Canadians call on Cara for a quick bite -- in the air or on the ground. Cara Operations is one of the largest foodservices companies in Canada with several different restaurant chains and airline catering operations. Its dining chains, with a total of more than 1,200 company-owned and franchised locations, encompass several concepts including Harvey's (hamburgers), Swiss Chalet (family dining), and Kelsey's (casual dining). Cara Operations also operates about 10 flight kitchens serving more than 60 airlines. Started in 1883 as The Canadian Railway News Company, the company is controlled by the founding Phelan family.

Cajun meets Tex-Mex meets Pacific meets a whole lot of mouths at Z'Tejas. The company operates about 10 Z'Tejas Grill locations in about a half dozen Western states that specialize in Southwestern fusion cuisine, including such items as Voodoo Tuna, margaritas, Crispy Catfish Beignets, margaritas, Miso Salmon, and, yes, margaritas. Serial restaurateur Paul Fleming (who started P. F. Chang's China Bistro), Larry Foles, and Guy Villavaso, fraternity brothers at Louisiana State University, opened the first Z'Tejas in Austin, Texas, in 1989. Villavaso and Foles continue to own the company.

Buffalo Bills, Inc., operates the Buffalo Bills professional football team, one of the more storied franchises in the National Football League. A founding member of the American Football League, the team made four straight trips to the Super Bowl in the early 1990s but has yet to claim an NFL title. Buffalo has fielded teams with such Hall of Fame talent as OJ Simpson and Jim Kelly. Team owner and Detroit businessman Ralph Wilson founded the franchise in 1960; the Bills joined the NFL in 1970 when the AFL and NFL merged.

EIH Ltd. was founded in 1934 by former chairman Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi, who died in 2002 at the age of 103. Asian elegance is the key to running hotels, if you ask EIH (better known as The Oberoi Group). EIH company owns and operates about 30 hotels and luxury cruisers in five countries under the Oberoi Hotels & Resorts and Trident brands. The Oberoi Group operates primarily in India, but also has hotels in Egypt, Indonesia, Mauritius, and Saudi Arabia. In addition, The Oberoi Group operates luxury cruises of the Nile River and India's Kerala region.

Aristocrat Technologies helps casino managers tell if the house is ahead. Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. is the North America, Latin America, and Caribbean operations of Australian gaming machine manufacturer Aristocrat Leisure. It designs, manufactures, and markets casino management tools and software to monitor gaming machine use and control payouts. The information systems can also monitor table games and offer additional tools for marketing and accounting. In addition, the company makes a variety of gaming machines, including reel slot machines, video gaming systems, and progressive payout machines. Aristocrat Technologies has sales and support centers in Argentina and the US (Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Nevada).

West Ham United operates the professional football team West Ham United FC, known to its supporters as "The Hammers." Competing in the English Premier League, the club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and boasts three FA Cups. West Ham United generates revenue primarily through sponsorships and broadcasting rights, as well as through gate receipts. It plays host at Boleyn Ground in London. David Sullivan and David Gold, who previously controlled the team Birmingham City, acquired a 50% stake in West Ham in 2010 from CB Holdings, a consortium of Icelandic banks led by Straumur Burdaras Investment Bank.

Breakfast is served all day in this kitchen. Kitchen Investment Group, which does business as Country Kitchen International, operates and franchises about 90 Country Kitchen family dining restaurants in more than 20 states. The chain, found mostly in the Midwest, is popular for its breakfast menu, which is served all day. Country Kitchen locations also offer lunch and dinner options such as sandwiches, soups, pork chops, and steak. The company co-brands many of its locations with French bread pizza maker Breadeaux Pizza. Kentucky native Bill Johnson opened the first Country Kitchen in Cincinnati in 1939. CEO (and former top franchisee) Charles Meyers acquired the chain from Carlson Companies in 1997.

This company is pinning its hopes on the flavor of the Big Island to draw a few mainlanders into its restaurants. Kona Grill operates about 20 upscale casual-dining restaurants offering both seafood and American dishes with an island twist. The restaurants serve both lunch and diner menus, and they offer a wide selection of sushi. In addition to dining, each location typically has a bar area for happy hour with margaritas and martinis. The restaurants are typically found near upscale shopping areas in Arizona, Texas, and about 20 other states. Former chairman and CEO Marcus Jundt and his family own about 20% of Kona Grill.

Tharaldson Motels, Inc. was founded in 1982 by Gary Tharaldson. The business is 100%-owned by its employees through an employee stock ownership program. Tharaldson Motels company operates more than 220 limited-service hotels in 30 states, under such brands as Fairfield Inn by Marriott, Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, EconoLodge by Choice Hotels, and Homewood Suites by Hilton. Tharaldson's properties feature 24-hour coffee service, cable television, free local phone calls, and other basic amenities. It also provides free rooms to customers visiting family members or friends hospitalized over the holidays.

PizzaExpress hopes its menu items will put your taste buds on the fast track to Rome. The company operates about 350 upscale-casual restaurants that specialize in authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas. Patrons can choose from almost two dozen kinds of thin-crust pies, as well as salads and a selection of antipasti (appetizers). In addition to its locations in the UK and Ireland (which operate under the Milano name), PizzaExpress has some franchised outposts in a few other countries. The company is a subsidiary of Gondola Group, which also owns ASK Restaurants. Peter Boizot opened the first PizzaExpress in 1965.

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