Barnes and Noble
To date, TED has no business profile for this firm, but for more on the history of Barnes and Noble, please see the attached student paper: Barnes and Noble History.… Read the rest
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Starbucks
To date, TED has no business profile for this firm, but for more on the history of Starbucks, please see the attached student paper: HY 400 Paper… Read the rest
Alabama Power Appliance Center
To date, TED has no business profile for this firm, but for more on the history of Alabama Power, please see the attached student paper: Alabama Power Paper Final… Read the rest
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
To date, we have not completed a business profile for this firm, but please view the following student paper on the history of the Coca-Cola Company and some of the environmental/human health challenges the corporation faces today: Triffet-Final Draft-HY 400 Project Essay Final (2)… Read the rest
Parker Towing Company
Background
Parker Towing is a commodities transportation company located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that transports supplies up and down the Warrior-Tombigbee River. In 1933, Tim Parker joined the barge industry as a deckhand during the Great Depression, this deckhand job provided him with a daily wage of one dollar.… Read the rest
Walmart
History of the Business
On July 2, 1962, Sam Walton opened the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas. The first Walmart was a general store in Rogers. However, Sam Walton had the vision to grow his store bigger. Walton wanted his store to have the cheapest prices possible, and this was the key to growing his stores nationwide.… Read the rest
Bryce Hospital
Bryce Hospital was established as the Alabama Insane Hospital in 1861 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It was the first mental hospital in the state; before reforms brought about by the advocacy of Dorothea Dix in the 1840’s, Americans with mental illnesses were generally put in prisons (4).… Read the rest
Alabama Paper Products
According to a Bloomberg Businessweek company overview, Alabama Paper Products, LLC was established in 2001 as a subsidiary of Maryland Paper Company, L.P. The facility is home to a recycling mill that predominantly produces dry felt – a component of roofing underlays- from recycled cardboard and newspapers (1).… Read the rest
Hunt Refining Company
Hunt Oil Company created the first commercial oil well in Alabama after the discovery of oil in Choctaw County, Ala. in 1944. Hunt Oil chose Tuscaloosa to house the oil refinery because of the easy access to roads, railroads, and the Black Warrior River. … Read the rest
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company on the outskirts of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is one of many small businesses that promote the sale of the products of The Coca-Cola Company, which is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. This stockyard is top notch, but is scarce in business information, and is managed under the direction of sales supervisor Jack Sherman.… Read the rest