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Embattled Mesa Air to merge with Republic Airways Holdings

Brandon Brown — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 21:22:56 +0000

Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group Inc. and Indiana-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. will merge to create a new publicly traded entity.

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Houston investor wants Sam Fox restaurants spun out of Cheesecake Factory, report says

Brandon Brown — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:27:22 +0000

A Houston-based activist investor wants to break up The Cheesecake Factory to spin out three restaurants founded by Phoenix's Sam Fox, the WSJ says.

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Buc-ee’s proposes entering Arizona with possibly largest travel center thus far

Brandon Brown — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:57:16 +0000

Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based convenience store and gas station chain known for big stores, clean bathrooms and made-to-order sandwiches, might be opening its largest store to date in Phoenix’s West Valley, marking the Texas-based chain's entry into Arizon...

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Houston restaurant to open first Arizona location in Scottsdale

Brandon Brown — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:50:01 +0000

Federal American Grill, a restaurant company based in Texas, will open its first eatery in Arizona in the coming weeks.

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Mesa Air just bought dozens of tiny planes. Its CEO hopes they will alleviate the pilot shortage

Brandon Brown — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:12:52 +0000

Mesa Air will use the training aircraft for its new pilot development program, which will provide recent flight school graduates the opportunity to accumulate the 1,500 of flight hours needed to operate a commercial aircraft. Company officials explaine...

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US college football bowl game executives plot next steps in wake of Covid-19

Brandon Brown — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:04:00 +0000

Bowl Season is the coalition of 44 separate college football bowl game organizations. This year, games are expected to kick off on Dec. 17 with the Bahamas Bowl and conclude on Jan. 10, 2022, with the College Football Playoff National Championship.

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Cheesecake Factory, affiliates won’t pay April rent because of coronavirus losses

Brandon Brown — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:25:01 +0000

One of the country’s largest restaurant chains has sent a letter to its landlords saying it won’t be paying its April rent due to significant losses caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

The Cheesecake Factory CEO David Overton told landlords in a lette...

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Randalls’ parent company files paperwork to go public

Brandon Brown — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:06:41 +0000

The parent company of the Randalls grocery store chain has filed for an initial public offering.

Albertsons Companies Inc., which owns and runs both the Albertsons and Safeway chains as well as Randalls and 17 other brands nationwide, filed its IPO do...

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