Lafayette company boosts presence: Home health provider LHC Group Inc. entered into two ventures to expand its services in Washington state and Alabama. Financial terms were not disclosed. Lafayette-based LHC will provide service for Northeast Washington Health Programs Association. That agency operates in a service area with a population of 506,000. LHC also has entered into a home health joint venture with Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga, Ala. The service area has a population of 482,000. LHC says the two operations combined have annual revenue of about $3.6 million.
Biz school dean involved with arts group: Eli Jones, dean of LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business, has been named to the board of directors for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. Jones was named to a one-year term, which expires June 30, 2010. Derek Gordon, president and CEO of the Arts Council, says he welcomes Jones because of his businesses acumen and insight on the importance of the arts in building a community.
A new No. 2: Two of the nation’s biggest hamburger chains fell a spot in QSR magazine’s annual list of the largest fast-food chains. Subway is now No. 2 with $9.6 billion in annual sales, dropping Burger King down to third, with $9.3 billion in sales. Starbucks jumped up to fourth, with $8.75 billion in sales, leapfrogging Wendy’s, which had $8 billion in sales last year. Officials with QSR, a trade publication that covers the quick service restaurant business, says this shows the changing dining taste of American consumers. One thing that didn’t change—McDonald’s is still on top by a wide margin, with $30 billion in sales.
