The health club owner and operator runs more than 55 facilities throughout the Southeast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic that cater to families seeking a fun and friendly gym environment. It offers group fitness classes, personal training, cycling, swimming, and tanning, as well as special teen programs and child-watching services. Lifestyle Family Fitness sets itself apart from other health clubs with its "no long-term contract" policy, which allows its more than 200,000 members the flexibility of enrolling on a month-to-month basis. The private company was founded in 1982 by Australian-born vice chairman Geoffrey Dyer.

The Brighton & Hove Albion Seagulls compete in Football League One (after their relegation from the English League Championship following the 2005-2006 season). In the club's second season of play, the team moved into the Goldstone Ground stadium where it would play until 1995, when the board of directors controversially sold the the stadium before securing an alternative site to play. The Seagulls have worn the blue and white stripes synonymous with the team since 1904. Brighton & Hove Albion temporarily plays its home matches at the Withdean Stadium and is currently in the middle of a quest for a permanent stadium.

Canadians call on Cara for a quick bite -- in the air or on the ground. Cara Operations is one of the largest foodservices companies in Canada with several different restaurant chains and airline catering operations. Its dining chains, with a total of more than 1,200 company-owned and franchised locations, encompass several concepts including Harvey's (hamburgers), Swiss Chalet (family dining), and Kelsey's (casual dining). Cara Operations also operates about 10 flight kitchens serving more than 60 airlines. Started in 1883 as The Canadian Railway News Company, the company is controlled by the founding Phelan family.

Peel back the layers of this restaurateur and you'll find more than a bloomin' steakhouse. OSI Restaurant Partners is the #2 casual-dining company in terms of revenue (behind Darden Restaurants) with about 1,470 locations in the US and more than 20 other countries. Its flagship Outback Steakhouse chain boasts about 970 outposts offering steak, chicken, and seafood in Australian-themed surroundings. OSI Restaurants also operates the Carrabba's Italian Grill chain, along with Bonefish Grill and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse. A small number of the restaurants are franchised. Kangaroo Holdings, a group including co-founders Chris Sullivan and Bob Basham and private equity firm Bain Capital, owns the company.

Lodgian is a multi-brand hospitality franchisee that operates some 35 hotels in more than 20 US states and one hotel in Windsor, Canada. The company's portfolio is focused mostly on the mid-market segment serving both leisure and business travels with full-service brands franchised from InterContinental Hotels (including Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn) and Marriott (Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield Inn by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott, SpringHill Suites by Marriott). It also runs a handful of unaffiliated and other branded hotels (Hilton, Carlson, Starwood, and Wyndham).

Panera Bread Company, together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises retail bakery-cafes in the United States. Its retail products include baked goods, soups, salads, custom roasted coffees, cafe beverages, and other complementary products. Panera Bread Co. also supplies dough items to company-owned and franchise-operated bakery-cafes. As of December 29, 2009, it operated 585 company-owned and 795 franchise-operated bakery-cafes under the Panera Bread, Saint Louis Bread Co., and Paradise Bakery & Cafe names.

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises operates nearly 70 barbecue restaurants in Texas. Most of the eateries are found in San Antonio, while a handful of others are in Austin and Corpus Christi. Family patriarch Bill Miller opened his first restaurant in 1953. His sons continue to operate the business, which runs a central cooking facility in San Antonio.

Reading Football Club was formed back in 1871. The team, nicknamed the Royals, currently plays football (soccer) in the English Football League Championship (formerly known as Division 1). Reading FC played its home games at Elm Park stadium from 1896 until 1998, when Madejski Stadium became the team's home ground. Former Brentford, Brighton, and Crystal Palace boss Steve Coppell manages the squad. Nearly half of the club's revenues are generated on game days. The team's uniform is sponsored by Kyocera and provided by Puma.

Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis owns and operates a dockside casino in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, that offers gamblers a variety of table games and poker tables, as well as 1,200 slot machines. Other amenities include a 290-room hotel, meeting space, live entertainment, four restaurants, and a golf course. As a result of Hurricane Katrina, the property, then a casino barge called Casino Magic, remained closed for about a year. After renovations, it reopened as the land-based Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis. (The barge was finally hauled off to the scrap heap in 2009.) Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis is a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming.

Scan Products International exports reconditioned coin-operated casino equipment and spare parts made by Aristocrat Leisure Limited, I.G.T, Bally, Atronic Americas, Mikohn, SEGA, Sigma Game, Universal, and Williams. Scan Products, which has been in business since 1982, also offers other gaming supplies like roulette wheels and tables.

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