Ratatouille 8 - Wonky Boopsy et la montagne enchantée (Claire Petry)
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Cordia Harrington - The Bun Lady - A Baby Boomer Success Story
Kamis, 31 Januari 2013 0 komentar
I always find success stories enjoyable and inspirational;
especially when they involve somebody that has risen from rags to riches
and having to face insurmountable obstacles. I especially like the
stories that show success can still be achieved in the economic climate
that we live in today.
The story I am going to share is about a baby boomer, a divorcee with three boys. She started as a real estate agent and has formed a bakery company that she plans to take international. The lady's name is Cordia Harrington. She is also affectionately known as the "Bun Lady".
Unlike most of the kids of modern families that are able to eat out quite often; most of the boomer generation was lucky to go out to dinner only on special occasions and we usually went to a small fast food restaurant like McDonalds. Cordia grew up in the boomer generation and remembers going occasionally to McDonalds on those special occasions. Little did she know that one day she would own tree of the franchises as her own.
As a divorcee she began selling real estate and was eventually able to negotiate herself into a franchise position with McDonalds. This accomplishment by itself is quite an achievement because a McDonalds franchise is quite expensive and the qualifications are not easy to meet. She opened her franchise in Effingham, Illinois, which is a town of approximately 10,000 people.
For a fast food restaurant 10,000 people in a town isn't big enough to grow like a motivated person would want. Cordia did some brainstorming and came up with a creative solution to her small traffic problem.
She wheeled, dealed and did some more creative negotiations to purchase the Grey Hound Bus franchise in Effingham and she selected a bus stop next to her restaurant. This move resulted in eighty eight (88) buses stopping by her restaurant each day. In the summer this number grew to 120 stops every day!
She eventually increased her number of McDonald franchises to three (3). Another example of creative thinking and negations! I should point out that she had to overcome many objections to her growth but she refused to accept "no" as an obstacle to her goal.
During her time with McDonalds Cordia eventually found an opportunity to serve on the McDonald's purchasing committee for hamburger buns. Her colleagues began calling her the "bun Lady" and the nick name stuck. For a laugh she often straps on a plastic derriere and struts around.
While she was serving on the bun committee it came to pass that the existing supplier was not performing as required. They could not provide the amount of buns needed. Cordia saw an opportunity; she used her sales ability and was able to parlay herself into a position to supply the buns for McDonalds.
Once again, she used her salesman ship, tenacity, moxie and creative thinking to get the backing needed to obtain a loan from her bank for the amount of $13 million dollars to build her new manufacturing plant.
Once the bakery was in operation and successful she soon expanded the operation to three (3) bakeries and now produces over one thousand buns per minute. She now provides all the buns for McDonalds plus Chili's restaurants, KFC along with Pepperidge Farms.
Cordia Harrington has received numerous awards for her achievements and some may think the road to her success was easy but anybody that knows anything about the McDonald's franchises knows that it is a very hands on operation. She virtually had to work around the clock to achieve what she has!
She is ready to take risks and says that during a recession is probably the best time to start a new business. She bases this belief in her faith of the United States. She refers to past history and says that the U.S. has had 17 recessions and we have always bounced back.
To prove this point she recently opened her own trucking company to make sure her buns are delivered efficiently. Naturally; the name of the company is "Bun Lady Transport".
Cordial is grateful for her success and is active in many charities to help others. Her journey is far from being over because she still wants the Tennessee Bun Company to become an international company.
She says she is having too much fun to even think about retiring!
The story I am going to share is about a baby boomer, a divorcee with three boys. She started as a real estate agent and has formed a bakery company that she plans to take international. The lady's name is Cordia Harrington. She is also affectionately known as the "Bun Lady".
Unlike most of the kids of modern families that are able to eat out quite often; most of the boomer generation was lucky to go out to dinner only on special occasions and we usually went to a small fast food restaurant like McDonalds. Cordia grew up in the boomer generation and remembers going occasionally to McDonalds on those special occasions. Little did she know that one day she would own tree of the franchises as her own.
