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Cane's moving its offices to Dallas?
Posted on 9/19/08 at 10:30 am
Posted on 9/19/08 at 10:30 am
but graves will stay in town...
eta: prolly germans but what ev
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Raising Cane's says it plans to open an office in Dallas within the next six months, part of an effort to help the fast-growing chicken fingers chain become even bigger. Cane's CEO Todd Graves will continue to work out of the company's downtown Baton Rouge offices, but several divisions, including marketing, human resources, accounting/finance, development and operations management will move to Texas. "Dallas is a really solid, natural fit for the scale of growth we want to do," says Jamie Griffin, Cane's manager of business development. Dallas is a cluster city for restaurants; 28 of the nation's 400 largest dining chains have headquarters in the city. This will make it easier for Cane's to get the kind of top-flight executive talent needed to boost the company from its current level of $125 million in annual sales to its goal of $500 million, Griffin says. "Our vision is relentless. We want restaurants all over the world," he says. Regional operations and marketing to support Louisiana restaurants are some of the divisions remaining in Baton Rouge. It hasn't been determined yet how many employees will work out of the Dallas office.—Timothy Boone
eta: prolly germans but what ev
This post was edited on 9/19/08 at 10:32 am
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Posted on 9/19/08 at 10:33 am to The Egg
So they want to ruin what they have going for it by growing too fast and becoming a crappy run corporate restaurant chain?
Either that or Todd selling out to fortune 500 company is the only way I see this eventually playing out.
Either that or Todd selling out to fortune 500 company is the only way I see this eventually playing out.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 11:17 am to The Egg
quote:
"Our vision is relentless. We want restaurants all over the world,"
I bet their food is great...
Posted on 9/19/08 at 12:49 pm to The Egg
Terrible move. It shows the hubris is setting in.
Anyhow, greasy chicken and no side options is a regional thing anyway.It also reeks of arrogance-not giving the customer more quality options....
That lame Cane's narrative (one love-look at my dog) won't play nationwide like it does here. Canes is a regional brand at best, long term.
I hope they prove me wrong.
Anyhow, greasy chicken and no side options is a regional thing anyway.It also reeks of arrogance-not giving the customer more quality options....
That lame Cane's narrative (one love-look at my dog) won't play nationwide like it does here. Canes is a regional brand at best, long term.
I hope they prove me wrong.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 1:02 pm to Lsupimp
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Canes is a regional brand at best, long term.
I agree with this.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 1:38 pm to Y.A. Tittle
zaxby's > cane's
Posted on 9/19/08 at 2:38 pm to Martini
You are not saturated with debased ideals after all. I have not nor will I ever eat at Ruth's since their abandonment of the West's Gugong at our nadir.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 2:55 pm to TulaneLSU
Graves is setting this thing up perfectly. He will move to Dallas to play with the big boys and in a few years sell it and he and the next 10 generations of his family will never have to work another day in their lives. Good move 
Posted on 9/19/08 at 2:57 pm to guttata
Meanwhile, Louisiana loses out on tens of millions per annum in tax revenue as a result of this entirely selfish move.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 2:57 pm to guttata
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He will move to Dallas to play with the big boys and in a few years sell it and he and the next 10 generations of his family will never have to work another day in their lives. Good move
It will be complete when he starts wearing open chest hair revealing shirts, racing cigarette boats, and having skeletoresque plastic surgery on his face.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 2:59 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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It will be complete when he starts wearing open chest hair revealing shirts, racing cigarette boats, and having skeletoresque plastic surgery on his face
i get jokesPosted on 9/19/08 at 3:00 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Al never abandoned the city that gave birth to his life and dream.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 3:00 pm to Lsupimp
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That lame Cane's narrative (one love-look at my dog) won't play nationwide like it does here. Canes is a regional brand at best, long term.
They already have stores all over the US if I'm not mistaken?
Posted on 9/19/08 at 3:38 pm to Glock17
Why does Graves owe Louisiana anything? Doesn't he have to pay his business taxes just like anybody else. I would bet that the state of LA wouldn't be there for him if his company were to go belly up like so many other fast food rest. do. I say it's a great move for him and I would do the same exact thing. He took a chance and it payed off big-time.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 6:27 pm to ToplessTenors4evuh
"He's not the guy who will make the move and forget his roots."
Has ever a more foolish comment been made? He's moving his corporate headquarters out of state. He can remember about his roots all he wants, but the fact of the matter is Texas is going to get the bulk of the taxes from his profits.
Has ever a more foolish comment been made? He's moving his corporate headquarters out of state. He can remember about his roots all he wants, but the fact of the matter is Texas is going to get the bulk of the taxes from his profits.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 6:29 pm to TulaneLSU
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Has ever a more foolish comment been made? He's moving his corporate headquarters out of state. He can remember about his roots all he wants, but the fact of the matter is Texas is going to get the bulk of the taxes from his profits.
Since when does not forgetting your roots have anything to do with what state gets what profits?
Maybe you should be asking why Texas and Dallas are a more attractive location for a business to expand than Baton Rouge, New Orleans (gasp), or Louisiana in general.
In other words, take a business class or three in your skewed flame-ridden lifetime, then get back to me.
How conveniently and quickly you dropped that Al Copeland argument/comparison.
This post was edited on 9/19/08 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 9/19/08 at 6:44 pm to ToplessTenors4evuh
Take a business class? Sorry, I don't do education for mentally incapable buffoons. I could learn in a week what 99% of MBAs know.
Texas may have better tax incentives and being in a larger city surrounded by large corporations may be good his wallet. But the very fact that he is moving is a metanoia from the state of Louisiana and its people, from whom his profits were born and his business grew. He used the state as a stepping stone, and now that this Vlad the Impaler has feasted on the people of LA long enough, he is strong enough to move to the cool lunch table and leave behind the geeks of Louisiana.
Call him a "good" (read: selfish, motivated by profit alone) business man by moving from Louisiana, but do not say he is doing anything other than turning his back on the state.
Al Copeland's legacy is his love of New Orleans. This guy's legacy is his love of money. That's where that comparison ends.
Texas may have better tax incentives and being in a larger city surrounded by large corporations may be good his wallet. But the very fact that he is moving is a metanoia from the state of Louisiana and its people, from whom his profits were born and his business grew. He used the state as a stepping stone, and now that this Vlad the Impaler has feasted on the people of LA long enough, he is strong enough to move to the cool lunch table and leave behind the geeks of Louisiana.
Call him a "good" (read: selfish, motivated by profit alone) business man by moving from Louisiana, but do not say he is doing anything other than turning his back on the state.
Al Copeland's legacy is his love of New Orleans. This guy's legacy is his love of money. That's where that comparison ends.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 6:47 pm to TulaneLSU
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Al Copeland's legacy is his love of plastic surgery and torching boats.
fixed.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 6:49 pm to kfizzle85
no shite.
What a terrific hack you are, TulaneLSU. Keep up the dubious work.
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Al Copeland's legacy is his love of New Orleans. This guy's legacy is his love of money. That's where that comparison ends.
What a terrific hack you are, TulaneLSU. Keep up the dubious work.
Posted on 9/19/08 at 10:54 pm to ToplessTenors4evuh
I will boycott, forget that place.
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