The spur corporation consists largely of 3 franchise brands (Spur Steak Ranches, John Dory’s Fish & Grill, Panarottis Pizza Pasta). The corporation is listed on the JSE Limited travel and Leisure Sector. The founder Allen Ambor invested R4 000.00 in Newlands Cape Town to start up The Golden Spur in 1967
Panarottis Pizza Pasta was created in December 1990. Working closely alongside Spur it is popular for being a family friendly environment.
John Dory’s Fish & Grill was originally based in Kwazulu-Natal but the Spur Corporation bought 60% of the shares in 2004. Today (2016) The Spur Corporation owns 65% of the shares in John Dory’s Fish & Grill, which is now part of the Spur family.
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Spurs success is due to the help, faith and support of their stakeholders; franchisees, shareholders, staff and most importantly the South African public (stated by The spur Corporation during 2011).
Spur and their connections aim to have a powerful social awareness and to strive to improve and develop the quality of life for the disadvantaged in South Africa.
Throughout the years of The Spur corporation they have made commitments to the continuance of the group with striving success.
Spur has sponsored more than 140 events to do with sport and recreational activities in 2010 alone, this includes Spur Soccer, Junior Rugby Development and the Teddy Bear Clinic.
Other beneficiaries include House of Grace, Umnqophiso Primary, Inn Safe Hands, JAG Foundation, Solidarity Helping Hands, Eleos Mercy in Action, Oasis Haven of Love Foundation, Kids Haven, Dolphin House, Bellavista Crèche, Oliver’s House, The Sunflower Fund, Boys Town and Sani Sistas.
Spur also supports numerous community-focused events such as Masidlale, The National School Mountain Biking League, the Spur Adventure Sprint Series, School and University Rugby Tournaments and the Annual Spur Foundation Charity Golf
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They also ensure that they are noticed during their promotions and take matters seriously as to make sure they are noticed for the good deeds they do and for their support to underprivileged communities.
The Spur Corporation mainly focuses their efforts on the King Code of Governance Principles for South Africa (‘King III’ released during 2009)
The board takes the objectives of the King III seriously. They use these objectives to manage the board with precision and a more informed way, but they still work within the basis of trust, respect and excellence.
The board of directors installed the Institute of Directors of South Africa’s Governance Assessment Instrument (GAI). This was done so the continuation of improvements on governance practices are done. This tool helps asses the groups performance on governance practices according to the recommended practices of the King III.
The GAI confirms the extent of application of the King III principles by way of the following rating:
AAA Highest application
AA High
University of Northern Iowa Dance Marathon is an organization that raises money for the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Miracle Network. The organization aims to provide emotional and financial support for families with children facing life threatening illnesses by raising money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and organizing events that increase student and community awareness. This money then is put towards things like research, education, equipment and pediatric ward enhancements so the children and families can feel a little more comfortable during their stay at the hospital. The big event was on March 1, 2014, but the organization completes events throughout the year to fundraise as much money as possible for the Miracle Network kiddos, like a 5k color run on campus, trick-or-treating for kids who can’t, and selling grilled cheese at midnight during homecoming celebrations.
Boost was founded by Janine Allis, in 2000. She is a mother of four and with a hectic urban lifestyle, was an advocate for healthy eating. Janine and her husband Jeff own the food franchise business Retail Zoo, which owns Boost Juice Bars, Salsas Fresh Mex and Cibo Espresso. Boost is in the food and beverage industry and is a franchise. The legal structure for boost is a
As Kenyan mother once said, “My dreams don’t look exactly like I thought they would when I was a little girl” (nd). Jacqueline Novogratz, a modern philanthropist, understands this better than most. A typical American girl, she found herself in Africa, helping women with no voice in their world. She never planned for this growing up, but her leadership, determination, and new way of looking at the world was in her from the beginning.
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The Panera Bread Company began in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co., Inc. Founded by Ron Shaich and Louis Kane, the company thrived along the east coast of the United States and internationally throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s and became the dominant operator within the bakery-café category. In the early 1990’s, Saint Louis Bread company, a chain of 20 bakery-cafes were acquired by the Au Bon Pain Co. Following this purchase, the company redesigned the newly acquired company and increased unit volumes by 75%. This new concept was named Panera Bread. Top management chose to sell their previous bakery-café known as Au Bon Pain Co. due to the financial and managerial needs of Panera. In order for Panera to become the success top management visualized all resources needed to become available for Panera. Panera Bread is now the most successful bakery-café in the category in which there are currently 1,777 bakery-cafes in 45 states and in Ontario Canada (Panera Bread).
In addition, I will describe the firm and its management. I will explain where this company come from and how this brand became so famous across the world in a short period of time.
Fox foundation is a very simple task. For example, Trails help Michael J Fox foundation raise money and look out for potential new members to join the foundation. Participating in trails is very important to scout new people to help find a cure for Parkinson’s disease, “participating in clinical trials is an invaluable way to get involved in the pursuit of a cure…” (MichaelJFoxFoundaton). This is very useful because in order to continue this research, new people have to join to improve the work. Another way to obtain involved is, athletic events, because they are very enjoyable for most people and it is much uncomplicated. Sports drag people to events and it is a very effective way of convincing people to attend an event to raise money, “each year, thousands of team fox members worldwide combine their passions and interests into unique fundraising athletic events”(MichaelJFoxFoundation). Athletic events attract more people to become interested in the foundation which will help support the organization to raise money to change lives
Three years ago, Kraft added a huge brand to their portfolio through acquisition of Nabisco. A.1. is the overall market leader, stemming from little competition, substantial sales, and outstanding profit margins. The century old tradition of A.1. is not the only factor that has helped develop the brand’s high awareness and loyalty. Retailers, such as grocery stores, are aware of the paybacks in the solid brand equity of A.1. and in turn provides the steak sauce with high numbers of shelf facings. With the variety of sauces A.1. offers, these shelf facings strongly aid in keeping the well-known brand in the minds of the consumers in virtually every grocery store. In addition to the strong customer preferences throughout grocery stores, they have extremely high brand awareness and are advertised in nine out of ten steak houses.
This source lets me see the progress that South Africa had gotten to after the demolition of the apartheid. This mainly is a source that lets me compare their hopes with what happened, much like how I compare Paton’s views on what will happen to what actually happened.
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In 1994, Nelson Mandela was elected to the highest office of the land. Faced with issues like an economic crisis and racial tensions, Mandela inherited a difficult set of problems. While Mandela’s new position had allocated legitimate power, “influence that is created through a title or status”, due to the severity of the issues, Mandela needed new means of acquiring power, “the ability to influence how others behave,” to garnish unified support throughout the country (P. 329). Mandela understood that to achieve this he would have to adopt various techniques to provide leadership, “a process of influence aimed at directing behavior toward the accomplishment of objectives” (P.326).
...ellent policies, 5) the Constitution had come into existence through the working together of various groups that had composed South Africa, 6) South Africa's political and economic institutions are well established, 7) and that South Africa is by far the most developed country in Africa. However, there are still avenues that can impede further progress, more so economically then politically. Primarily the lack of foreign investment, especially when South Africa's gold and diamond reserves are emptied as other parts of economy are not as developed. Secondly, the economic gap between whites and blacks that was stretched during the time of apartheid needs to be tightened or else it could become dangerous to the stability of the political system. However, due to the leadership of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s current government structure exists to solve these issues.
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...t behind many endowments that will be remembered by everyone around the world, especially South Africans.