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This bums me out. Dave Thomas was a treasured member and important part of Gator Football lore. When his daughter Wendy was at UF, Dave sprung for a new weight room facility, which prior to that was ass. His $$$$ gave us a better facility and the facilities helped give us a recruiting edge - or at least kept us even with the mangy mutts from up north.

Back then the schools were not in a multi-million dollar duel of facilities like they are now, and our revamp stood us well for over a decade.

Thanks Dave. Wish they'd preserve the first place. Lord knows the corporation can operate one store at a break even and survive.
 
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This is really not a good sign for Columbus. A lot of the big businesses that grew in Columbus and made it recession proof in the 60s, 70s, and 80s are disappearing.

Think about the chains that have disappeared. Lawson's, Western Pancake House, for example.

Batelle and Nationwide are still there. Chemical Abstracts and OCLC. The Limited Stores (thank you Les for Victoria's Secret) and Ambercrobie remain.

But it would be fair to say that, during the last decade, much of the success of that entrepreneurial boom of an earlier era is no longer part of the Columbus landscape.

John McCoy made the first screw-up when he did the First Chicago merger and agreed to move the BancOne headquarters. Scratch the inventor of the ATM, credit cards, money market funds, and electronic funds transfer at the point of sale.

Then, Borden went. Lazarus foundered and Federated moved its head offices to Cincinnatti. Then, Macy's gave the brand the bullett. Compuserve, who invented commercial email for all intents and purposes was next when it foundered and AOL snapped it up.

You could go on, but there is a real need for Columbus to get a few new winners going.

Any that I am missing?
 
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Steve19 said:
This is really not a good sign for Columbus. A lot of the big businesses that grew in Columbus and made it recession proof in the 60s, 70s, and 80s are disappearing.

Think about the chains that have disappeared. Lawson's, Western Pancake House, for example.

Batelle and Nationwide are still there. Chemical Abstracts and OCLC. The Limited Stores (thank you Les for Victoria's Secret) and Ambercrobie remain.

But it would be fair to say that, during the last decade, much of the success of that entrepreneurial boom of an earlier era is no longer part of the Columbus landscape.

John McCoy made the first screw-up when he did the First Chicago merger and agreed to move the BancOne headquarters. Scratch the inventor of the ATM, credit cards, money market funds, and electronic funds transfer at the point of sale.

Then, Borden went. Lazarus foundered and Federated moved its head offices to Cincinnatti. Then, Macy's gave the brand the bullett. Compuserve, who invented commercial email for all intents and purposes was next when it foundered and AOL snapped it up.

You could go on, but there is a real need for Columbus to get a few new winners going.

Any that I am missing?
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very true. but on the good side is you have the boom of cardinal health. you still have lord knows how many people up at polaris working for chase. i really agree with you. but, at the same time columbus is one of the few sun belt cities in the amb. the reality is good good enough or is greatness desired?
 
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Sad news, but Wendys isn't going anywhere. The company name is too big, and the product too popular, to just fold up shop and call it a day. I fully expect Yum! to buy Wendys, give it a shot in the arm, and make it successful again. Wendys would fill the vacant slot in the Yum! Brands portfolio, and it'd open up Wendys to carry Pepsi.

Don't know if anyone else cares about that, but it is actually a huge deal to me. Every single freakin' burger chain carries Coca Cola products, which I can't stand.
 
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