Leslie Collins - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/leslie-collins/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Leslie Collins - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/leslie-collins/ 32 32 103504436 Black & Veatch hires seasoned Houston exec to run global construction business https://houstonnewmedia.org/black-veatch-hires-seasoned-houston-exec-to-run-global-construction-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-veatch-hires-seasoned-houston-exec-to-run-global-construction-business Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:33:26 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=f9156b8c6b55591ac78e3f6de345af46 Black & Veatch’s construction business is growing at a fast clip, sparking the need for a new executive hire.

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NPC International, a giant Pizza Hut and Wendy’s franchisee, lands $816M stalking horse bid https://houstonnewmedia.org/npc-international-a-giant-pizza-hut-and-wendys-franchisee-lands-816m-stalking-horse-bid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=npc-international-a-giant-pizza-hut-and-wendys-franchisee-lands-816m-stalking-horse-bid Tue, 10 Nov 2020 13:36:25 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=d3237082646641f3f47bf120db73d41e NPC International Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Houston in July, has signed an $816 million stalking horse asset purchase agreement with the nation's largest restaurant franchisee.

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Bankruptcy filing: Pizza Hut franchisee NPC International faced ‘rapidly deteriorating liquidity position’ https://houstonnewmedia.org/bankruptcy-filing-pizza-hut-franchisee-npc-international-faced-rapidly-deteriorating-liquidity-position/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bankruptcy-filing-pizza-hut-franchisee-npc-international-faced-rapidly-deteriorating-liquidity-position Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:48:53 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8d745961b9a3fd620c25c18d307194f9 Although Wendy's has "historically performed well," the Pizza Hut brand has underperformed for NPC in recent years.

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Here’s the final number of restaurants Landry’s acquired in Houlihan’s deal https://houstonnewmedia.org/heres-the-final-number-of-restaurants-landrys-acquired-in-houlihans-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-the-final-number-of-restaurants-landrys-acquired-in-houlihans-deal Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:11:50 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=4055b9481cf18616345c45a8df4ada6b The parent company of Leawood, Kansas-based Houlihan's Restaurants Inc. closed 16 restaurants throughout the U.S. in December, and all but two were Houlihan's Restaurant + Bar locations.

HRI Holding Corp. rejected the leases as part of its bankruptcy ...

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Houston billionaire’s restaurant co. wins bid for Houlihan’s assets; final price may fall https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-billionaires-restaurant-co-wins-bid-for-houlihans-assets-final-price-may-fall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-billionaires-restaurant-co-wins-bid-for-houlihans-assets-final-price-may-fall Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:50:56 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=35b4f9baed4daf59c04616a94046da52 Local billionaire Tilman Fertitta has received bankruptcy court approval to add another group of restaurant chains to his growing empire.

Houston-based Landry's Inc. — owned by Chairman, President and CEO Fertitta — was the sole bidder for the assets ...

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