, how did you wind up doing what you do, and what does MDG marketing do? Don (00:37): MDT marketing is a marketing agency primarily focused on digital, but we also do print marketing. Based in South Florida. We've been in business, this is our 25th year anniversary. And we work primarily with higher education clients. Colleges, universities career schools, that type thing. I've been with them somewhere between four to five years. So, so you know, I'm getting a little long in the tooth with them, but I actually have one of the shorter changes 10 years, cause we probably average 10 to 11 years as far as just tenure with the company. People come and they stay. Kathleen (01:18): Wow, that's impressive. Don (01:20): Yeah. I've been in marketing about 15 years. I actually started, I was in sales and a law firm hired me to do inbound business business development. Had no idea that also meant manage, they had a raging out of control, $40,000 a month Google ads campaign. I didn't even know what PPC was. So I learned on the job. I had a knack for it. I liked it. And it was a really good way to do something online. And you get out of the rat race that was sales. Because I did that for a long time before this. So I basically fell into it, which I'm sure most people were at that time probably were falling into it. Kathleen (02:00): Yeah. And what do you do at MDT today? Don (02:05): So I basically manage digital strategy for our clients. You could say all digital with the exception of social. I kind of stay out of that world a little bit. We have a specific name for that, but if you're talking Google ads, Yahoo Search, Bing ads, Quora ads, your Reddit, anywhere else, you can do Hulu, Pandora, anywhere that you can, you can do any type of digital marketing, I pretty much drive strategy for that. Kathleen (02:33): Great. And one of the reasons I was really excited to talk with you is that you are highly analytical at what you do. And that has really helped you to be able to leverage data more, I would say, than, than the average person, certainly more than I do in my day to day. Analytics is I, I mean, I can, I I'm decent at it, but I'm certainly not on your level. And specifically, like, doing some custom programming to extract data and really use that in decision making. So maybe you could talk a little bit about what you're doing and what you're working on. Don (03:12): Sure. obviously probably like most, I came from Excel work, and Excel is a great free tool. It has this one limitation with stuff. And one is one limitation is the ability to handle large data sets and large amounts of data. One of the things that I wanted to do when I initially got to MDT just as a senior analyst before my current role was just be able to go back and look at years of data and be able to just try and determine correlations between different pieces of data. Is there really a correlation between, you know, cost per conversion and when I run in this area of the country at this time of day? But I wanted to be able to see that across all the clients, kind of get a snapshot of it, then be able to break it down and just, you know, determine trends. So we started, I had a little bit of SQL background. I took the SQL courses in college. So I started in SQL, a little bit clunkier because you have that database piece of it where you have to pull the data in first and then you can write queries to do the analysis that you want. So I had a, a genius of a mentor named Travis Sari, who his masters I think is actually in statistics or data science. Kathleen (04:28): Oh my God. I feel like that's my worst nightmare. Those are the classes that were the hardest for me. Don (04:35): I hated them. Fortunately, I had a friend who was a professor of mathematics at Spelman university who helped me survive statistics class. One on one tutoring was awesome with Travis. You know, he kind of turned me on to Python obviously. And I, I was a little bit more comfortable with the programming language just because I just felt like it's a little bit more intuitive. So we're using that a lot to really just kind of get through large data sets right now and do analysis on them. And with the eventual goal, there are machine learning applications, artificial intelligence applications. Is there a way that we can take all of the data that our sources do give us, as we know the Googles, the Bings, they only so much data, but there's a mountain of data that is there. So is there a way that we can take those and start to do predictive analytics to kind of return if we do this, what can we expect as a result of that? So that's the direction that we're heading right now. We're really more focused on using it for just data analysis, looking at trending and using it to inform, you know, not only day to day how we manage but now, we're starting to look at it to inform how we actually build things from the ground up. Kathleen (05:47): Now I am sort of blown away by this. And I guess my first question is really, you know, given that these platforms do provide us with so much data, right? You mentioned Google and Yahoo and Bing. And they have some built in like native tools to look at that data and, and extract insights. And then of course, they're, you know, as you mentioned, there's Excel, there are plenty of third party platforms that are built to help you crunch these numbers and figure things out. What, why is it that those platforms are, do, won't do what you need to have done? And instead you've gone the custom programming route. Don (06:29): They have their limitations, right? You know, I actually like Google Data Studio. There are things that I had built in Google Data Studio. Like if someone comes to us and they say, we want to do a PPC audit, we have a built in PPC audit that as long as they give us access to the Google ad words, account. Kathleen (06:51): Just press a button and spin it