http://sbpartners.srv3.pmachinehosting.com/weblog.php News and Updates from SBPartners en-us Wed, 13 May 2009 20:36:29 GMT Wed, 13 May 2009 20:36:29 GMT pMachine 2.3 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://sbpartners.srv3.pmachinehosting.com/weblog.php News and Updates from SBPartners http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P40 Reliable Leasing, an expert in leasing hot water heaters to businesses and apartment buildings in Milwaukee, has acquired CMS of Indianapolis. CMS previously was owned by the local gas utility, and like Reliable, focused on leasing hot water heaters to commercial concerns. Lynne Robinson, CEO of Reliable, expects customer service quality to improve from utilizing the best processes of Reliable and CMS. http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P40 Wed, 13 May 2009 20:34:29 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P39 Bravo Food Group acquired seven additional Taco Bell restaurants, all located in the Space Coast section of Florida. These stores included Long John Silver's and Pizza Hut Express co-branded units. The stores were acquired from Taco Bell Corporate. Bravo now operates 25 restaurants in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. The operations team is headed by Morteza Amirkhani and is outstanding, having won numerous recognitions from its franchisors. http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P39 Wed, 13 May 2009 16:11:43 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P36 Bravo Food Group opened its eighteenth Taco Bell in Oakwood, Georgia in August. Initial sales have been outstanding, well in excess of projections. http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P36 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:46:15 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P34 Colorado Pharmacy has relocated to the Upper Colfax Business Centre at 1245 East Colfax Avenue, Denver. The new location is larger and easier to access. It will enable Colorado Pharmacy to continue its decades of success. In 2007, Colorado Pharmacy had record sales of just under $11 million. http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P34 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:37:21 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P35 Bravo Food Group, operator of seventeen Taco Bells in Georgia, has built a new store on its existing location at 2631 Skidaway Drive, Savannah. The Taco Bell is the state of the art "Bold Choice" look. Bravo expects to build three additional stores in 2008: in Hinesville, Savannah, and Oakwood. http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P35 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:44:09 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P33 http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P33 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:29:10 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P32 SB Partners is pleased to report that all four of our portfolio companies recorded record cash flows in 2005. These companies are: Bravo Food Group, operator of seventeen Taco Bells in Atlanta and Savannah; OMD Montgomery, owner of six Burger King restaurants in Montgomery, Alabama; Colorado Pharmacy, a specialty pharmacy in Denver; and Reliable Leasing (formerly known as Wisconsin Leasing), a leasing company in Milwaukee. http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P32 Sat, 13 May 2006 21:17:54 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P31 Effective May 31, 2006, please contact SB Partners' Michigan office for all business. We are consolidating to that location! http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P31 Sat, 13 May 2006 21:14:23 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P30 SB Partners sold its stock in Mississippi Restaurant Holdings (MRH), the franchisor of McAlister's Deli restaurants. SB Partners invested $3.9 million in MRH in February, 2004. Dave Shryock, general partner of SB Partners, joined the MRH Board and remained on the Board until July, 2005 when SB Partners sold its MRH stock. The stock sale enabled SB Partners to return $10.6 million to its limited partners: SB Partners made 2.7 times its investment in just under eighteen months. http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P30 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:00:31 GMT http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P28 Bravo Food Group acquired four additional Taco Bell restaurants in the Atlanta market, bringing its total number of restaurants to seventeen. Senior debt financing for the acquisition was provided by Bank of America. SB Partners made an additional $500,000 equity investment in Bravo. http://www.sbpartners.com/news.php?id=P28 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:15:40 GMT