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Prepared for Katie R. | Delivered August 14, 2019
Focus Brands
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Goals
To obtain company information and recent news related to Focus Brands and the three sub-brands,
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Juice, McAlister's Deli and Schlotzky's.
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Early Findings
Focus Brands is an
Atlanta-based
company that develops food service brands around the world.
Focus Brands owns
8 brands
that account for more than 6,000 food service locations globally.
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brands has both company-owned locations and
franchised
locations within its portfolio of brands.
Brands
owned by Focus Brands include
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, Auntie Anne’s,
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, Moe's Southwest Grill,
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Juice,
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's, McAlister’s Deli, and Seattle’s Best Coffee.
Steve DeSutter
is the CEO of Focus Brands,
Mike Dixon
is the CFO and
Tim Muir
is the Chief Development Officer.
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Juice
is known for their smoothies, but they also offer other products, such as fruit bowls, oatmeal, fresh squeezed juices and baked goods.
McAlister's Deli
serves a variety of foods, such as sandwiches, soups, salads, baked potatoes and. McAlister's has over
400 locations in 28 states
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offers sandwiches, soups, salads, pizza and macaroni and cheese among other food and beverage items.
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's recently changed its name to
Schlotzky's Austin Eatery
and expanded its offerings.
The most recent press releases on the Focus Brands website are two releases about the acquisition of Jamba Juice in
August
and
September
2018. There have been no press releases added to the company website 2019.
A
news story
in March 2019 detailed the hire of Dan
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as Global Chief Marketing Officer, the new position within the company.
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