up, right? Don (06:54): Just connect the data and boom. And instead of it taking, you know, it used to take hours, you know, sometimes days to do that same you know, to do the analysis required to come up with the results or to give them feedback. You know, now we do that in like five to 10 minutes. So it was a definite time saver, but it has its limitations. I'm a huge proponent of granularity. I wouldn't get as granular as I can't get as deep into it as I can. And when you start talking about the type of data sets that we're looking at, the potential, you know, millions and millions of rows of data you know, you want a program that's robust enough that can look at everything and just spit it back out. And you don't want to start your application and step away and come back to it two days later because it'll take us that long to finish the work, if it finishes at all without just throwing up all over itself. So I like the granularity. I also can like to understand how things work. So it's one thing for you to spit the data out for me. It's another thing for me to understand the code that was behind. I feel like I understand a little bit better when I understand what actually caused that analysis to take place, if that makes sense. Kathleen (08:07): Hmm. That does. So give me an example of like something that you would want to know that you would need to create a custom coded solution to figure out the answer to that question. Don (08:19): Well, I'll tell you one thing, one of the things that we're working on, you know, a big time suck for any agency is campaign set up. So if either you bring in a new client very often, you have to build out campaigns for them. So one of the things that we're looking at, especially with Google, for example, Google ads, PPC, is we went back and we're going program by program. So, you know, a lot of our schools have the same type of programs where there's surgical techs and medical sonography, that type thing. So we're going in, we recently went in, we looked at six years of data at program level and things like we're trying to develop what we call it. So are there keywords that have proven to be successful year over year, over year, over year, as far as the cost per conversion and number of conversions, what ad copy, what combinations of ad copy have proven to be successful? Don (09:19): When you talk about a Google where you can do a responsive search ad with, you know, 15 headlines and four descriptions, and then you multiply that over different programs, over different schools over time, that's a mountain of data to get through, right? That's not something you want to pull into Data Studio, or that you want to pull into Excel and spend hours and days trying to figure out. So what we did is we, we downloaded it at the program level across the entire MCC, six years of data, let's say for keyboards. And then we went in, we trimmed that too, by conversion type, we sorted it back in version, count, trimmed that by year and match type, top 20 performing keywords by match type by year. And then we merged all of those into one data set, spit it out to a CSV. Now we have a keyword bank that we can use. Don (10:14): For example, if we need to build a surgical tech campaign. And we also sped out, we gave ourselves an idea of you know, what the average cost per click was just to kind of get a sense of maybe where we need to start as far as bidding, or when we set it up. We did the same thing with ad copy. The ad copy was really interesting. Cause there was just thousands on top of thousands on top of thousands of pieces of data. Once we got the custom coding written and R spit it out, like nothing. Kathleen (10:43): Like what did you learn about ad copy? Give me some examples of takeaways. Don (10:47): The big thing that we're looking for, really a couple of things. Number one, what combination of ad copy tends to work the best and what resonates with students the most? So one of the things that we found is I would have expected things like online. Don (11:07): You know, you, you start to get a sense of the things that now I can address in my landing page content based on what they interact with. We started to find that people, students wanted to know what was in it for them. Can you help me with job placement? That was really successful. Can you help me with financial aid? They wanted it to be easy. They wanted it to be simple. They wanted to know that they weren't going to have to go into the poor house. Well, you know, right off the bat, that there'd be a way for us to actually be able to go to school. And we started to see that combination of those types of things. And students really love the hands on piece of it. So we started to see what they reacted to. And it was typically always coupled with, is the school accredited? Cool. Is my degree going to mean something or my certification going to mean something? And they want it. Don (11:56): They, in most cases they had some sense of what the brand was and that helped as well. So we started to get a sense of what's actually important to the students. So we know going forward, I need to continue to leverage that, but I need to also make sure that I take that in the other content, not just ad copy, but landing pages. If we're doing direct mail to them, which we often do now, we make sure we bake that type of information into direct mail because it's important to them. And the end result is, you know, we see greater engagement on the front end and it helps us to improve return on investment on the backend once they actually engage with the school and they're trying to get them to start. Kathleen (12:36): So that sounds amazing. And it sounds like information that any marketer would want to have. Can you speak to, how hard is it to set this up? How long does it take? Like is, is the juice worth the squeeze, I guess, is what I'm getting at? Don (12:53): I'll