As a divorcee she began selling real estate and was eventually able to negotiate herself into a franchise position with McDonalds. This accomplishment by itself is quite an achievement because a McDonalds franchise is quite expensive and the qualifications are not easy to meet. She opened her franchise in Effingham, Illinois, which is a town of approximately 10,000 people.
For a fast food restaurant 10,000 people in a town isn't big enough to grow like a motivated person would want. Cordia did some brainstorming and came up with a creative solution to her small traffic problem.
She wheeled, dealed and did some more creative negotiations to purchase the Grey Hound Bus franchise in Effingham and she selected a bus stop next to her restaurant. This move resulted in eighty eight (88) buses stopping by her restaurant each day. In the summer this number grew to 120 stops every day!
She eventually increased her number of McDonald franchises to three (3). Another example of creative thinking and negations! I should point out that she had to overcome many objections to her growth but she refused to accept "no" as an obstacle to her goal.
During her time with McDonalds Cordia eventually found an opportunity to serve on the McDonald's purchasing committee for hamburger buns. Her colleagues began calling her the "bun Lady" and the nick name stuck. For a laugh she often straps on a plastic derriere and struts around.
While she was serving on the bun committee it came to pass that the existing supplier was not performing as required. They could not provide the amount of buns needed. Cordia saw an opportunity; she used her sales ability and was able to parlay herself into a position to supply the buns for McDonalds.
Once again, she used her salesman ship, tenacity, moxie and creative thinking to get the backing needed to obtain a loan from her bank for the amount of $13 million dollars to build her new manufacturing plant.
Once the bakery was in operation and successful she soon expanded the operation to three (3) bakeries and now produces over one thousand buns per minute. She now provides all the buns for McDonalds plus Chili's restaurants, KFC along with Pepperidge Farms.
Cordia Harrington has received numerous awards for her achievements and some may think the road to her success was easy but anybody that knows anything about the McDonald's franchises knows that it is a very hands on operation. She virtually had to work around the clock to achieve what she has!
She is ready to take risks and says that during a recession is probably the best time to start a new business. She bases this belief in her faith of the United States. She refers to past history and says that the U.S. has had 17 recessions and we have always bounced back.
To prove this point she recently opened her own trucking company to make sure her buns are delivered efficiently. Naturally; the name of the company is "Bun Lady Transport".
Cordial is grateful for her success and is active in many charities to help others. Her journey is far from being over because she still wants the Tennessee Bun Company to become an international company.
She says she is having too much fun to even think about retiring!
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Luxury Hand Crafted Pens From Exotic Wood - The Bocote Chapter
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This article is the first in a series of exotic wood used in the
crafting of custom made pens and pencils. Specifically, we focus on
Bocote and reveal its background, uses, and characteristics. Bocote is a
beautiful wood that is an excellent choice for pen crafters and users
of luxury writing instruments.
Bocote, Cordia alliodora, is a tropical tree that grows to be over 100 feet. The name Bocote is Spanish for the species of Cordia that grows in Central America. As with many tropical trees, the Cordia species is threatened in its natural habitat but managed tree farms support the demand for this wood.
Bocote varies in its color and grain pattern, but typically has colors of cream to red-brown mixed with darker highlights. The grain pattern is rich in character and can change dramatically, even within the same tree. The random grain patterns are usually displayed in tight waves which allow for frequent contrasts in smaller turned pieces, such as custom crafted pens and pencils.
This wood is a top choice among craftsmen of all types. Some uses include guitars, furniture, boat decks, cabinet making, and all types of wood turnings. My experience has revealed that lathe turning is smooth and crisp with sharp tools applied in the cutting process. It accepts sanding and heat activated polish exceptionally well. As with most wood bodies I craft, Bocote will change color over time with use from the oils of your fingers.
I recommend giving serious consideration to selecting Bocote for your next creative masterpiece. Whether you are the craftsman or the ultimate user of a wood creation, the beauty and character of this wood will reward your choice. Take a look at a Bocote photograph to see for yourself.
