that's what he said…
no one's done it before. It's a new standard for what
a restaurant will look like and what the industry will do.
– zane Tankel, CEO of Apple-Metro Inc., on Applebee's new restaurant in East harlem, the first in
New York City to receive a Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
The restaurant cost $4 million to build – $1 million more than a conventional Applebee's.
Size
matters
Wal-Mart opens its
smallest store on
Georgia tech campus
W
al-Mart is doing it again. A miniature version of its retail stores
will open on the Georgia Tech campus in the
second quarter of this year. At 2,500 square
feet, the store will be the smallest in the
United States for the retailer. By comparison,
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets average
40,000 square feet, while Wal-Mart Express
stores average about 15,000 square feet.
Georgia Tech will be Wal-Mart's
second college campus location – the first
opened at the University of Arkansas in
Fayetteville, Ark., in 2011.
The Wal-Mart on Campus concept is
a test format that will focus on pharmacy and basic grocery items, health and
beauty aids, and general merchandise
products. The Georgia Tech outlet will
be 2,500 square feet. In addition to the
store's limited mix of goods, Wal-Mart
also will offer check cashing and bill
paying services.