answer that this way. Yes. The juice is definitely worth the squeeze. One of the things that we have actually used it for, we don't always get to connect to the client's CRM and see the final disposition of a lead, you know, does that person become a student? Do they graduate? You know, we don't always get to see that, but we do have a couple of clients that we get pretty good visibility where we can be, you know, they'll typically maybe once a week or once a month, something to that effect, they'll actually send us back enrollment data. So because of how we tag things on the front end, we actually know what channel that came through. So we've been able to use R to determine, okay, is this a channel that actually drives return on investment? You know, we market to return on investment first. Don (13:45): Then we back into efficiency, things like cost per lead and then cost per click. That type of thing. The most important thing is did it make the client money, period. You know, return on investment. So because we have the ability to dump it into a script and us, they send us that information back. We have a script that we can dump it into. It will match it up based on the source that it came from. So we have, let's say, for example, Google ads, then we have a lead management tool that goes into first and it had this lead ID in this information. So we have a script that takes that lead management tool data, and the data that the client sends us. It matches it up. And then we start to see, okay, is this something that we need to continue to run for this client? Don (14:28): Do we need to reduce budget or just cut it out? We actually had one client. Well, we stopped the channel that was actually driving conversions on the front end, but over a year, the return on investment just didn't make sense. So in that case if I'm talking about, you know, kind of being Hippocratic in my approach, you know, do no harm to my client, then the juice is definitely worth the squeeze. The biggest piece of it really is just the patience. You have to have the patience to do the work, to get comfortable with the scripting. But honestly, you know, R programming, Python, any of that. There's so many places you can go online that are giving you a jumpstart and it's not, you know, it won't be an issue of, I have no, I don't know where to start. I don't know where to begin. If you go on YouTube and you put R for data science, you're gonna find a mountain of information on that. And a lot of, a lot of times, same thing with just internet searches, you will find the information that you need. And a lot of times what you're looking for, you'll find that someone else has already done it and put it out there. Kathleen (15:30): So, okay. Real talk for a minute. Like, I know I can find these things on YouTube, but for somebody like me, who's intimidated by statistics, who, you know, I mean, I get basic analytics, but the notion of learning to code scares me. And you know, is it realistic to think that somebody like me could go online and really learn this? And, and how long does it take to learn something like this? Is this like a week, a month, a year? Don (15:59): Okay. I'll tell you what I did. If you have, if you have some comfortability with, you know, custom functions in Excel, for example, you're gonna probably be a little bit more comfortable when you get into the SQLs and the Rs of the world, because you just kind of understand the way the architecture, if you will, works. I understand how a database is set up. I understand what I'm trying to query. That kind of carries over to R. You understand a little bit more of what you're trying to query and the information that that you're trying to get at? I think any reasonably intelligent person can do it. You have to have one, really the will to do it. And just the time. You might spend a week, if you just kind of pick and poke around and find the pieces that you need, you might spend a week figuring that out. Don (16:53): But the beauty of it is, kind of, once I figured it out, a lot of times once you've done it, like these two scripts, we've written, the one where we dealt with return on investment, I can just pop the information in now. Boom, once it's done, it's done. The asset database, it probably took me, I'd say a day, right? Each one of those scripts, one for the ads, one for the keywords. But now that I've got them, all I have to do is drop in whatever data I'd want. There might be a couple of changes that I make to it. That might take me 15 minutes and boom, it does the work. So once you get past that piece of it, you go. Kathleen (17:31): So why don't you think there are more off the shelf tools that can do this for you? Cause it seems like from what you've said, it seems like the insights you're able to extract are pretty darn useful in terms of making decisions about your campaigns and optimizing your ROI and even optimizing other campaigns that have nothing to do with PPC. I'm sort of surprised that there isn't a commercialized like, software product out there that that makes it easy for people like me. Don (18:01): You know, there probably is. Because we have a genius of a guy in our marketing tech department who develops all of our like reporting products. And he primarily Power BI to do that. Genius. I mean the stuff he can drill down to, absolutely genius. Obviously there is a learning curve about a power BI, or you're talking about a Tableau or something like that. I kind of take the approach, again, I like granularity. So the more granular I can get, the better. The more cause you know, the more, you know, any solution or any analysis is only as good as the data that you put into it. So the more points that we can pull together and we can give that algorithm time to kind of work through, the better. So you probably, you probably have some, I'm just kind of, I kind of nerd out on