Bocote, Cordia alliodora, is a tropical tree that grows to be over 100 feet. The name Bocote is Spanish for the species of Cordia that grows in Central America. As with many tropical trees, the Cordia species is threatened in its natural habitat but managed tree farms support the demand for this wood.
Bocote varies in its color and grain pattern, but typically has colors of cream to red-brown mixed with darker highlights. The grain pattern is rich in character and can change dramatically, even within the same tree. The random grain patterns are usually displayed in tight waves which allow for frequent contrasts in smaller turned pieces, such as custom crafted pens and pencils.
This wood is a top choice among craftsmen of all types. Some uses include guitars, furniture, boat decks, cabinet making, and all types of wood turnings. My experience has revealed that lathe turning is smooth and crisp with sharp tools applied in the cutting process. It accepts sanding and heat activated polish exceptionally well. As with most wood bodies I craft, Bocote will change color over time with use from the oils of your fingers.
I recommend giving serious consideration to selecting Bocote for your next creative masterpiece. Whether you are the craftsman or the ultimate user of a wood creation, the beauty and character of this wood will reward your choice. Take a look at a Bocote photograph to see for yourself.
Cha de Bugre Basics
Jumat, 25 Januari 2013 0 komentar
If my guess is correct, the next great energy booster/weight loss
craze will be fueled by the small Brazilian tree known as Cha de Bugre
(cha-day-boo-gray).
Other names for cha de bugre include:
- tea of bugre
- porangaba
- cordia salicifolia
- cordia ecalyculata
- cafe do mato
- cafezinho
- cafe de bugre
- cha de frade
- claraiba
- cha-de-negro-mina
- rabugem
- boid d'inde
- bois d'ine
- louro-salgueiro
- louro-mole
- bugrinho
- grao-do-porco
- coquelicot
Main uses:
- weight loss (appetite suppressant)
- mild diuretic
- reduce cellulite
- cardiotonic
- to combat herpes simplex
The small red berry - similar to a coffee bean - is a natural source of caffeine, potassium, allantoin, and allantoic acid. Cha de bugre has been used by many as a diuretic, appetite suppressant, weight loss formula, energy enhancer, and general heart tonic with no known contradictions or interactions.
Brazilian Dr. C.L. Cruz, in his book Dictionary of Plants Used in Brazil , recommends cha de bugre for cardiovascular health, physical energy, and endurance.
Japanese studies have found a cha de bugre extract to be effective against the Herpes virus.
And some claim cha de bugre reduces cellulite, which might account for the string bikinis in Rio de Janeiro. At least I would like to think so.
Other traditional uses include:
- cough suppressant
- reduces fever
- stimulant
- wound healer
Rather than stopping your appetite completely, cha de bugre gives one the sense of being full after consuming only a small amount of food. Cha de bugre works best as an appetite suppressant if taken about an hour before meals, which you will probably find to be smaller than your usual meals.
Some dietary supplement companies combine cha de bugre with other ingredients to synergize the weight loss and enhanced energy effect. Check the label to see if green tea, guarana, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, acai, yerba mate, or other herbs have been added.
Cha de bugre is recommended around the world as an excellent energizer and appetite suppressant.
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Disclaimer:
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Any information or products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The information presented is not intended to take the place of your own physician's advice. Discuss this information with your own physician or healthcare provider to determine what is right for you. Dietary supplements are not a substitute for prescription medication, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or any other medical treatment. Neither these products nor the information presented here are substitutes for the care of your own physician.
Other names for cha de bugre include:
- tea of bugre
- porangaba
- cordia salicifolia
- cordia ecalyculata
- cafe do mato
- cafezinho
- cafe de bugre
- cha de frade
- claraiba
- cha-de-negro-mina
- rabugem
- boid d'inde
- bois d'ine
- louro-salgueiro
- louro-mole
- bugrinho
- grao-do-porco
- coquelicot
Main uses:
- weight loss (appetite suppressant)
- mild diuretic
- reduce cellulite
- cardiotonic
- to combat herpes simplex
The small red berry - similar to a coffee bean - is a natural source of caffeine, potassium, allantoin, and allantoic acid. Cha de bugre has been used by many as a diuretic, appetite suppressant, weight loss formula, energy enhancer, and general heart tonic with no known contradictions or interactions.
