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Non-Tech : Foodmaker (Jack-in-the-Box Restaurants) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Petz who wrote (278)	12/4/1997 10:04:00 AM
From: David Kuspa	Respond to of 338

John, I still have to change the channel whenever I see the start of one of those Carl's Jr. commercials. And I'm not alone; many others agree that they are disgusting. I remember a news story on them and I think the gist of it was that they recognized that a certain percentage of the audience would be "grossed out", but that these were not their target customers, or something to that effect. They must be working for them or they wouldn't have been running so long. Still, it's the fastest way for me to change channels. That and the weirdly dark "something wicked this way comes" poems on one of those US car commercials (buick?). They are truly annoying and unappealing in every way to me. I like Jack-in-the-Box's commercials because they appeal to everyone, young and old, sloppy or neat. They're just plain funny and cute. Still waiting for FM to take off. I'm confident it will be back up closer to $18 than $15 real soon, and should be more like $20 if we can just get some interest in it again.

To: Petz who wrote (278)	12/10/1997 10:38:00 AM
From: David Kuspa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 338

Salomon Smith Barney just initiated coverage of Foodmaker with an outperform rating. Finally someone on the street with clout agrees with me that this company is undervalued! This should help nudge us up a bit. FM also settled a class-action lawsuit, of which I have heard nothing about (every large company has a handful of lawsuits going on at any one time): >>SAN DIEGO, Dec 9 - Foodmaker Inc said Tuesday that it has reached a settlement of a lawsuit filed against it by people with mobility disabilities on the issue of full accessibility in its Jack in the Box restaurants. Under terms of the class-action settlement reached with the plaintiffs' lawyers, the company said it will continue to make improvements to more than 800 Jack in the Box restaurants so that facilities are fully accessible to people with disabilities. Foodmaker said the settlement has received preliminary approval from Chief Judge Thelton Henderson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. A final approval hearing is set for February 1998.<< Not to make light of the plaintiff's difficulties, but if I couldn't get an Oreo Cookie Shake whenever I felt like it, I'd sue too! ;-)