that stuff. I like that stuff. And again, I kind of like to understand how it works and I have an idea in my brain most of the time of really where I'm trying to go. And I'm just, I'd rather just have control of where the levers are a little bit more than necessarily on the box, but I'm sure there are some that will do it. But I'm sure there's, there's probably ways. Kathleen (19:17): So who do you think should, should think, can seriously consider doing something like this or learning how to do this? Because I have to imagine that it's not really right for every marketer, you know, you have to be dealing with, I would guess, certain volumes of data. And, and you obviously need to have the ability to like put what you learn into some form of action otherwise, who cares, you know? So like talk me through, if you were talking to other marketers, which you sort of are through this podcast, like who should really think about something like this? Don (19:55): Definitely a person, like if you live in the numbers every day and by living the number, I mean, you're actually pulling the levers on campaigns every day. A lot of platforms are pretty much forcing us more and more towards automation. So, you know, some of those day in day out practices that we would have really been engaged in you know, keyword bid management, you know, average position, Google and tools like it can sunset. So you can't even, you know, that that's not even a metric you can get to anymore. But a lot of those, those day to day things that we used to do, those things are going to go away, what it won't do. And actually it will actually write ad copy for you if you want it to the places you can do that. Don (20:48): This is going to give you the ability to focus on what's important. Ad copy and creative and your keyword less than blah, blah, blah, and all and all of this stuff. So if you, if you're living in the weeds every day you definitely should be learning some of these data science tricks. Absolutely. No question about it. You should get comfortable with it because if we're doing less day to day management, that means we have more time for analysis and we can start to dig deeper and do a bit. And I would say if you're director level, you know, kind of the level I'm at, I still think there's value in it because one of the things that you want to start to consider is, okay, is there any way that I can use you know, data science to understand what are the things we're talking about? Don (21:39): Is, is there a way to use it to figure out what combination of channels works the best together? So if the person comes in through Google ads and doesn't convert, do you know, do I see conversion rates go up if I send them email or if I do direct mail or not just through Google ads, remarketing, are, am I seeing better numbers of ads, Google ads, YouTube then being remarketing, you know, is there a way to determine what channels work better using data science? Those are some of the things and that one's a little trickier because you have to be able to track that lead all the way through so that, you know, there's something to think about there. But I would say anyone probably at least from director level and down that lives in this world, especially in agency world, you should be learning this. Kathleen (22:28): So earlier you mentioned that you're now using this for some predictive things. Can you tell me a little bit more about what you mean by that and how you're using it? Don (22:39): Right. So, so one of the things that we're trying to figure out and, and the coding is kind of still out there. We have to, we have to figure this piece of that out. But let's say for example, we're in Google ads, we're in Google ads. And, you know, if you have, you know, 20, 25 accounts you live in every day, you're constantly making changes and you're constantly trying to track those changes. One of the things that we're trying to determine is, is there a way that we can start to pull change history and to, to, you know, master spreadsheets. Pop it into R, use Python and then say, okay, here's what I'm going to determine. This type of program. When I made this type of change across the MCC, historically, what have we there's as far as maybe if I change the bid strategy, and if I switch from this particular bid strategy that, that particular bid strategy, what did I, what have I seen historically? Is there a trend that I can see across accounts that says switching from this to this, I tend to get better results. So kind of trying to predict future performance based on what we've seen in the past, just on that body of data. Kathleen (23:56): And it sounds like really trying to extract some best practices. Don (24:01): Absolutely. Yeah. Kathleen (24:03): And as you mentioned in an agency setting, I can really see where that would be useful because having owned an agency myself for about 11 years, you know, one of the big challenges is always, how do you disseminate information about what works and what doesn't across different people in teams. And so I could see where that would be really valuable. Don (24:22): Definitely Kathleen (24:22): So interesting I'm, I'm like intimidated and intrigued all the same time as I imagine, many people are. Don (24:32): But you have to start somewhere. Kathleen (24:33): So, yeah, and I would say the other thing I was going to say is if this is something that interests you, if you're listening, I actually shared this with Don, a great community for conversations around analytics is Christopher Penn's Analytics for Marketers Slack group. You can probably Google it and find it, but I will put the link in the show notes to it. Kathleen (24:53): And Christopher is also another amazingly accomplished brilliant data scientist. And he started this community just for other people, interested in analytics and you don't have to be as experienced as Don. I'm