Brazilian Dr. C.L. Cruz, in his book Dictionary of Plants Used in Brazil , recommends cha de bugre for cardiovascular health, physical energy, and endurance.
Japanese studies have found a cha de bugre extract to be effective against the Herpes virus.
And some claim cha de bugre reduces cellulite, which might account for the string bikinis in Rio de Janeiro. At least I would like to think so.
Other traditional uses include:
- cough suppressant
- reduces fever
- stimulant
- wound healer
Rather than stopping your appetite completely, cha de bugre gives one the sense of being full after consuming only a small amount of food. Cha de bugre works best as an appetite suppressant if taken about an hour before meals, which you will probably find to be smaller than your usual meals.
Some dietary supplement companies combine cha de bugre with other ingredients to synergize the weight loss and enhanced energy effect. Check the label to see if green tea, guarana, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, acai, yerba mate, or other herbs have been added.
Cha de bugre is recommended around the world as an excellent energizer and appetite suppressant.
====
Disclaimer:
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Any information or products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The information presented is not intended to take the place of your own physician's advice. Discuss this information with your own physician or healthcare provider to determine what is right for you. Dietary supplements are not a substitute for prescription medication, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or any other medical treatment. Neither these products nor the information presented here are substitutes for the care of your own physician.
VoIP Phone - How VoIP Helps Businesses During Recession
Rabu, 23 Januari 2013 1 komentar
The telephone was a breakthrough discovery in 1870 which
revolutionized communications that is known to the world today.
Telecommunications has become part of world evolution, as humanity
advances, so does our way of communicating which makes it a part of
life. In the business perspective, telecommunications became the mouth
and ears of the enterprise. No brilliant businessman can imagine
operating his business without telecommunications.
In the United States, almost everyone is still using the traditional telephone, the one with the handset that needs to be connected into a wall jack. Do you know that traditional phones are very costly? You may seem to get used to paying the same average amount of monthly phone bills but in times of recession it is best to cut expenses, utilize the minimal resources you have and produce maximum productive output. That is the smartest move you can make in times of recession. Businesses spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars in their average monthly phone bill. That is no longer advisable if you aim to cut costs but you can't sacrifice your communications just to cut expenses. Communications is the life line of the business but there are smarter alternatives compared to using traditional phones and this is where the power of Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP is needed. Other popular names for VoIP are Internet Phone, IP Phone, or simply VoIP phone.
VoIP has been around for years already. You only need to have a computer and a broadband internet connection to make calls. There are two kinds of VoIP phones, the VoIP phone with the handset known as a hardphone which looks like the traditional phone and the second one is the software-based VoIP phone which is commonly known as a softphone. If you choose to use a hardphone you need to connect it to your computer with a LAN cable or RJ-45 socket unlike the traditional phone which uses the RJ-11 in the wall jack. If you choose the VoIP softphone, you only need to install the VoIP software and you setup your account then you start making calls using the software. Some VoIP softphones such has 3CXPhone from 3CX have a graphical user interface that is similar to smart phones which also have wide range of functionalities and flexibility.
A smart businessman like you would want to cut expenses during recession and using VoIP as an alternative is one way to do that. VoIP for businesses are commonly known as business VoIP. Software-based business VoIP phones such as CounterPath's Bria, eyeBeam and X-Lite provide business users with innovative features that suit their business needs. Through softphones, you can make calls using your laptop as long as you're online, this saves a lot of money. Imagine paying only an average of $30 of your phone bills with unlimited calls nationwide or even in the whole North America. Some unlimited plans cost only $79 on average with the elimination of unregulated charges. Some VoIP providers only charge a very small amount for international calls. This is the most cost-effective telecommunications technology. Shifting from traditional phone to VoIP phone saves you 50%-80% of your phone bills and for businesses this means you save thousands of dollars.
