Prodrive is a real pro in the motorsport and automotive technology industries. Prodrive has managed Formula One, World Rallying, touring, and sports-car racing teams for such companies as Subaru, BMW, Ferrari, Ford, and Honda. The company also develops, designs, manufactures, and sells high-performance vehicle components, including engines, powertrains, chassis, brakes, and body styling products. Prodrive's consulting services include brand, product, and marketing strategy. Investment firm Apax Partners owns about half of Prodrive, which has operations in Australia, Germany, Thailand, the UK, and the US.

Bruster’s was founded in 1989 by a man whose passion for extraordinary ice cream and stellar customer service runs deep. Born into the restaurant business, Bruce Reed opened his first Bruster’s in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, after perfecting his recipe for rich, creamy homemade ice cream. People came from miles around to enjoy the skillfully prepared desserts that Bruce created right in that first store. It got to where he had to expand to keep up with the growing demand for his ice creams. Before long, Bruster’s became one of the fastest expanding ice cream stores in the country and Bruce regretfully all but stopped wearing his apron to work.

Fitness Formula thinks it has the formula for a healthy, long life. The company owns and operates seven upscale health and fitness clubs in the Chicago area. Most locations include fitness classes (yoga, Pilates, aerobics, spinning, water aerobics), specialized training for marathons and triathlons, rock climbing walls, and all the usual machines, weights, and toned bodies. The company also operates two private clubs mostly used as corporate health facilities which include sauna and spa facilities. Fitness Formula was founded in 1984 by president and CEO Gale Landers.

You might say people queue up for dining and billiards at these restaurants. JCB Entertainment Holdings is a leading operator of restaurant and entertainment complexes with about 15 Jillian's Billiards Clubs in 10 states. Aimed at adults and families, the fun centers offer casual dining and drinks along with such game room venues as the 9 Ball Lounge, Hi-Life Lanes (bowling) and Amazing Games (interactive and video games). The restaurants serve mostly traditional American fare, along with full bar service and beer on tap. The Jillian's chain was started in 1988. JBC Entertainment is owned by private equity firm Gemini Investors.

A BlackHorse with plenty of greens may be that illusive horse of a different color. BlackHorse Golf Club has two 18-hole golf public courses, a clubhouse, restaurant, training center, and pro shop outside Houston. The course, designed by Peter Jacobsen and Jim Hardy, is one of the country's top public golf courses. They were created to take advantage of natural topography to form course obstacles and include a practice range, short game area, and putting green. Duffers can join Redstone Advantage for a yearly fee and save on daily club fees and pro shop gear as well as receiving some Redstone swag. BlackHorse is owned by Redstone Golf Management.

Patrons of this restaurant chain are hopefully well fed when it's time to say good bye. Ruby Tuesday, which takes its name from the song by the Rolling Stones, operates a leading chain of casual-dining restaurants with about 900 locations in the US and more than a dozen other countries. The full-service eateries offer a menu of American and ethnic food items, including burgers, fajitas, pasta, ribs, seafood, and steak. The restaurants are also well known for their appetizers. Found mostly in the eastern half of the country, more than 670 Ruby Tuesday locations are corporate-run, while the rest are franchised.

Crystal Palace F.C. (2000) owns and operates Crystal Palace F.C., a professional soccer team that completes in the UK's Football League Championship. Known to supporters as The Eagles, the team was formed in 1905 and took its name from London's Crystal Palace, a building made of wrought iron and glass built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 (the first in a series of World's Fair exhibitions). Crystal Palace F.C. has called Selhurt Park its home ground since 1924. Controlled by chairman Simon Jordan since 2000, the company was put into administration in early 2010.

Center Parcs Limited founded in 1968, is a subsidiary of private equity firm The Blackstone Group. Center Parcs company operates four forested holiday villages, which attract vacationers by offering such amenities as villas, swimming holes, lakes, restaurants, shops, and spas. The leisure company's properties are in the UK, in Cumbria, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk, and Wiltshire. Each village sits on about 400 acres. All told, Center Parcs' holiday villages boast nearly 3,400 units in four categories ranging from standard villas to exclusive four-bedroom villas.

Million Dollar Saloon Inc. (NASDAQ: MLDS) owns and operates an adult cabaret in Dallas, Texas. MLDS opened in 1982 to establish a sophisticated entertainment club catering to a professional clientele. In order to attract this clientele, MLDS established a premier bar and restaurant within a formal environment. With this pioneering strategy, MLDS was able to not only achieve its objective, but also to help establish consumer acceptance of adult cabarets, and increase overall industry demand. Million Dollar Saloon Inc. owns and operates the Million Dollar Saloon. When this club opened in 1982, it was -considered a pioneer in the industry as it was one of the first gentleman's clubs built in the United States to cater to an upscale clientele. The idea was to provide high quality entertainment, good food and drinks in an elegant setting. Although this sounds simple, at the time the club opened in 1982, the gentleman's club industry generally had the reputation of catering to a more blue-collar crowd. This unique approach that the Million Dollar Saloon took to the business was an instant success.

This company hopes its crème brulee, croissants, and quiche prove as memorable as Proust's famous teacake. La Madeleine operates a chain of more than 60 la Madeleine Bakery, Café & Bistro casual dining locations in Texas, Georgia, and Louisiana, offering French country cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The restaurants, which welcome patrons with such interior appointments as a stone hearth and handcrafted wood tables, use a cafeteria-style serving line and limited table service. Each location also sells a variety of fresh baked goods. French native Patrick Leon Esquerré started the business in 1983. La Madeleine is owned by a group of investors including Paris-based restaurant operator Groupe Le Duff.

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