in the community. And I am a complete amateur. But it's great. It's a great resource. And you can ask questions and learn a lot there. Shifting gears, Don, I have two questions I always ask all my guests and I'd love to hear what you have to say. The first of which is really we talk a lot about inbound marketing on this podcast. Is there a particular company or individual that you think is really kind of setting the standard for what it means to be a great inbound marketer these days? Don (25:37): There's, there's, there's a couple of people in digital world. One person that immediately comes to mind and I think, you know, him is Cory Henke. Especially because video is so important. And if there is a video Yoda, there is probably Corey Henke. Incredibly, incredibly intelligent guy. There's another gentleman that I follow quite a bit. I actually met him at Pubcon. He presented and he presents quite often. His name is Joe Martinez. He really lives in digital world, especially on the PPC. And he has just, you know, stuck his toe in everything where there's Google ads being as Apple ads, Quora. He's a Quora evangelist of sorts at this point because that platform, he really believes in it and they have definitely improved that product. I can tell you that. So I follow Joe. His company has a, they have a blog that they typically put out. Don (26:45): So if you connect to Joe, he'll, and he'll normally like you know, let you know when a new blog comes out and this year, another young lady that works with him as well, I believe her name is Michelle Martinez, is also really, really smart. My, my hidden little gem, just really more so for the way that they think, is Fernando Machado and the team at Restaurant Brands International. They own like, Popeye's. They own Burger King. There's all these chains that they own. And they're just, it's just genius to just, you know, stalk their LinkedIn feeds and just see how they think and the difference in the way that they think, especially as it relates to driving social engagement. And you know, if you think about the craze over the Popeye's chicken sandwich and the way that went bananas, and then the way Popeye's leveraged that, that was Fernando's team behind that. And they've done the same thing with some things I've seen. They put out the moldy Whopper, where they were showing that that is organic, that it will mold over time. That it wasn't like the McDonald's cheeseburger that three years later looked the same. Fernando Machado was behind that. I just loved the way that they thought. Kathleen (28:06): That's cool. I had not heard of them. So I'm going to have to check them out. And I love learning about new people to follow. So that's great. And also now I have a craving for a Popeye's chicken sandwich, which I have not had yet. I keep hearing about how great it is. So I'll have to add that into my rotation this week. Second question is that the biggest pain point I hear from marketers is always that it's so much to keep up with so much changes, and it's really hard to stay educated on best practices. So how do you personally stay up to date and educated? Don (28:41): I'd definitely start since, I mean, we all have to be on, it was an 800 pound gorilla in the room, right. Especially as it relates to digital. So obviously, subscribe to the Think with Google blog if for no other reason than to just try to stay out in front of what Google is doing. I'm a huge fan obviously of Search Engine Watch. Well, most people probably think of that just in the context of PPC, but it's actually a tremendous amount of information. You can actually go on there and find articles on what we've talked about today. R programming, machine learning. There's even an article that actually shows you how to write a machine learning algorithm for your campaigns based on weather patterns. Kathleen (29:30): Wow. Don (29:31): So there is so much information on those three sites. Love those sites for just pure data science and learning. There's a channel that I particularly like on YouTube. The gentleman's name is Ken Yee. And he just, he just breaks it down to basics, and there's a lot of good how to's and information that you can learn from him. And then tracking and tagging, conversion tracking, it's all about Measure School for me. Measure School YouTube channel. Kathleen (30:06): Oh, I will definitely put links to this in the show notes for all of that. Very cool. Well, if somebody wants to learn more about you or reach out and ask you a question or connect with you online, what's the best way for them to do that? Don (30:18): Probably LinkedIn you know, I'm on LinkedIn. I'm very active on LinkedIn. That's how we connected was on LinkedIn. You know, just look me up. Don Seaberry. I'm there. I'll probably accept the invitation. I connect with as many people as I can. So feel free to reach out Kathleen (30:37): True story. That is how we connected and how Don wound up on the podcast. So check him out on LinkedIn, Don Seaberry. And if you're listening and you liked this episode, or you learned something new, please head to Apple Podcasts and leave the podcast a five star review. That is how we get found. I would love it if you would do that. And of course, if you know somebody else doing kick ass inbound marketing work the best way to get them on this podcast as the next guest is to tweet me at @workmommywork, because I do find my guests through word of mouth. So reach out to me and let me know who you think I should interview. That is it for this week. Thank you so much, Don. It was great talking to you. Don (31:15): Thank you for having me. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Kelly MacPherson, former CIO of Restaurant Brands International, Hard Rock Cafe, and other massive brands, gives 4 insights and other info about restaurants post-COVID-19 in this knowledge-packed episode of Give An Ovation.