VoIP phones have the same features or have even greater features as compared to that of traditional phones. You can still have features such as Call Waiting, Caller ID, Call Transfer, Repeat Dial, 3-way calling, some can even handle more people in call conferences depending on the subscription plan. Other advance features would include forward the call to a particular number, send the call directly to voice mail, give the caller a busy signal, play a "not-in-service" message, send the caller to a funny rejection hotline and many others great features. For security issues, VoIP technology supports security standards such as Transport Layer Security (TLS), Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Secure-Real Time Protocol (SRTP) and many other secure encryptions to make your VoIP call experience free from wire or wireless tapping and eavesdropping.
If you or your business would like to cut your communications expenses then Marshall VoIP Solutions, Inc. (MVSI) can help you with that goal by providing you with cost-effective, state-of-the-art VoIP solutions, either hardware or software, which allow you to save thousands of dollars from communications expenses.
For more information about VoIP solutions, contact Larry Marshall, President/CEO of Marshall VoIP Solutions, Inc. (MVSI), one of the leading VoIP service providers in the United States. Partnering with renowned VoIP giants such as CounterPath, Cordia, 3CX and snom, enables MVSI to stay updated and provide clients with the latest and most advance VoIP technologies available today. MVSI provides IP PBX from renowned PBX leading provider 3CX, SIP lines from Cordia, VoIP hardphones from VoIP technological leader, snom, VoIP softphones from VoIP software giant, CounterPath and VoIP headsets from Plantronics. MVSI Phone Number: 888-205-5758 (Toll Free) Fax: 888-838-4289
In the United States, almost everyone is still using the traditional telephone, the one with the handset that needs to be connected into a wall jack. Do you know that traditional phones are very costly? You may seem to get used to paying the same average amount of monthly phone bills but in times of recession it is best to cut expenses, utilize the minimal resources you have and produce maximum productive output. That is the smartest move you can make in times of recession. Businesses spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars in their average monthly phone bill. That is no longer advisable if you aim to cut costs but you can't sacrifice your communications just to cut expenses. Communications is the life line of the business but there are smarter alternatives compared to using traditional phones and this is where the power of Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP is needed. Other popular names for VoIP are Internet Phone, IP Phone, or simply VoIP phone.
VoIP has been around for years already. You only need to have a computer and a broadband internet connection to make calls. There are two kinds of VoIP phones, the VoIP phone with the handset known as a hardphone which looks like the traditional phone and the second one is the software-based VoIP phone which is commonly known as a softphone. If you choose to use a hardphone you need to connect it to your computer with a LAN cable or RJ-45 socket unlike the traditional phone which uses the RJ-11 in the wall jack. If you choose the VoIP softphone, you only need to install the VoIP software and you setup your account then you start making calls using the software. Some VoIP softphones such has 3CXPhone from 3CX have a graphical user interface that is similar to smart phones which also have wide range of functionalities and flexibility.
A smart businessman like you would want to cut expenses during recession and using VoIP as an alternative is one way to do that. VoIP for businesses are commonly known as business VoIP. Software-based business VoIP phones such as CounterPath's Bria, eyeBeam and X-Lite provide business users with innovative features that suit their business needs. Through softphones, you can make calls using your laptop as long as you're online, this saves a lot of money. Imagine paying only an average of $30 of your phone bills with unlimited calls nationwide or even in the whole North America. Some unlimited plans cost only $79 on average with the elimination of unregulated charges. Some VoIP providers only charge a very small amount for international calls. This is the most cost-effective telecommunications technology. Shifting from traditional phone to VoIP phone saves you 50%-80% of your phone bills and for businesses this means you save thousands of dollars.
