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Benihana Corporate Office

Benihana

Benihana was founded in 1964 in New York City by Rocky H. Aoki. The first restaurant was on W 56th Street.

The chain struggled until received a rave review from the New York Herald in 1965.

In 1968, the first restaurant opened outside of New York, in Chicago.

History

In 1982, the Benihana National Corporation went public.

By 1997, there were 47 restaurants.

In 1999, the company acquired Haru Sushi.

In 2002, the company acquired RA Sushi.

In 2007, the 100th restaurant was opened.

In 2008, founder Rocky Aoki died.

In 2012, the chain was acquired by Angelo Gordon & Company and taken private.

Today, Benihana operates nearly 120 Japanese cuisine restaurants worldwide. The chain also operates both Haru and RA sushi restaurants.

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Save A Lot Corporate Office

Save-A-Lot

Save-A-Lot began in 1977 with single store in Cahokia, Illinois. The chain was founded by Bill Moran who used the idea of limited selection to compete against the mega chains.

By 1980, there were 52 stores.

In 1987, the company was purchased by Wetterau Inc.

History

In 1993, Wetterau and Save-A-Lot were acquired by Supervalu Inc.

In 2002, the company acquired the Deal$ chain. In 2006, Deal$ was sold to Dollar Tree.

In 2006, founder Bill Moran retires.

By 2009, there were 1200 locations.

Today, Save-A-Lot is a wholly owned subsidiary of SuperValu. There are more than 1300 stores nationwide.

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Suddenlink Corporate Office

Suddenlink

Suddenlink was started in 2003 after Classic Communications bankruptcy. Classic was renamed to Cebridge Connections.

In 2006, Cebridge renamed itself to Suddenlink after completing acquisitions from Cox and Charter Communications.

History

In 2006 and 2007, the company completed a large nationwide backbone project.

In 2010, the company acquired Windjammer Cable. They also began to partner with TiVo to offer Premiere DVRs.

In 2011, the company began to offer HBO GO and MAX GO programming.

In 2012, the company was the first in the US to offer TiVo Stream.

In 2013, the company was the first to offer the TiVo Mini.

Today, Suddenlink is the 6th largest cable broadband provider in the US. They currently provide service to over 1.5 million subscribers.

The company began offering free family channels in April 2020, such as Hallmark channels, the DIY Channel, the Cooking channel, and many more due to the number of people being quarantined because of the COVID-19 crisis.

In 2014, the company dropped popular Viacom channels because they felt the channels were too costly. Some Viacom channels returned to subscribers line up in August of 2017.

While Forbes lists the company as #331 on its list of America’s Best Employers, customer complaints are extensive.

When hurricane Laura struck Southwest Louisiana in August 2020, Suddenlink CEO stated that they did not expect to fully restore service until mid-November.

The company operates as a subsidiary of Altice USA, inc.

In 2014, the company had annual revenue of $2.33 billion.

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Enterprise Corporate Office

Enterprise

History

Enterprise Rent-A-Car was founded in 1957 by Jack Taylor as Executive Leasing Company. The company began in St. Louis, MO with 7 vehicles. Taylor later renamed it to Enterprise, after the USS Enterprise that he had served on during WWII.

By 1962, the company had 17 vehicles and expands into the rental car market.

In 1969, the company name is changed to Enterprise Leasing Company.

By 1989, there were over 50,000 cars in service. The company name again changes to Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

In 1993, the company expands to Canada with an office in Windsor. They expand to Europe the following year.

Their slogan “We’ll pick you up!” debuted in 1994. It is still used today.

In 1995, the company opens its first airport location.

In 1996, Enterprise becomes the largest rental car company in the US.

In 2002, the company opens its 5,000th rental location.

In 2007, the company acquires Vanguard Automotive Group.

In 2008, the company launches WeCar, a college campus carsharing program. The program was a success and was rebranded in 2013 as Enterprise CarShare. As of 2012 the company had 100 carsharing programs in 30 states and Canada. Carshare features electric cars and hybrid cars, such as the Chevy Volt.

In December of 2015, Uber teamed up with Enterprise, who agreed to rent vehicles to Uber drivers for a standard flat fee each week. This is a pilot program which began in Denver. If successful, the companies hope to expand this program to all 50 states.

The company had annual revenue in 2015 of $18.1 billion and more than 83,000 full-time employees.

In late February of 2018, the company announced that it would no longer offer discounts to NRA members and was pulling support for the company starting in March of the same year.

A survey conducted by J.D. Power and published in November of 2018 stated that Enterprise ranked highest in customer satisfaction among car rental companies.

Today, Enterprise is the largest car rental company in the world, with more than 5,400 locations and 419 airport locations around the world.

Massage Envy Corporate Office

Massage Envy

Massage Envy was founded in 2002 by John Leonesio and Shawn Haycock in Scottsdale, Arizona. Leonesio had owned and sold a chain of health clubs in Arizona and was looking for a new venture.

In 2003, the chain began selling franchises and expanded rapidly.

History

In 2008 the company was acquired by Veria, a Texas-based multimedia company.

By 2010, there were 624 locations in 42 states and Veria sold the chain to Sentinel Capital Partners.

In late 2017, the company was accused of covering up more than 180 sexual assaults at their locations, prompting top execs to make changes to their screening and reporting programs. In December 2017, the CEO stated that he was committed to keeping patrons safe and that extensive changes were being made.

Today, there are over 1200 Massage Envy locations in all 50 US states.

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