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series (https://cisoseries.com/nytimes-critic-called-our-security-theater-unconvincing/) We tried to pull off the Hamilton of security theater and we fell short. This episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and founder of Spark Media Solutions and Mike Johnson. Our guest this week is Shawn Bowen (@smbowen), CISO, Restaurant Brands International which handles restaurants such as Burger King, Popeye's, Tim Hortons, and Louisiana Kitchen. Thanks to this week's podcast sponsor GitGuardian. GitGuardian empowers organizations to secure their secrets - such as API keys and other credentials - from being exposed in compromised places or leaked publicly. GitGuardian offers a threat intelligence solution focused on detecting secrets leaked on public GitHub and an automated secrets detection solution which tightly integrates with your DevOps pipeline. On this week's episode How CISOs are digesting the latest security news We recorded this episode on June 24th, just a five days after Trump's first rally in Oklahoma where purportedly TikTok fans en masse were able to register for Trump's rally and fool his entire staff into believing that 1 million people had registered and were planning to attend his rally. In the end, the arena was less than half full. We are all well aware that some cyber protests can cause serious damage, but does this one? Is this the kind of peaceful cyber protests that we should encourage or not encourage? Dan Lohrmann at Security Mentor posted this discussion and said no matter what political affiliation you're on this is a call for more cybersecurity because this will happen again. But is this the fault of Trump's cyber team or his social media team for not keeping an eye on TikTok? Why is everybody talking about this now? On AskNetSec on reddit, NoInterestingGuy, a college student starting his first internship at a security firm, posted he likes to participate in "extracurricular activities". He then asked, "If I were to get caught with a crime related to cyber security, would that impact my chances significantly of getting hired in the future for a security company?" The community almost resoundingly said, "Stop," but has Mike and our guest ever hired someone with a cybercrime past or caught an employee engaging in cybercrime? How did they handled it. Is there an "it depends" meter? We all do stupid stuff in college. What's Worse?! Is the unknowing always the worst? It's security awareness training time On CSO Online, J.M. Porup wrote a piece about five examples of security theater and how to spot them. Security theater refers to the practice having a show of implementing security where its effectiveness is in question. Some examples are purposefully complex passwords, checkbox compliance, and bad security awareness training. How do we spot security theater? Is there any value to security theater? What's the antidote? If it's in place, how do we eradicate it? What Is It and Why Do I Care? We played this game before and like the "What's Worse?!" game, the title pretty much explains it. I have three pitches from three different vendors who are all in the same category, Security Awareness Training. I have asked the reps to first, in 25 words or less, just explain their category. That’s the “What Is It?” and then for the “Why Do I Care?” I asked them to explain what differentiates their product or makes them unique also in 25 words or less. It is up to Mike and Shawn pick their favorite of each and explain why. I only reveal the winning contestants and their companies.

Australia’s Atlassian has acquired a startup to become more integrated with the popular messaging app Slack. EY, the professional services firm, has admitted that 20% of its staff do not want to return to the office as the Australian government prepares to kickstart the economy. Restaurant Brands International, the global company that owns Burger King and other fast food chains, believes the fast food industry will look significantly different after COVID-19. --- Web: https://www.flux.finance/ Instagram: http://bit.ly/fluxinsta Facebook group: http://bit.ly/whatthefluxgroup Facebook page: http://bit.ly/Fluxfacebook --- The content in this podcast reflects the views and opinions of the hosts, and is intended for personal and not commercial use. We do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, statement or other information provided or distributed in these episodes.

Fernando Machado, global chief marketing officer of Restaurant Brands International, discusses how brands such as Burger King have altered their marketing tactics due to COVID-19 and what they can take away from this moment.

