Robert Johnston
Robert Johnston
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We continue to be disappointed. We continue to review our strategic options.
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This celebration is the culmination of three decades of hard work by thousands of dedicated Melting Pot employees. It's an occasion that we're excited to celebrate with all of our previous, current and future guests, vendors and franchise partners. Going forward, we promise to continue doing those things that keep The Melting Pot special for so many of our patrons - and we'll continue to provide them with genuine hospitality, perfect food and spotless facilities. That's our mission.
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What's going on here is a redefinition of Christmas as a time of family celebration rather than as a time of the community faithful celebrating the birth of the savior...There is a risk that we will lose one more of our Christian rituals, one that's at the heart of our faith.
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We think it is a very fair price but if the company is willing to sit down with us and share non-public information, I think we may be able to find additional value.
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Projections don't mean anything, what matters to me are the actual results.
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Seeing the parades made me feel like I was finally home. But at the same time, I was jarred by this sadness that the city I was born in and will die in will never be the place I knew before the hurricane.
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Obviously, it is $50-million which is not available for the shareholders.
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Since we began acquiring stock we always thought this was a very good company with great prospects that maybe was not performing up to its potential.
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Obviously, you can't increase the price until you do the due diligence. That was putting the cart before the horse.
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There is no strategy to sell any large number of stores.
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We see problematic actual execution. Stores are in disarray. Advertised items are not available. Scanners don't work with the bar codes. Those are things we would focus on right away to try to improve.
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It's our chance to say 'thank you' to all of our loyal patrons who have dined with us - and celebrated with us - for so many years. We wanted to do something special to honor our history and to help welcome our 100th location, which will open by year's end.
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It showed us that this region is necessary for recognition memory. The hippocampus has also been implicated for recognition memory in humans.
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It's a big headache and I knew I wasn't going to make any money off it, but I have a love for the game and a love for the community.