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Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Ruby Tuesday, Marcus Mariota are ‘Giving Thanks' in May
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Thanksgiving came early for many, following Ruby Tuesday Hawaiʻi's 11th annual Giving Thanks event. Mariota set to re-sign with Commanders on 1-year deal Ruby Tuesday crews banded together on Thursday, May 29, to cook and cut up 800 pounds of turkey at their two Hawaiʻi locations. Marcus Mariota's Motiv8 Foundation was a sponsor for this event for the 7th year in a row.'What my team does, much more than what I do for it, is tremendous,' said Rick Nakashima, restaurant partner. 'Cooking 800lbs, cutting 800lbs of turkey, all the stuffing, mash, gravy, corn, getting it all prepared. It's a huge task.' All the fixings were distributed to local charities and foundations, including IHS, River of Life, Surfing the Nations, Waianae Boat Harbor and the Veterans Center. 'It's huge, I really really am proud. I think the one thing I brag about most because I always tell people I think we're the most charitable corporation of our size in the hospitality industry. And if we're not then that's awesome. I hope someone is doing more than us it's not a competition,' Nakashima added. Check out more news from around Hawaii One thousand pounds of dog and cat food were also distributed to the Hawaii Humane Society and the SPCA on Wednesday, May 28. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
29-04-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Michael Jordan uniform from 1992-1993 Bulls season up for auction
A rare piece of Chicago sports championship history is up for auction. Any Bulls uniform worn by Michael Jordan is sure to be priceless to countless fans. But for the right price, it could, in fact, be yours. The away-game uniform dates back to the 1992-1993 season — the third of six Bulls championship seasons during the 1990s. In the 1992-1993 season, Jordan played in all 78 games — averaging 32.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 2.8 steals per game. He led the league in scoring for the seventh consecutive year, and averaged 35.1 points per game in the postseason. The NBA legend wore the jersey and shorts for at least 17 games that season. The first was the Bulls' 101-96 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, Nov. 13, 1992, in which Jordan scored 34 points while wearing the jersey. The last was the Bulls' 97-95 loss to the Miami Heat on Thursday, March 11, 1993, when he wore both the jersey and shorts and scored 29. Heritage Auctions All this has been proved by photo matches. The Bulls — led by Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, B.J. Armstrong, Bill Cartwright, and John Paxson — went on to beat the Phoenix Suns four games to two in the 1993 NBA Finals and win their third straight NBA Championship. There is no mention of Jordan having worn the uniform up for auction during any playoff games that year. Jordan was wearing the uniform up for auction in a photo that appeared on the cover of a very sad issue of Sports Illustrated that fall. The photo from the Oct. 18, 1993, edition of the magazine showed Jordan walking across the court during a game from the back, with the caption, "Why?" Heritage Auctions/Sports Illustrated This issue of the magazine came out 12 days after Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA — to the shock and profound disappointment of Bulls fans and the city of Chicago. "I love the game of basketball. I always will. I just feel that, at this particular time in my career, I have reached the pinnacle of my career," the then-only-30-year-old Jordan said at a news conference that gloomy Wednesday. "I have achieved a lot in that short amount of time if you want to call it short. But I just feel that I don't have anything else for myself to prove." Of course, this really turned out only to be a hiatus for Jordan. After a couple of seasons playing minor league baseball, Jordan returned to the Bulls in March 1995, and went on to lead the Bulls to three more NBA Championships before departing again after the 1998 season. But when Jordan announced his retirement in the fall of '93, the widespread assumption was that he was gone for good. There does not seem to be any record of it online, but shortly after Jordan's announcement, one local radio station played a melancholy song to the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" that went: "Goodbye, Michael Jordan. Who could play the game like you? When the Bulls don't make the playoffs, we're sure going to miss you." As for that uniform up for auction, on Tuesday afternoon, the bid for it was at $662,500. But its estimated value is $2 million. It is up for bid in the Heritage Auctions Spring Sports Catalog Auction.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Nando's Peri-Peri hires Ruby Tuesday vet as CEO