On this episode, we speak with Marc Caira. Marc is the Vice Chairman on the Board of Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Tim Hortons, Burger King and Popeye’s Louisiana Chicken. He is formerly the President and CEO of Tim Hortons Inc., where he led the company during their $12.5 billion merger with Burger King in 2014. He also serves on the board of Gildan (active-wear manufacturer), Minto Homes (leading real-estate developer), and Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation. He has held several other senior positions including Global CEO of Nestlé Professional, an Executive Board member of Nestle S.A in Switzerland, President and CEO of Parmalat North America, and President of Nestle Food Services in Canada. He also served on the Board of Hydro One and Seneca College. Discussion Highlights: (3:30) The story of Tim Hortons merger with Burger King. (9:12) The importance of leaders’ communication and balancing a company’s short/long term vision during a crisis. (11:38) How to communicate as a leader in this pandemic. (13:26) ‘Juggle the struggle’ – identifying the biggest questions facing companies’ emergence from the impacts of CV-19. (18:00) Inspiring stories of companies like Tim Hortons, Gildan, and Minto supporting front line workers. (22:49) Tips for staying motivated in isolation. (25:09) How to enrich remote communication with family. (29:33) “It’s not the strongest of species that survive nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” *** Have any questions or comments? Email me at noahifergan@gmail.com If you enjoyed the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts. It’s super quick and very helpful in spreading our positive message. Follow the Podcast on Twitter and Facebook for more exciting episodes!

Welcome to the The Voice of Retail, I'm your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.In this episode I kick off with an interview with Duncan Fulton, Chief Corporate Officer for Restaurant Brands International, better known as Tim Hortons, Burger King and Popeyes.  Recorded live in a busy media room at the Restaurant Canada trade show in Toronto early March, Duncan takes us through the strategy and culture driving 27,000 restaurants in 110 countries with a new restaurant opening every seven hours and how to figure out the right pace of change in any organization.Next Carl Boutet, Chief Strategist for Studio RX, recorded from his office in Montreal.  We catch up after missing each other in January at the NRF Big Show and talk about his visit to Asia and China earlier in the year, observations from his tour and lessons learned that we can apply to our situation today dealing with COVID-19 and how the Chinese are pulling themselves out of the crisis.But first, let's jump right into my conversation with Duncan from RBI******Thanks to Duncan and Carl for being my guests on this episode.  Speaking of doing business in China, I'm thrilled to announce that in partnership with some of the top thought leaders in the space I've launched a new podcast, Global E-Commerce Tech Talks!  Be sure and check out our trailer episode now available on all the major platforms to learn more.  Now let's take a look the top retail stories with Retail This Week for the week of April 6th, 2020.That's a wrap on this edition of The Voice of Retail.  If you liked this podcast you can subscribe on Apple iTunes or your favourite podcast platform, please rate and review, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the retail industry.I'm Michael LeBlanc, Founder and President of M.E. LeBlanc and Company Inc. and you can learn more about me on www.meleblanc.co or of course on LinkedInUntil next time, have a safe week!

Nvidia shakes off its “crypto hangover” and reports blowout earnings. Shopify soars. Pepsi surprises. And Roku rises. Motley Fool analysts Emily Flippen, Ron Gross, and Jason Moser discuss those stories and weigh in on the latest from Mattel, Lyft, Under Armour, and Restaurant Brands International. Plus, our analysts talk about the coronavirus and what it means for investors. We dig into Facebook’s Pinterest-like app, Samsung’s foldable phone, Kellogg’s Incogmeato, and Kentucky Fried Crocs. And our analysts share three stocks on their radar: Appian, Tencent, and Salesforce. Thanks Health IQ. See if you qualify for lower rates! healthiq.com/fool Get the first $50 off your first job post at LinkedIn.com/fool. Terms and conditions apply.

Restaurant Brands International happens to own both Burger King and Popeye’s, but it was Popeye’s chicken-powered quarter that’s getting all the attention. Softbank-backed nearly-unicorn Brandless is shutting down after trying to create a brandless brand. And coronavirus is causing a financial crisis for many Chinese companies, so we’re looking at the lenders of last resort.

Restaurant Brands International’s latest quarter was highlighted by Popeye’s same-store sales growing 38%. (Yes, really.) Jason Moser analyzes the results, as well as Markel’s latest quarter.  Plus, we dip into the Fool Mailbag to explore investing in buyout opportunities.    Get the first $50 off your first job post at www.LinkedIn.com/Fool. Terms and conditions apply.

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Duncan Fulton, Chief Corporate Officer at Restaurant Brands International Inc. The Empire Club welcomed Duncan Fulton for a conversation on how Restaurant Brands International planned to grow its three iconic brands – TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING®, and POPEYES®, to 40,000 restaurants world-wide and building the right team and corporate culture to achieve that goal. Speaker: Duncan Fulton, Chief Corporate Officer at Restaurant Brands International Inc. *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

With an opening weekend record $1.2 billion in box office receipts, “Avengers: Endgame” not only rules the movie industry but also sets Disney up for the launch of Disney+ and higher sales in its consumer products division. Spotify hits 100 million paying subscribers. And 1st-quarter results for Restaurant Brands International were affected by weather. (Yes, really.) Abi Malin analyzes those stories and shares what she’ll be watching when Alphabet reports after the closing bell.