VoIP phones have the same features or have even greater features as compared to that of traditional phones. You can still have features such as Call Waiting, Caller ID, Call Transfer, Repeat Dial, 3-way calling, some can even handle more people in call conferences depending on the subscription plan. Other advance features would include forward the call to a particular number, send the call directly to voice mail, give the caller a busy signal, play a "not-in-service" message, send the caller to a funny rejection hotline and many others great features. For security issues, VoIP technology supports security standards such as Transport Layer Security (TLS), Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Secure-Real Time Protocol (SRTP) and many other secure encryptions to make your VoIP call experience free from wire or wireless tapping and eavesdropping.
If you or your business would like to cut your communications expenses then Marshall VoIP Solutions, Inc. (MVSI) can help you with that goal by providing you with cost-effective, state-of-the-art VoIP solutions, either hardware or software, which allow you to save thousands of dollars from communications expenses.
For more information about VoIP solutions, contact Larry Marshall, President/CEO of Marshall VoIP Solutions, Inc. (MVSI), one of the leading VoIP service providers in the United States. Partnering with renowned VoIP giants such as CounterPath, Cordia, 3CX and snom, enables MVSI to stay updated and provide clients with the latest and most advance VoIP technologies available today. MVSI provides IP PBX from renowned PBX leading provider 3CX, SIP lines from Cordia, VoIP hardphones from VoIP technological leader, snom, VoIP softphones from VoIP software giant, CounterPath and VoIP headsets from Plantronics. MVSI Phone Number: 888-205-5758 (Toll Free) Fax: 888-838-4289
GI Food Guide
Sabtu, 19 Januari 2013 0 komentar
The following common foods have been split into tables depending on their GI Value:
Low GI = GI Value lower than 55
Medium GI = GI Value between 56 and 69
High GI = GI Value between 70 and 100 Quick GI tip: You should be aiming to avoid High GI foods and eat a mix of low and medium GI foods as part of a healthy balanced diet containing good quality protein and fats.GI Values of Common Foods:Low GI Foods Medium GI Foods High GI Foods
Banana fruit smootie 30 Coca Cola 53 Lucozade 95
Unsweeted orange juice 52 Orange Cordia 66 Sports drinks 80
Multigrain Loaf 54 Wholemeal Loaf 67 White bread 70
All Bran 42 Frosties 55 Coco-Pops 77
Museli (oat & whole grain) 50 Instant Porridge 66 Cornflakes 81
Sweetcorn 53 Couscous 65 Rice cakes 78
Brown rice 54 Basmati rice 58 Instant rice 69
Yogurt 24 Rye crisp bread 64 Corn chips 72
Baked beans 48 Mars bar 65 Watermelon 72
Kidney beans 28 Beetroot 64 Popcorn 72
Red Lentils 26 Sweet potato 66 Pretzels 83
Instant noodles 47 Arborio rice 69 Pumpkin 75
Spagetti 44 Rolled barley 66 Parsnips 97
Honey 48 Porridge 58 Baked potato 85 General Guideline
It can be difficult to work out the GI value of some foods without referring to an index or chart, but one rule that you can generally rely on is: Is the food unprocessed and in its natural state?
Processed food will generally have a higher GI value than un processed and whole foods. For example has it been processed in any of the following ways: cooked, ground up, preserved, had sugar added etc.
Examples:
Low GI = GI Value lower than 55
Medium GI = GI Value between 56 and 69
High GI = GI Value between 70 and 100 Quick GI tip: You should be aiming to avoid High GI foods and eat a mix of low and medium GI foods as part of a healthy balanced diet containing good quality protein and fats.GI Values of Common Foods:Low GI Foods Medium GI Foods High GI Foods
Banana fruit smootie 30 Coca Cola 53 Lucozade 95
Unsweeted orange juice 52 Orange Cordia 66 Sports drinks 80
Multigrain Loaf 54 Wholemeal Loaf 67 White bread 70
All Bran 42 Frosties 55 Coco-Pops 77
Museli (oat & whole grain) 50 Instant Porridge 66 Cornflakes 81
Sweetcorn 53 Couscous 65 Rice cakes 78
Brown rice 54 Basmati rice 58 Instant rice 69
Yogurt 24 Rye crisp bread 64 Corn chips 72
Baked beans 48 Mars bar 65 Watermelon 72
Kidney beans 28 Beetroot 64 Popcorn 72
Red Lentils 26 Sweet potato 66 Pretzels 83
Instant noodles 47 Arborio rice 69 Pumpkin 75
Spagetti 44 Rolled barley 66 Parsnips 97
Honey 48 Porridge 58 Baked potato 85 General Guideline
It can be difficult to work out the GI value of some foods without referring to an index or chart, but one rule that you can generally rely on is: Is the food unprocessed and in its natural state?
