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by Bob Moore, SLFP.com "St. Louis gives us a more centralized location from which to operate restaurants in Hardee's core markets," said Andy Puzder, president and CEO of Hardee's. "As our company has grown with restaurants from coast to coast, we recognized that there were compelling business reasons to move our Hardee's headquarters." The Hardee's chain has also refocused its efforts on improving each guest's experience at its restaurants. The occasion was celebrated with a special "Life in the Fast Lane" event completing a year-long incentive program to reward general managers for the fastest drive-thru times, or the largest drive-thru sales increases. Ken Fitzjoe, general manager from a Hardee's in Nashville, TN, was the first in line to try his key. To everyone's surprise, it turned out to be the lucky key. "I never thought I'd get it on the first try," he said enthusiastically. Noah Griggs, executive vice-president of operations for Hardee's, explained that each of the 10 winners in the incentive program were given a key and an opportunity to try that key in the ignition of the Mustang. "They ended up being the best performers consistently for four quarters out of the entire company which is in excess of 1,000 company restaurants at the time," he said. "Ken had a ten percent change of winning the car, and he nailed it." On hand at the event were St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, St. Louis Rams wide receiver Torry Holt and other regional leaders. Hardee's, a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc., made a $5,000 donation to The Holt Foundation to benefit children whose parents have cancer.  Leica Camera, Inc. Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. With Support of Rare Civil Rights Photo Exhibition ST. LOUIS, (PRNewswire), APRIL 22, 2001 - In tribute to the extraordinary life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and in commemoration of his monumental contributions to civil rights, Leica Camera, Inc. is supporting a national photography exhibition called, "Countdown to Eternity." Leica Camera, Inc. is donating two (2) authentic Leica M6 Summicron 50mm f2 cameras engraved with Dr. King's signature to Countdown To Eternity for display in the exhibition. In addition, one hand-crafted Leica M6 camera, valued at $30,000 will be included in an art auction package comprised of the camera and a first edition Countdown to Eternity MLK'68 limited edition portfolio of photographer Benedict J. Fernandez.
Countdown to Eternity exhibition provides a rare and intimate photographic view of the famed civil rights leader through the eyes of Fernandez who used a similar Leica M3 camera to capture Dr. King throughout the year preceding his assignation on April 4, 1968. Fernandez is widely acclaimed as an exceptional educator and photographer. He formerly served as the Photography Program Chairman of both the New School and Parsons School of Design in New York City and founder of the Bachelors' of Fine Arts (BFA) program in Photography at Parsons. In June 2001, Leica will present the second engraved Leica M6 camera to Dr. King's son, Martin Luther King III, in a commemorative ceremony for the exhibition at the Florida International Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. "Leica is honored to be apart of Countdown to Eternity and is pleased to give tribute to one of the great American leaders - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," said Roger Horn, president, Leica Camera, Inc. "The evolution of the Leica camera spans decades and we are proud of our company's ability to help bring to light to the intense and stirring vision of Ben Fernandez and the strong essence of the civil rights era embodied in Dr. King's powerful work." Containing seventy-eight, 14 x 17" framed, black and white photographs, Countdown to Eternity was originally funded by The Ford Foundation 10 years ago as a tribute to Dr. King. It was developed for presentation in communities of economic need. Economic equality as a key component of social justice was a major theme stressed by Dr. King during the later part of his life. Countdown to Eternity is courtesy of ARTVision International, LLC. For additional exhibit information, limited edition photographs, event options or sponsorship opportunities, contact Vickie Rehberg, exhibitions manager, at (561) 271-6622. Shop 'n' Save to Pay $75,000 Meat Fine ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), APRIL 22, 2001 - Shop 'n' Save Warehouse Foods, a grocery supermarket chain that does business in Missouri as Shop 'n' Save, has agreed to pay a total of $75,000 in costs and penalties under an agreement with Attorney General Jay Nixon to resolve allegations that it advertised and sold certain cuts of ground beef as being cuts of greater value. A joint investigation by the Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service resulted in allegations that Shop 'n' Save sold regular ground beef variously as ground chuck and ground round. "We want to make sure that consumers get what they pay for, especially when they have paid a higher price to get what they believed to be a higher quality product," Nixon said. Nixon praised the work of USDA compliance officers who assisted with the case, saying they provided invaluable help to the Attorney General's Office with the investigation. Under the assurance of voluntary compliance filed today in St. Louis County Circuit Court, Shop 'n' Save also agreed to not represent that any of its meat or meat products consist of anything other than its actual content. Today's agreement calls for Shop 'n' Save to pay a $25,000 civil penalty to the St. Louis County School Fund; $30,000 to the state of Missouri to use to further consumer education and programs; $11,500 to the state for the costs of the investigation; and $8,500 to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service - Compliance and Investigation Division for its costs of the investigation. Last May, Nixon obtained an agreement and $74,000 from another St. Louis grocery chain, Dierbergs, to resolve similar concerns over the sale of meat.
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