Cold Rock Management helps keep Australians cool with ice cream. Cold Rock Management Pty Ltd. is a leading franchisor of frozen treat outlets with its chain of about 85 Cold Rock Ice Creamery locations. The shops feature a variety of ice cream flavors, gelato, and sorbet, along with a menu of ingredients such as nuts, cookies, candies, and fruits that can be mixed into the ice cream. Each Cold Rock location features a refrigerated granite slab used for combining the ice cream with the additional ingredients. Started in the mid-1990s, the Cold Rock chain is owned by Franchised Food Company (FFC), a multi-concept franchising business controlled by Stan Gordon.

Famous Uncle Al's Hot Dogs & Grille operates a chain of about 10 franchised quick-service restaurants in Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia that specialize in hot dogs and sausage sandwiches. The eateries also serve a variety of Italian-style sandwiches, burgers, and fries. CEO Paul Esposito and president Dean Valentino together control more than 30% of the company.

Snowdance owns and operates Ascutney Mountain Resort, a ski facility and resort near Brownsville, Vermont. Ascutney offers skiers more than 55 trails and half a dozen lifts, as well as tree skiing areas, a learning area, and terrain park with jumps and other thrills. For accommodations and amenities, the resort features a hotel and condominiums, fitness center and spa facility, and restaurants. Summertime activities at the resort include mountain biking, tennis, hang gliding, and miniature golf. The area first became a ski resort in 1938. Steve and Susan Plausteiner have owned Ascutney since 1993.

Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club is a professional hockey franchise that represents North Carolina in the National Hockey League. Originally founded in 1971 as the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association (WHA), the team joined the NHL as the Hartford Whalers in 1979. Peter Karmanos, founder and chairman of Compuware, led a group that acquired the team in 1994, relocating it first to Greensboro, North Carolina, before settling in Raleigh in 1999. Playing host that the RBC Center, the team earned its first and only Stanley Cup championship in 2006.

Straw Hat Cooperative owns and operates Straw Hat Pizza, a chain of about 70 casual dining restaurants located mostly in Northern California. The family-style eateries are popular for their signature pizzas, pasta dishes, and sandwiches. In addition to its pizzerias, the company has a small number of Straw Hat Grill locations that specialize in hamburgers and other sandwiches, along with a few Straw Hat Express units found in strip malls and other retail locations. Founded in 1959, the Straw Hat chain is controlled by its franchise operators.

More than a few Chili's heat up this restaurant business. One of the world's largest casual dining companies, Brinker International operates and franchises about 1,500 Chili's Grill & Bar locations in about 30 countries. Trailing only Applebee's as the largest full-service restaurant chain, Chili's specializes in southwestern-style dishes with a menu featuring fajitas, margarita grilled chicken, and its popular baby back ribs. About 670 of the eateries are operated by franchisees, including more than 200 international locations. In addition to its flagship chain, Brinker operates Maggiano's Little Italy, a casual Italian chain with more than 40 units, and it owns a stake in Romano's Macaroni Grill.

Hard Rock Hotel Holdings, LLC, through its subsidiary, Hard Rock Hotel, Inc., owns and operates Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. It operates Hard Rock Hotel and Casino as an entertainment resort with a rock music theme. As of December 31, 2009, the company’s resort consisted of 3 hotel towers with approximately 1,500 furnished hotel rooms; a casino with 835 slot machines and 125 table games; poker lounge with 18 tables, connected bar, retail store, a jewelry store, a lingerie store, a nightclub, a rock n’ roll bar, a banquet and meeting facility, a music concert hall, a beach club, 6 restaurants, 8 cocktail lounges, and a spa/salon/fitness center.

It shouldn't be a surprise that Uno Restaurant Holdings thinks its pizza is numero uno. The company operates and franchises about 160 Uno Chicago Grill restaurants in about 25 states and a handful of other countries. Known for its deep-dish, Chicago-style pizza, the casual dining chain also serves pasta, salads, seafood, steaks, burgers, and sandwiches. In addition to its flagship chain, the company has a fast casual concept called Uno Due Go as well as quick service Uno Express locations located in airports, sports arenas, and malls. Through subsidiary Uno Foods, it sells branded food products to airlines, hotels, supermarkets, and theaters. Uno Restaurant Holdings filed for bankruptcy in 2010.

Radisson Hotels & Resorts is a leading upscale hotel brand, with about 400 franchised locations in some 670 countries. The chain offers a full complement of amenities for both business and leisure travelers, including fine dining, fitness centers, and meeting rooms. Its resort locations typically boast such niceties as beachfront locations, golf courses, or skiing. Radisson Hotels & Resorts company is the flagship luxury brand of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, part of the hospitality and business services giant Carlson Companies.

Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader in pizza delivery operating a network of company-owned and franchise-owned stores in the United States and international markets. Domino's Pizza's Vision illustrates a company of exceptional people on a mission to be the best pizza delivery company in the world. To learn more about Domino's, please visit the links we've provided at the top of the page.

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