Processed food will generally have a higher GI value than un processed and whole foods. For example has it been processed in any of the following ways: cooked, ground up, preserved, had sugar added etc.
Examples:
- A raw carrot has a much lower GI value than a cooked carrot because your body can much more easily digest a cooked carrot and its energy enters your blood faster. So consider eating more raw foods or if cooking vegetables don't boil them for hours, leave them slightly crispy.
- Museli has a much lower GI value than cornflakes. Again museli is harder to digest because it typically contains whole oat flakes and whole nuts and seeds. Cornflakes on the other hand have been cooked (toasted) and had sugar added.
- Wholegrain bread versus Wholemeal Bread versus White bread. You guessed it, wholegrain bread will have a lower GI value because of the whole grains. Wholemeal bread has a higher GI value because the grains have been ground. White bread is highly processed and has a high GI value.
Cordia Harrington - The Bun Lady - A Baby Boomer Success Story
Kamis, 17 Januari 2013 0 komentar
I always find success stories enjoyable and inspirational;
especially when they involve somebody that has risen from rags to riches
and having to face insurmountable obstacles. I especially like the
stories that show success can still be achieved in the economic climate
that we live in today.
The story I am going to share is about a baby boomer, a divorcee with three boys. She started as a real estate agent and has formed a bakery company that she plans to take international. The lady's name is Cordia Harrington. She is also affectionately known as the "Bun Lady".
Unlike most of the kids of modern families that are able to eat out quite often; most of the boomer generation was lucky to go out to dinner only on special occasions and we usually went to a small fast food restaurant like McDonalds. Cordia grew up in the boomer generation and remembers going occasionally to McDonalds on those special occasions. Little did she know that one day she would own tree of the franchises as her own.
As a divorcee she began selling real estate and was eventually able to negotiate herself into a franchise position with McDonalds. This accomplishment by itself is quite an achievement because a McDonalds franchise is quite expensive and the qualifications are not easy to meet. She opened her franchise in Effingham, Illinois, which is a town of approximately 10,000 people.
For a fast food restaurant 10,000 people in a town isn't big enough to grow like a motivated person would want. Cordia did some brainstorming and came up with a creative solution to her small traffic problem.
She wheeled, dealed and did some more creative negotiations to purchase the Grey Hound Bus franchise in Effingham and she selected a bus stop next to her restaurant. This move resulted in eighty eight (88) buses stopping by her restaurant each day. In the summer this number grew to 120 stops every day!
She eventually increased her number of McDonald franchises to three (3). Another example of creative thinking and negations! I should point out that she had to overcome many objections to her growth but she refused to accept "no" as an obstacle to her goal.
During her time with McDonalds Cordia eventually found an opportunity to serve on the McDonald's purchasing committee for hamburger buns. Her colleagues began calling her the "bun Lady" and the nick name stuck. For a laugh she often straps on a plastic derriere and struts around.
While she was serving on the bun committee it came to pass that the existing supplier was not performing as required. They could not provide the amount of buns needed. Cordia saw an opportunity; she used her sales ability and was able to parlay herself into a position to supply the buns for McDonalds.
Once again, she used her salesman ship, tenacity, moxie and creative thinking to get the backing needed to obtain a loan from her bank for the amount of $13 million dollars to build her new manufacturing plant.
