Mike Naylor, who currently has nine Little Caesars franchises in the Jackson area, is opening a Little Caesars location in Tupelo. It’s slated to open in mid-May at 2434 West Main, which is in the shopping center that is home to Dippin’ Dots.
After the Tupelo location opens, Naylor is moving on to conquer Starkville, Oxford and Columbus. Read more in tomorrow’s Daily Journal.
The Journal’s food editor Ginna Parsons made her online debut today. Check out her blog, Speaking of Food.
The high gas prices are having ripple effects in Northeast Mississippi. As of this week, we know of one Tupelo-based business that is moving to a four-day work week. It’s optional for the workers, and we hear that three to four of the employees are participating. Regular hours are 8 to 5, but the four-day workers will be there from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. They are alternating who gets off on Mondays and Fridays.
The reason: Some of the employees are driving from other counties and it’s one less trip they have to make to Tupelo. However, someone always will be in the office.
Anybody know of any other offices that are switching up hours due to rising gas prices?
Talk about a generalization. From a BBC story (full text) about gun control:
Wait till you get to London Texas, or Glasgow Montana, or Oxford Mississippi or Virgin Utah, for that matter, where every household is required by local ordinance to possess a gun.
Folks will have guns in all of these places and if you break into their homes they will probably kill you.
They will occasionally kill each other in anger or by mistake, but you never feel as unsafe as you can feel in south London.
The Tupelo-based Community Development Foundation is having its annual meeting Thursday night starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Tupelo Furniture Market Mississippi Complex, Hall B.
Here’s the official press release from the CDF:
Tune in to WCDF: Your Business Network on May 1
Members of the Community Development Foundation are invited to tune in to WCDF: Your Business Network, on Thursday, May 1, for the organization’s Annual Membership Meeting. With a Today Show format, the dinner meeting will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Mississippi Furniture Market Complex, Hall B.
Highlights of the meeting will include the announcement of the newly elected CDF Board of Directors, the recognition of the Community Leadership Institute’s graduating class of 2008, and recognition of the 2007-2008 Ambassador of the Year. Jack Reed, Jr., 2007-2008 CDF Chairman, will provide a summary of the year, and Mitch Waycaster, Chairman-Elect, will present a challenge for the 2008-2009 year.
For more information or to request tickets for the 2007-2008 Annual Meeting, please contact the CDF office at 662.842.4521. Non-CDF members may purchase tickets by calling the CDF office.
Get it while it’s hot - gas prices are going down. Sorta.
Passed by the Kroger at Crosstown in Tupelo this morning, and regular unleaded had dropped from $3.52 to $3.47 a gallon.
Not a lot in the big scheme of things, but when’s the last time gas prices actually fell?
It’s likely not going to last for long, however. Experts are still talking about $4 gas, and possibly $5 or $6 gas by the end of the year.
Enjoy it while you can, and fill ‘er up!
Oh, by the way, here are the latest oil company earnings reports:
Those of you who have gotten your “tax rebate” checks – and those still waiting – what are your plans for your financial windfall?
The National Retail Federation, with its rosy glasses, thinks consumers will spend $43 billion, or about 40 percent of their checks, with retailers to give them a boost much like Christmas.
I agree with others who think that most people will be spending the bulk of their checks on just buying the basics like food and gas. A bulk of the money likely will be used to pay down on some debt, too.
Wal-Mart definitely wants to cash in – the world’s ginormous retailer said it would cash stimulus checks at its stores. How nice of them! But it’s not alone. Other retail promos related to the stimulus checks:
Let the battle for our dollars begin!
We finally have enough info to run a Krystal story in the paper, but we need your help. I’ve been told that this will be the third time Krystal has opened a restaurant in Tupelo.
It started with a restaurant on Coley that later closed. Then, it opened on South Gloster in the current Guthrie’s location.
Is this true? Anybody know the dates of when things opened and closed?
According to Guthrie’s corporate Web site, a new location is “coming soon” to Amory. Don’t have any other details yet.
For those not familiar with the company, it specializes in golden fried chicken fingers. The first Guthrie’s franchise in the state opened in Tupelo last year in the former Dawg House location on South Gloster.
From the Community Development Foundation:
Please join us TONIGHT for the next meeting of the TUPELO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Tupelo Country Club
CRAWFISH BOIL
4462 Winged Foot Road
Belden, MSThis is a come and go business-after-hours event. FEEL FREE TO DRESS CASUALLY. Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be awarded. Come network with your peers in the business community and bring a friend. Please RSVP to typ@cdfms.org.
The Tupelo Young Professionals program is catered to NeMiss professionals ages 21 to 40.
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