QMH Ltd. company is owned by a consortium of private equity investors comprised of the Whitehall 2001 Funds, Goldman Sachs, and Regina Investments Sarl. QMH is a leading operator of mid-priced hotels in the UK with a portfolio of nearly 20 properties. Most of the company's hotels operate under the Holiday Inn brand, but QMH also operates a handful of Crowne Plaza and Best Western hotels. The properties are located mostly in smaller markets, and target both business and leisure travelers with a range of amenities including business centers and conference rooms, as well as health and fitness clubs.

Pop Warner Little Scholars (PWLS) is mostly fun and games with incentives for academic achievement. It is a not-for-profit organization that offers football and cheer and dance programs for children ages five to 16. The organization has about 400,000 participants across more than 40 US states and several other countries. In order to participate, little cheerleaders and grid iron wanna-bes are required to maintain academic standards including a minimum 2.0 grade point average. School administrators can petition to have the requirement waived for students they think will benefit from the program.

This company is crazy for seafood. Mad Anthony's operates more than 20 seafood restaurants in Washington and Oregon, including full-service dinner houses such as Anthony's Pier 66 and its chain of Anthony's HomePort locations, as well as takeout quick-service spots such as Anthony's Fish Bar and Little Chinook's. It also runs casual, family-dining restaurants including Anthony's Beach Café, Anthony's Bell St. Diner, and Anthony's Oyster Bar & Grill. Mad Anthony's also owns its own seafood business to supply its restaurants with the freshest catch. Company president Budd Gould started the family-owned business in 1975, opening his first Anthony's HomePort restaurant in Kirkland, Washington.

Pastry fans might like to go a lap with this company. Great Circle Family Foods is a franchisee of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, with about a dozen stores operating in Southern California. The shops are popular for their raised, glazed doughnuts that are served fresh and hot out of the fryer; the chain's menu also features cake and filled doughnuts, crullers, and fritters, as well as hot coffee and other beverages. CEO Roger Glickman and his father-in-law Richard Reinis started the company in 1998. Great Circle Family Foods exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009.

These restaurants have some industrial strength menus for foodies. The Cheesecake Factory owns and operates about 150 casual-dining restaurants in 35 states that offer some 200 menu items ranging from sandwiches and salads to steaks and seafood. The highlight of the menu, of course, is cheesecake, which comes in about 40 varieties, including Chocolate Tuxedo Cream and Kahlua Cocoa Coffee. Each restaurant has a unique design, but all of them feature over-the-top opulence and Las Vegas-style glitz. In addition to its flagship concept, the company has more than a dozen upscale Grand Lux Cafes that offer a similar menu. The Cheesecake Factory also sells desserts to grocery stores and foodservice operators.

Cinnaroll Bakeries Limited, makers of an increasingly famous line of cinnamon rolls and treats, is a well-established Calgary company with over 20 years of baking experience. We have two brands we focus on, our unique café style bakeries that specialize in producing in-house oven hot Cinnamon Rolls Cinnzeo, and our wholesale manufacturing bakery that operates under the name Baker Boys. The Baker Boys brand was established in 1993 with the intent of providing gourmet cinnamon rolls to the retail grocery and foodservice industries throughout Western Canada. Since then we’ve grown and now operate out of a 30,000 square foot commercial bakery. Today we are proud to say that we supply a wide variety of “thaw and sell” fabulous baked goods to the grocery store, convenience store, fundraising, and foodservice industries throughout North America.

Keeping the drive-in burger joint alive sounds like a good idea to this company. Sonic Corp. operates the largest chain of quick-service drive-ins in the US, with more than 3,500 locations in more than 40 states. (The chain has a significant presence in the South, namely in Texas.) The eateries offer a menu of hamburgers, chili cheese hot dogs (Coneys), onion rings, and tater tots, along with breakfast burritos, wrap sandwiches, and frozen desserts. Most locations offer drive-thru service and some have indoor seating. The company operates and has a majority interest in about 470 of the restaurants, while the rest are operated by franchisees.

This company is part of the Tex-Mex restaurant stampede. Buffalo's Franchise Concepts operates and franchises about 30 Buffalo's Southwest Cafe casual dining locations in Georgia and about 10 other states. The restaurants offer a typical southwestern style menu, including burritos, fajitas, and quesadillas, along with burgers, steaks, and Buffalo-style chicken wings. Outside the US, the chain has locations in Kuwait, Puerto Rico, and Saudi Arabia. David Hyde and Ralph Perrella started Buffalo's in 1985. Former franchisees Drew Alexander and Shelli Lang acquired the company in 2007.

Ryman Auditorium, a National Historic Landmark and former home of the Grand Ole Opry (1943-1974), continues its more-than-100-year music tradition by offering the best in entertainment. Open daily from 9 am to 4 pm, excluding New Year’s, Thanksgiving, and Christmas days, the Ryman offers tours that showcase the legendary stars who have graced her stage, from the biggest names in music to Mae West, Rudolph Valentino, and W.C. Fields. Ryman Auditorium first opened its doors in 1892 as a vision of Captain Thomas G. Ryman. With the coming of the Grand Ole Opry show in 1943, the Ryman found its identity as the Mother Church of Country Music. In 1974, the Opry moved to its current home by the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and left the Ryman vacant. It was not until twenty years later in 1994 that the Ryman was restored to be the national showplace that it is today.

Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball owns and operates the Minnesota Timberwolves professional basketball franchise, which joined the National Basketball Association as an expansion franchise in 1989. Playing host at the Target Center in Minneapolis, the Wolves have yet to claim an NBA Finals appearance. Local businessmen Harvey Ratner and Marv Wolfenson were first awarded the franchise; Glen Taylor, chairman of printing giant Taylor Corporation, led a group of investors who bought the team in 1995.

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