Start building: Chenevert Architects has been awarded a contract to design a $1 million renovation and expansion of the St. John the Baptist Parish courthouse. St. John the Baptist Parish council members unanimously approved the contract Wednesday, according to the Times-Picayune. Design for the project should be complete by February, parish officials say.
Five, $5, $5 footlong: Stuart Frankel, a Miami Subway sandwich franchisee, is a hero in the world of sandwiches. Frankel came up a promotion to sell footlong sandwiches for $5 on weekends as a way of boosting sales. “I like round numbers,” Frankel told BusinessWeek. The $5 promotion lead to double-digit sales increases at Frankel’s Subway locations, and spread from other Florida franchisees up to the chain’s top brass. The $5-footlong promotion has made Subway one of the few restaurant winners during the recession; BusinessWeek says company sales were up 17% in 2008, at a time when other chains struggled. Read the story of the promotion here.
