Hockey Western New York owns and operates the Buffalo Sabres professional hockey franchise, which joined the National Hockey League in 1970 along with the Vancouver Canucks. Buffalo has made two trips to the Stanley Cup finals (its last, a loss to the Dallas Stars, in 1999) but has yet to win a championship title. The team plays host at Buffalo's HSBC Arena. The franchise was first awarded to Seymour Knox III his brother, Northrup Knox. B. Thomas Golisano, founder and chairman of payroll firm Paychex, has owned the Sabres since 2003.

Coffee and donuts are the style in this country. Country Style Food Services operates the #2 donut chain in Canada (behind Tim Hortons) with more than 480 company-owned and franchised locations in Ontario. The eateries offer an extensive selection of baked goods, including bagels, cookies, and muffins, as well as several varieties of donuts. The chain's menu also features hot breakfast sandwiches and such lunch options as deli sandwiches, soups, and salads. In addition to its flagship brand, the company has several locations operating under the Bistrodeli and Buns Master brands. Founded in 1962, Country Style is a subsidiary of quick-service restaurant operator MTY Food Group.

Elephant & Castle® opened its first North American pub and restaurant in 1977 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. E&C's distinct atmosphere and selection of popular British Classics made it an instant success!

Health Fitness reckons employers are willing to pay for healthier workers. The firm develops, manages, and markets fitness centers and health management services for corporations, hospitals, universities, and communities across the US and Canada. The company earns revenue through staffing services and program services in both its fitness management and health management segments. Health Fitness manages about 215 corporate fitness centers, and some 170 corporate health improvement programs. It additionally provides about 100 unstaffed health management programs. Health Fitness has introduced more fee-for-service offerings, including personal training.

LA Fitness serves some 220,000 members with more than 80 fitness clubs throughout the UK, about 20 of which are in London. The company's facilities offer corporate and personal memberships, as well as personal training services. LA Fitness also hosts classes focusing on strength training and cardio-vascular fitness, including yoga, pilates, and spinning. It offers in club fitness seminars and an online fitness management service LA Fitness @ Work. In addition, the company's city clubs provide 30-minute "fast classes" during the working lunch hour.

It’s our pleasure to have you as our guest at any one of our more than 485 worldwide Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM locations. Whether you travel for business or pleasure, you’ll always find a welcome as warm as our waffles from one of our incredible staff. There’s plenty to keep you occupied at Country Inns & Suites By Carlson. You can relax by the fireplace with a book from our Read It & Return Lending Library ™, go for a swim, surf the web with free high-speed Internet or work out in the fitness center. And with free weekday newspapers and hot complimentary breakfasts, you’ll be sure to start your day the right way. Because that’s the Country way. We’ll make you feel like family, because you’ll never truly feel at home if we don’t.

Capital Restaurant Concepts., Ltd. (CRC) is the premier restaurant operator in the metro Washington, DC Metropolitan area. Capital Restaurant Concepts., Ltd. (CRC) history goes back to the 1982 opening of J.Paul's — An American Dining Saloon, in Washington, DC's historic Georgetown. Originated by Paul J. Cohn, an icon in the music business, the restaurant was an immediate success and one of the catalysts in the rejuvenation of Washington's entertainment district. In 1985, J.Paul's, was acquired by Capital Management and Development Corporation (CMDC). An entrepreneurial organization since its inception, CMDC financed the growth of the company through partnerships, all under the common management and control of CMDC. Creativity and diversity are both hallmarks of Capital Restaurant Concepts. All of Capital Restaurant Concepts., Ltd. (CRC) operations, from quick service to fine dining, have a uniqueness that differentiates us from our competitors.

Since opening our first Red Lobster restaurant in Lakeland, Fla., in 1968, Darden has grown to become the world’s largest full-service restaurant company. Through subsidiaries, own and operate 1,800 restaurants, employ approximately 180,000 people and serve more than 400 million meals a year. That last number reveals something telling about how we do business. In serving that many meals, we’ve come to know our guests extremely well. From them, we’ve realized what it takes to create an environment of natural hospitality and to build enduring brands. It’s why we’re able to make our guests feel so welcome, special and at ease.

The Illinois Department of the Lottery runs numbers games, including Pick 3 and Pick 4, and participates in the dozen-state Mega Millions game in which players can win jackpots starting at $12 million (odds of winning: 1 in 175 million). It also offers instant-win scratch-off games. Of the money collected from ticket sales, about 60% is paid in prizes and some 30% goes to the state's Common School Fund, which helps finance K-12 public education. The rest covers retailer commissions and expenses. The Illinois Lottery operates through more than 7,500 retail businesses. For every ticket sold, retailers receive a 5% commission.

Dynamic Management owned and operated Barnhill's Buffet along with private equity firm Jefferies Capital Partners. The chain of more than 40 buffet restaurants filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2007 and shuttered or sold all its eateries. Previously, Dynamic Management operated the Black-eyed Pea restaurant chain. It was formed in 2002 to acquire the Black-eyed Pea business from bankrupt Phoenix Restaurant Group.

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