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At Home in Minnesota

July 26, 2016/in Blaine, Burnsville /by bwadmin

At Home, a home décor superstore, recently made their debut into the Twin Cities with their first location in Burnsville and now they have a store open in Blaine. At Home was founded as Garden Ridge Pottery in 1979 until the company went through a brand transformation to “At Home” in 2014. At Home is a privately held company that has been in business for over 30 years and is headquartered in Plano, TX. In the 12 months ended April 30, the retail company had sales of $653 million. They are currently in the process of going public and anticipate an IPO as soon as next week. It plans to trade under the ticker symbol “HOME” on the New York Stock Exchange.

At Home is focused on home décor with a broad assortment of products to suit any style and any budget. Their stores average over 120,000 sf and they typically have 50,000 items including seasonal and holiday décor, patio furniture, home furnishings, wall art and decorative accents, rugs and housewares. The company currently operates more than 110 At Home locations in 29 states.

Sources: www.athome.com

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/20160725-plano-based-decor-superstore-at-home-sets-terms-for-ipo.ece

Eat Mor Chikin

April 20, 2016/in Apple Valley, Blaine, Bloomington, Chanhassen, Coon Rapids, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Mankato, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, West St. Paul /by Becky Plemel

Chick-fil-A introduced this ad campaign in 1995 featuring a herd of “renegade self-serving cows” promoting the idea we should be eating more chicken and less beef.

Chick-fil-A began its expansion into the Twin Cities market in 2013 with restaurants opening in Maple Grove, Coon Rapids, Bloomington, Apple Valley, and three outlet locations (Minneapolis St. Paul Airport, University of Minnesota, and Minnesota State University, Mankato). Additional restaurants were recently opened in Burnsville and Blaine. Chick-fil-A is in the planning stages for restaurants in Maplewood, West St. Paul, Eagan, Chanhassen, and Eden Prairie.

Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a family owned and privately held Restaurant Company founded in 1946 by S. Truett Cathy. Dedicated in serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate, and known for its original chicken sandwich, Chick-fil-A serves freshly prepared food in more than 2,000 restaurants in 42 states and Washington, D.C.

Chick-fil-A opened its first restaurant in Greenbriar Mall in 1967 and continued expansion with stand-alone, mall and licensed locations throughout the country. The majority of the chain’s 2,000 restaurants are locally owned and operated by independent franchisees, ensuring oversight of day-to-day activities at the restaurant and employment and community involvement decisions.

Known for its freshly prepared food and award-winning customer service, Chick-fil-A’s menu options include its signature hand-breaded, boneless breast-of-chicken sandwich along with hand-chopped salads, fresh-squeezed lemonade and hand-spun milkshakes. Chick-fil-A Founder S. Truett Cathy first served his boneless breast-of-chicken sandwich, pressured cooked and served on a buttered bun with two crucial pickles, at his Dwarf Grill restaurant that opened in 1946 in Hapeville, Ga. The sandwich was the signature menu item when the first Chick-fil-A restaurant opened in 1967 and continues to be the most popular menu item today.

With a long-standing tradition in the restaurant industry for setting the highest standards in customer service, Chick-fil-A ranked first for customer satisfaction in the Limited Service Restaurants Industry by the American Customer Satisfaction Index for 2015. The company has also earned recognition as one of America’s “Most Inspiring Companies” by Forbes Magazine, one of America’s “Top 20 Most Admired Brands” by The Harris Poll and “Top Fast Food Chicken Chain” – for best chicken sandwich, customer service and cleanliness – by Consumer Reports, among other honors.

New Bohemia adding more locations to the Twin Cities Market

April 1, 2016/in Blaine, Bloomington, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Lino Lakes, Mankato, Minneapolis, Rochester, Roseville, St. Paul, Wisconsin, Woodbury /by Becky Plemel

Since its first location in Minneapolis in 2012, New Bohemia Wurst & Bier Haus has been on a tear to take over the wurst and sausage restaurant niche here. They have opened locations in the Uptown area of Minneapolis, Eagan and Mankato, and now have a deal signed for a location in Roseville at Snelling Avenue and County Road C. And that isn’t enough for this interesting and innovative restaurant group – the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports they are also looking for locations in the Southwest metro in Eden Prairie and Bloomington, the East metro in St Paul and Woodbury, and Northeast metro in Blaine and Lino Lakes, as well as outstate Rochester, then onto other states. Brian Ingram, COO, was quoted in the Pioneer Press back in February, stating “We’d like to get 12 stores by the end of the year. We’ve been looking at places like Eden Prairie and Woodbury. We’ll probably open one in Wisconsin as well.”

These are guys who like to think outside of the box. Inside their restaurants, customers sit at long communal tables. The menu includes craft beer and traditional brats, but also smoked Antelope is on their menu, along with alligator, wild boar and yak – ACK!