Talk:Donald N. Smith

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Notes[edit]

Links for expansion:

Trouble stalks Don Smith: Diversifoods staggered by sales slump, buyout bomb
Memorable Quotes and quotations from Donald N. Smith
Making Fast Food: From the Frying Pan Into the Fryer
Burger King: The facts about the second-largest fast-food restaurant
Deal for Friendly Offers Official Chance to Shine
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Smith, investors to acquire 80% of Perkins - Donald N. Smith - restaurant chain
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies

--- Jeremy (talk) 20:43, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/burger-king-corporation-history/
Fundinguniverse has other mentions of Smith as well. --Ronz (talk) 00:12, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Smith and Friendly's[edit]

I feel like extra information should be added:

Smith's involvement with the McDonald's breakfast menu
his doubling of BK's profits
his involvement with Pizza Hut's personal pan pizza
his investment group(the Tennessee Restaurant Company)'s acquisitions of Perkins Cake & Steak(which he'd rename Perkins Family Restaurants in 1987) in 1985 when he formed the TRC
their acquisition of their rival Friendly Ice Cream/Restaurants(which he'd rename Friendly's in 1989) in 1988
his failed attempts at improving the Friendly's brand
Prestley Blake's resentment of Smith's direction for Friendly's
Curtis feeling somewhat sympathetic to Smith's cause
the TRC under Smith selling off Friendly's to Sun Capital Partners allegedly and seemingly due to pressure from Prestley and other investors

Kaden Bayne Vanciel (talk) 02:56, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]