This is from Quiznos website:
Quiznos sells a franchise, on average, every 4 hours. This means that by the time a flight leaves L.A. and lands in Chicago, Quiznos has sold another franchise.
Quiznos signs a lease, on average, every 14 hours.
A new Quiznos opens, on average, every 8 hours somewhere in the world.
Growth for the sake of growth is the agenda of the cancer cell.
- Naomi
on 4/19/05 8:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Today's DP has an article about what's going into the commercial space at 34th & Walnut to replace the Moravian cafe etc. IM(not so)HO, it's either a sad commentary on the penn Administration for thinking this is the way to serve the University and surrounding Communites, or a sad commentary on the University and surrounding communities for this being what they actually want.
One would think that a world-class university with a business school at the top of every list would be more attuned to encouraging entrepreneurial efforts that foisting junk food off onto the hoi polloi.
Always at your service and ready for a dialog,
Al Krigman
PS: CVS is closing at 40th & Walnut -- no surprise since they're relocating to 34th & Walnut. And there's no shortage of pharmacies in the 'hood. Penn owns that building -- and combined with Cinemagic's former space (Oh, didn't you know it's now history?) -- there's lots of room for some creative commercial endeavors. Let's see what they come up with. Is the venerable Friends of 40th Street involved, or at least putting their famous "principles" in front of Tony Sorrentino, Omar Blaik, Amy Gutman, & Co?
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Text of article:
Quiznos, Taco Bell, KFC to hit Moravian
By austin lavin
April 19, 2005
Officials moved one step closer to filling the Moravian Cafes at 3401 Walnut Street with announcements that Taco Bell, KFC and Quiznos signed a letter of intent late last week.In addition to filling two of three remaining spots in the food court, the University also finalized a lease with CVS Pharmacies.
With the deal, officials announced that the current campus CVS located at 3915 Walnut St. will eventually close in the fall.
Construction will begin on CVS soon, Penn "won't start construction with Quiznos or Taco Bell or any retailer until they sign a lease. But a letter of intent is a good sign of progress," Facilities and Real Estate Services spokesman Tony Sorrentino said.
A letter of intent is not necessarily a binding legal document. However, Sorrentino said that the University has confidence that a lease will be signed.
Taco Bell is a Mexican fast-food chain, Quiznos sells subs and KFC sells chicken.
Officials are still looking to fill one remaining spot in the eastern side of Moravian, a space which has remained mostly empty since the beginning of the semester.
Famous Famiglia and Gourmet Ice Cream will continue to operate.
Though no contract is in place, Sorrentino said he hoped the new food court tenants will open by September.
A dividing wall currently exists between the half of the 15,000-square-foot site that will become a CVS and the other half that will be occupied by five individual food venders.
Both campus CVS stores will operate for a few months during the transition, but officials hope to have the old space in use by 2006.
The 3900 block of Walnut Street now has several major vacancies, which officials said they will address later this week.
The new placement of CVS upsets some who live on the western side of campus.
College freshman Nicky Berman, who lives in Harnwell College house, said the new pharmacy will be inconveniently located.
She also said that she does not plan on visiting the new Moravian to eat because she has no interest in any of the new restaurants.
"They are all really bad for you," she said.
College sophomore Eitan Danon looks forward to change.
"I'm just really excited to have Taco Bell on campus. We've long deserved a Taco Bell," Danon said, adding that he will probably go more often because of the new selections.
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