Thanks Safeway friends for my birthday lunch yesterday. My birthday is tomorrow, the big 34...
Birthday Lunch
Tag: Safeway
Boating On The Delta With The Safeway Web Guys
Happy Meal Marketing Magic
Lessons from McDonald's Golden Arches I'm not a huge fan of the quality of McDonald's food. However, the golden arches have a tractor beam that pulls me in with a seemingly irresistible force. Part of why I still like McDonald's is the nostalgia. I now prefer burgers from Fudruckers or Five Guys, but I noticed my son Tyler started recognizing company brands wherever we went. I'm loyal to Safeway because I work for the company....
Retail Company Revenues By Employee
Comparing Revenue Per Employee Across Major Companies Yes, I'm a data geek and I crunch company operating results for fun. Check this out... Wolframalpha is a public data search engine which allows for lots of complex data analysis. The data below is how much revenue each publicly traded company generates when it is divided by the total number of employees it has (per year). I work in the retail sector, so I first looked at...
Running Like A Girl 2010
Christina and I finished the 2010 SF Nike Woman's Half Marathon with an overall time of 3:31:24 which is 28 minutes faster than last year. If you look at the pace and the rank it isn't stellar but I wouldn't exactly call myself an athlete either. I woke up at 4am to get over to Christina's so it was a very early start to our day. Got some coffee and cash and we made it...
John Mackey: The Whole Foods Story
Insights from The New Yorker Profile John Mackey, the co-founder and chief executive of Whole Foods Market The New Yorker has a long article on Mackey which was a very good read. Since it is so long, I've summarized what I found interesting from it below. I'm terrible at summarizing and in college never got into highlighting my textbooks. When reading I either found it all really interesting or all really dull, so it was...