by jim muehlhausen | May 26, 2010 | Business Model Tips, Carls Jr, Fast Food Business Model, Hardees, McDonalds, Public Companies, Success Stories
In late February, THL Partners agreed to take CKE Restaurants (CKR) private in a transaction worth $694 million. CKE operates both Hardees and Carl’s Jr Restaurants. As you can see from the chart below, CKE operates about 3100 locations whereas McDonalds (MCD)...
by jim muehlhausen | May 20, 2010 | hooters, Public Companies
Oops, Hooter’s may have decided it’s in the pretty girls business after all. As the video below shows, appearance of the waitresses is of the utmost concern to Hooters. I would have sworn I saw the President of Hooters on the television show Undercover Boss stating...
by jim muehlhausen | May 11, 2010 | Burger King, Business Model Tips, Failure Stories, McDonalds, Public Companies, Success Stories
In the latest round of the burger wars, Burger King has apparently given up. As you can see from the following commercial, Burger King has apparently run out of ideas and has changed its model to “Hey, we are not as good as McDonalds, but we are cheaper.” This...
by jim muehlhausen | May 4, 2010 | blockbuster, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Trends, Failure Stories, Private Companies, Public Companies, redbox, Success Stories
Coinstar, the parent company of Redbox announced record earnings this week. Net income tripled from the previous period. Clearly, Redbox’s $1 rental model with 20,000 locations is superior to Blockbuster’s retail store model. In their press release, Redbox is...
by admin | May 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
A member of one of our CEO Focus groups in Maryland, Sam, was building a new home generator repair business. A “consultant” told him he should do radio ads to bring new customers. Off Sam went and spent $60,000 on radio ads! Did they work? Nobody knows,...