This story was originally published on Restaurant Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Restaurant Dive newsletter. Nando's Restaurant Group has appointed Kimberly Grant CEO of its North American division, according to a Tuesday LinkedIn post. She succeeds Josh Fisher, who had worked for the chain since 2017, according to Nation's Restaurant News. Grant has nearly 30 years of hospitality and restaurant experience and spent two decades at Ruby Tuesday, where she rose to president and COO, according to her LinkedIn profile. She left Ruby Tuesday in 2013 and later led José Andrés Group as CEO from 2014 to 2020. Grant joins Nando's Peri-Peri during a growth period.,The chain is expanding its Texas presence, with new openings expected in Houston this year, and also opened new locations in Atlanta in 2024. The chain has over 1,200 restaurants across 21 countries and has U.S. locations in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, Georgia and Texas, Grant said in her post. There are 47 company-owned Nando's restaurants in the U.S., according to its website. 'I could not be more excited to lead the refinement of Nando's overseas business model and further develop its expansion efforts in the fastest growing, most vibrant sector of our industry,' Grant said. The South Africa-based fast casual chain offers chicken platters, wraps, salads and bowls spiced to the customer's preference. The chain's locations are typically around 3,000 to 3,500 square feet. Grant currently serves as board director for Performance Food Group and L. Catterton, according to her LinkedIn profile. From 2020 to 2023, she was global head of restaurants and bars for Four Season Hotels and Resorts. Nando's could not be reached to comment on this appointment. Recommended Reading 9 of the biggest restaurant CEO hires of Q1
The Independent
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Inside Mick Jagger's former party pad on the market for £5.5million
Mick Jagger 's former London party house, a sub-penthouse valued at £5.5 million, is on the market for the first time in 30 years. Jagger and then-girlfriend Marianne Faithfull rented the Marylebone property from 1966 to 1968, a period coinciding with the Rolling Stones' rise to fame. The four-bedroom, 2,495-square-foot Edwardian mansion served as a backdrop for parties and band activities, including a photoshoot with Colin Jones. Keith Richards and Princess Margaret were among the notable guests who frequented the flat. Jagger's time at the property witnessed the release of iconic Rolling Stones tracks like "Paint it Black," "Aftermath," and "Ruby Tuesday."
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
How a tip credit, or lack thereof, could impact all of us
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Should the state eliminate the tip credit? A new bill, SB214, is pushing to phase out the credit for employers, which would then require them to pay tipped employees minimum wage. One law maker said it's only fair, but others believe it could put restaurants out of nail technicians, waiters and bartenders are all jobs heavily reliant on tips. Businesses with tipped employees currently get a tip credit, allowing them to reduce the minimum wage they pay those employees. Funding freeze fallout: Hawaii nonprofits and state agencies face uncertainty 'In order for them to do that, the employee has to be making at least $7 an hour in tips, in net tips over the minimum wage,' Hawaii Restaurant Association Board Director Tom Jones explained. But Sen. Kurt Fevella is pushing legislation to gradually phase out the tip credit, which would then require businesses to pay tipped workers minimum wage. 'At the end of the day, we need a good living wage,' Fevella said. 'And right now, working under minimum wage as a waitress or waiter or any kind of tip penalties that people have is is not even close to a living wage.' Those in the restaurant industry said tipped employees often rack in hundreds of dollars a day in tips. 'Servers in most restaurants would earn two, three and even four times the minimum wage in tip income,' Jones explained. And he said the tip credit allows restaurants to pay other positions more. 'So we can direct those funds to dishwashers and cooks and people in the back of the house that are not directly tipped employees.' If the bill passes, many said it would hurt their bottom line. 'At some point there's a breaking point and I'm worried that this bill is really going to hit a lot of restaurants,' Ruby Tuesday owner Rick Nakashima explained. 'There's a big reason Outback closed all five restaurants last year, and we closed two in the past year and a half.' Nakashima said they're still getting over the pandemic, and he's not alone. 'We have labor shortages. We've got higher utility costs. We have higher insurance costs,' Jones added. 'More than any other industry, restaurants have been struggling for the last five years recovering from COVID, and it's a real challenge.' 'These guys want their profit margin to be so big so they constantly stand on the little man,' Fevella said. 'So I have no sympathy during COVID, because everybody wants to blame COVID. But what about the families that is struggling to make ends meet?' Nakashima said this could also have a trickle down affect. 'I think a lot of restaurants will try to pass it on to the customer,' he explained. SB214 passed its first reading. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