Once the bakery was in operation and successful she soon expanded the operation to three (3) bakeries and now produces over one thousand buns per minute. She now provides all the buns for McDonalds plus Chili's restaurants, KFC along with Pepperidge Farms.
Cordia Harrington has received numerous awards for her achievements and some may think the road to her success was easy but anybody that knows anything about the McDonald's franchises knows that it is a very hands on operation. She virtually had to work around the clock to achieve what she has!
She is ready to take risks and says that during a recession is probably the best time to start a new business. She bases this belief in her faith of the United States. She refers to past history and says that the U.S. has had 17 recessions and we have always bounced back.
To prove this point she recently opened her own trucking company to make sure her buns are delivered efficiently. Naturally; the name of the company is "Bun Lady Transport".
Cordial is grateful for her success and is active in many charities to help others. Her journey is far from being over because she still wants the Tennessee Bun Company to become an international company.
She says she is having too much fun to even think about retiring!
The story I am going to share is about a baby boomer, a divorcee with three boys. She started as a real estate agent and has formed a bakery company that she plans to take international. The lady's name is Cordia Harrington. She is also affectionately known as the "Bun Lady".
Unlike most of the kids of modern families that are able to eat out quite often; most of the boomer generation was lucky to go out to dinner only on special occasions and we usually went to a small fast food restaurant like McDonalds. Cordia grew up in the boomer generation and remembers going occasionally to McDonalds on those special occasions. Little did she know that one day she would own tree of the franchises as her own.
As a divorcee she began selling real estate and was eventually able to negotiate herself into a franchise position with McDonalds. This accomplishment by itself is quite an achievement because a McDonalds franchise is quite expensive and the qualifications are not easy to meet. She opened her franchise in Effingham, Illinois, which is a town of approximately 10,000 people.
For a fast food restaurant 10,000 people in a town isn't big enough to grow like a motivated person would want. Cordia did some brainstorming and came up with a creative solution to her small traffic problem.
She wheeled, dealed and did some more creative negotiations to purchase the Grey Hound Bus franchise in Effingham and she selected a bus stop next to her restaurant. This move resulted in eighty eight (88) buses stopping by her restaurant each day. In the summer this number grew to 120 stops every day!
She eventually increased her number of McDonald franchises to three (3). Another example of creative thinking and negations! I should point out that she had to overcome many objections to her growth but she refused to accept "no" as an obstacle to her goal.
During her time with McDonalds Cordia eventually found an opportunity to serve on the McDonald's purchasing committee for hamburger buns. Her colleagues began calling her the "bun Lady" and the nick name stuck. For a laugh she often straps on a plastic derriere and struts around.
While she was serving on the bun committee it came to pass that the existing supplier was not performing as required. They could not provide the amount of buns needed. Cordia saw an opportunity; she used her sales ability and was able to parlay herself into a position to supply the buns for McDonalds.
Once again, she used her salesman ship, tenacity, moxie and creative thinking to get the backing needed to obtain a loan from her bank for the amount of $13 million dollars to build her new manufacturing plant.
Once the bakery was in operation and successful she soon expanded the operation to three (3) bakeries and now produces over one thousand buns per minute. She now provides all the buns for McDonalds plus Chili's restaurants, KFC along with Pepperidge Farms.
Cordia Harrington has received numerous awards for her achievements and some may think the road to her success was easy but anybody that knows anything about the McDonald's franchises knows that it is a very hands on operation. She virtually had to work around the clock to achieve what she has!
She is ready to take risks and says that during a recession is probably the best time to start a new business. She bases this belief in her faith of the United States. She refers to past history and says that the U.S. has had 17 recessions and we have always bounced back.
To prove this point she recently opened her own trucking company to make sure her buns are delivered efficiently. Naturally; the name of the company is "Bun Lady Transport".
Cordial is grateful for her success and is active in many charities to help others. Her journey is far from being over because she still wants the Tennessee Bun Company to become an international company.
She says she is having too much fun to even think about retiring!
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