Sentences with phrase «than chained in»

Dogs are less likely to bite when they're spayed or neutered, properly trained, and brought into the home rather than chained in the backyard.

Not exact matches

Still, sales growth at its parent company Yum Brands was weaker than expected, hurt by a chicken shortage at KFC chain restaurants in the U.K. and Ireland.

(Since 2008, the industry along with large pharmacy chains, have collectively paid more than $ 425 million in state and federal settlements related to the issue).

It is one of the largest food and drug chains in the U.S., with more than 2,200 stores in 33 states, including brands such as Acme, Safeway, and Tom Thumb.

In other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthIn other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six monthin a season, which lasts six months.

That's higher than any restaurant in any category, even though the chain is famously limited to only the West Coast.

The food tends to be much more creative than in a national chain like Applebee's or Red Lobster and they offer a unique experience.

Regular medications including original name brands and generics can be found at modern pharmacy chains like U-Care for less than 10 % of the prices charged in the States.

Simply link up all the paperclips in someone's drawer and watch on as they proceed to pull out a whole chain of clips rather than just the one they intended to.

Since then, Halo Top has found its way into every major grocery chain in the U.S., more than 19,000 stores nationwide.

Because the chain has more than 14,000 locations in the US, most customers are relatively near a McDonald's — meaning shorter delivery times, allowing food to arrive still warm.

DoorDash currently delivers meals in more than 250 cities and has partnered with national chains like 7 - Eleven and Taco Bell.

In a U.S. economy that is more than two - thirds consumer spending, GDP growth is chained to income growth.

Sobeys bought the Western Canadian chain in 2013 for $ 5.8 billion; it took just under $ 3 billion in impairment charges last year after digesting the purchase proved more difficult than anticipated.

More than a week after Canada's beloved coffee and donut chain announced it had a hole in its executive suite, analysts are still wondering what happened to former CEO Don Schroeder.

Whole Foods stock jumped more than 30 percent to about $ 43 per share on Friday, following Amazon's announcement that it plans to acquire the high - end grocery chain in a deal valued at $ 13.7 billion.

In September, Pizza Hut brought more than 1,000 area managers and area coaches to the chain's Dallas headquarters to taste and learn to make the new pizzas firsthand with the chain's Academy Team.

People visit malls less frequently than they did in years past, and chains like Starbucks have hundreds of locations in malls.

According to Pembroke Consulting data, Walmart is the fourth largest pharmacy operator in the U.S., with 2016 sales of $ 20.6 billion, making it larger than drugstore chain Rite Aid.

Commenting on the Company's first quarter results, Ryder Chairman and CEO Robert Sanchez said, «Our results were at the high - end of our expectations in the first quarter, driven by stronger than expected results in our rental, supply chain, and dedicated businesses.

«There is just less fear from people who feel like they might lose their jobs... Our shoppers seem more confident than they did a year ago,» said Reed, 63, whose chain of four stores clocked a roughly 10 percent jump in sales from Thanksgiving to this week, compared to the year before.

Despite facing stiff competition from Loblaws and Sobeys, grocery chain Metro has a better reputation than both supermarkets in our survey.

SEASONED retailers in Leederville believe the area's appeal lies in the independent streak displayed by the stores and entertainment outlets rather than the chain operators that have come to dominate other high street precincts.

No one has a better understanding of this than American Apparel CEO Dov Charney who was quoted in The Village Voice lamenting the death of the fad his retail chain championed, if not started.

In acquiring supermarket chain Whole Foods, Amazon has launched a similar service, where shoppers can return purchases made on Amazon.com at the grocer's more than 400 stores.

With more than 1,600 restaurants and plenty of potential franchisees eager to get in on the high - value brand, why hasn't the mega-popular burrito chain ever franchised?

With more than 21,000 stores in 66 countries, the world's largest coffee chain already had ample channels for selling new products.

After all, these companies employ more than 2.2 million people, according to the National Minority Supplier Development Council, which works with corporations to include minority - run businesses in their supply chains.

There are more restaurants in the US than Americans actually need — and then, when they do go out, they're visiting local options instead of major chains.

Citigroup Inc., the nation's fourth - largest bank, said in March it plans to prohibit retail chains that are its customers from offering bump stocks or selling guns to anyone who hasn't passed a background check or is younger than 21.

Other chains, including PostMedia in Canada, have consolidated their newsrooms in markets where they own more than one newspaper.

In Chicago, for instance, 35 % more customers visited the chain in the days following the acquisition than they did the week prioIn Chicago, for instance, 35 % more customers visited the chain in the days following the acquisition than they did the week prioin the days following the acquisition than they did the week prior.

Rather than holding a review, Shoppers selected the agency based on its multimedia focus and its status since February 2014 as AOR for Loblaw, which purchased the pharmacy chain for $ 12.4 billion in 2013.

Factors Chain International A global network of more than 250 leading factoring companies in 66 countries that seeks to facilitate trade through factoring and other financial services.

Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's store count by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot - dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in about US$ 400 million in annual sales.

Just two years after the controversy, Chick - fil - A beat KFC to become the biggest chicken chain in the US in sales, despite having fewer than half as many locations.

Starbucks» technology took far less time, but in January the chain said mobile orders poured in faster than they could be processed, creating backlogs that drove away time - crunched walk - in customers.

During a press conference earlier in the day, Bondi said convenience store chain 7 - Eleven has been called out for price gouging on water in more than 100 complaints.

Supporters of gay rights boycotted the chain, holding «kiss - ins» to protest the company, while the chain's supporters pledged to eat more Chick - fil - A than ever before.

Just like with licensing, the company providing the platform is much more likely to succeed than an independent inventor at the commercialization effort, due to their established relationships with other companies in the distribution chain.

HBC picked up more than swanky retail space in its recent friendly acquisition of luxury U.S. chain Saks Fifth Avenue.

You're also more likely to see them in upscale chains rather than in traditional fast food restaurants.

KFC, China's biggest restaurant chain with more than 4,000 outlets and plans to open 700 more this year, was hit hard by a report in December 2013 that some poultry suppliers violated rules on drug use in chickens.

The chain, which reported better - than - expected quarterly profit last week, recently announced that achieving the low - end of its U.S. comparable sales growth target of 2 to 3 percent in 2014 would be a challenge.

The chain, founded more than 50 years ago, is struggling to boost sales in the U.S. as newer, more modern rivals emerge.

Again, the public at large isn't bothered — more than 10 million people used Airbnb in 2014 alone, and the company now boasts more rooms than any hotel chain in the world.

This chain of bakeries has more than 300 stores, but they're concentrated mostly in the Eastern half of the United States (store locator here).

Says Fetscher, «When I reviewed leases for a franchised restaurant chain, the franchisees paying $ 8,000 a month in rent were happier than those paying $ 3,000.»

And it turned out that the number of managers in any chain who actually did the marketing we were teaching them was less than 30 %.

Once the country's second largest U.S. electronics chain that boasted more than $ 12 billion in revenue, Circuit City filed for Chapter 11 protection in November with the hope of reorganizing and continuing to operate.