Amazon rebuffs the Big Apple. Coke fizzles while Pepsi sparkles. And NVIDIA stops the bleeding. Analysts Andy Cross, Ron Gross, and Jason Moser discuss those stories and talk Activision Blizzard, Shopify, Restaurant Brands International, and UnderArmour. Plus, corporate governance expert and film critic Nell Minow talks about the problem with stock buybacks and previews the Oscars. Thanks Audible! Get Power Moves by Adam Grant for free when you sign up for a free Audible trial at Audible.com/foolpower or text “foolpower” to 500 500.

Morgan Stanley buys Solium Capital for $900 million. Abi Malin analyzes why the deal makes sense for Morgan Stanley and shares why investors should expect more deals in the banking industry.  Plus we look at the latest results from Restaurant Brands International and dip into the Fool Mailbag.   To join our live Q&A on February 13th, subscribe to our YouTube channel with one click of a button at www.YouTube.com/TheMotleyFool.   Thanks Audible!  Get Power Moves by Adam Grant for free when you sign up for a free Audible trial at Audible.com/FoolPower or text “foolpower” to 500 500.

Daniel Schwarz leads Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Burger King, Tim Horton’s, and Popeye’s. He started out his career at the investment firm 3G Capital. In 2013, when he was only 32, the firm’s managing partner, Alex Behring, took a big chance on him and promoted him to CEO of Burger King. Now, Schwartz is returning the favor by betting on young talent to lead his businesses.

The war between Tim Hortons and its franchisees continues behind the scenes. The federal government is looking into concerns raised by some Tim Hortons franchisees that Restaurant Brands International has failed to live up to promises made to the federal government under the Investment Canada Act in 2014. Guest: Ned Levitt, specialist in franchise law - Roy opens the phone lines to find out why Canadians no longer trust Tim Hortons the way they once did. (Photo: Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Roy Green Show The war between Tim Hortons and its franchisees continues behind the scenes. The federal government is looking into concerns raised by some Tim Hortons franchisees that Restaurant Brands International has failed to live up to promises made to the federal government under the Investment Canada Act in 2014. Guest: Ned Levitt, specialist in franchise law - Tomorrow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returns from Peru and will meet with B.C. Premier John Horgan and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. The focus will be the conflict between the provinces over the extension of the Trans Mountain pipeline and Kinder Morgan's withdrawal of funding for the pipeline unless they can be assured that there will be no more protests or interruptions. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has warned Horgan that his province may cut off oil flow to the province. Why hasn't Scott Moe been invited to participate in the meeting? Guest: Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan - Last night, the United States, Britain and France took joint military action by firing airstrikes in Syria aimed at crippling the Assad regime's chemical weapons capabilities. Should the West now be concerned about possible reaction from Assad's protectors Russia and Iran? Guest: Colonel Peter Mansoor, former executive officer to General David Petraeus during The Surge in Iraq, author of ‘Surge: My Journey With General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War' - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared before a U.S. Congressional hearing concerning revelations about Cambridge Analytica and the misuse of information from 87 million people. Guest: David Fraser, Internet security expert, partner at McInnes Cooper in Halifax, and founder of the Canadian privacy law blog See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Restaurant Brands International (parent company of Burger King and Popeye’s) pops on 4th-quarter results. iRobot falls 30% in three days.  Walt Disney raises ticket prices at the theme parks and strikes a content deal with Alibaba.  Jason Moser and Taylor Muckerman analyze those stories and more.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Lima) The company that owns Tim Horton's, Restaurant Brands International, has snapped back at the group of franchise owners who revealed that they're cutting perks for employees due to minimum wage. Guest: Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives) The start of this year saw the cost of borrowing from pay day lenders decrease. It also gave municipalities more control over where they can set up shop. Guest: Tom Cooper, Director, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction. A Hamilton city councillor wants staff to gauge community interest in regards to offering green burials in the city. Guest: Jason Farr, City Councillor, Ward 2. The company that owns Tim Horton's, Restaurant Brands International, has snapped back at the group of franchise owners who revealed that they're cutting perks for employees due to minimum wage. Guest: Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University.