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🏈 How much did you spend on the Superbowl this year? 💸 Americans will spend $17.3 Billion. 80% of that will go to food & drinks, and the rest toward decorations, apparel, and other Superbowl goods - according to the National Retail Federation. 🍻 That includes $1 Billion just for beer during the game itself! The average person will spend $86. That's a pretty pricey event!! For entertainment cost comparison's sake... 🏈 $123 = the average cost of a date in America, according to moneygeek.com 🏈 $24 = the average cost of two movie tickets in America 🏈 $194 = the cost of a peak day at a Disney park in 2023 🏈 $284 = the cost of a single day lift ticket at Vail 🏈 $110 = the cost of a single day lift ticket at Ski Apache (haven't heard of it? just ask my El Paso friends...Ruidoso is where it's at....although this is WAY more pricey than I remember from 1995!) 🏈 $35 = the average cost per vehicle to enter a national park 🏈 $8600 = the average cost to actually GO to the Superbowl this year! (according to StubHub) Isn't that nuts? it's exactly 100x the average cost to watch from home? 🍿 Enjoy the chicken wings, popcorn, chips, dips, and beer....and the halftime show! For fun, comment below on what you're planning to eat, drink, or spend money on for tonight's game!

Ronald McDonald told his friends, "Hey guys we're doing good but I have a vision to do better. 1. I want us to serve over 50,000,000 people a day. 2. I want to be the one of the largest toy distributors in the world." Friends, "Ronald, that's a lot. I mean that's not possible at all. Look we're doing great now. Let's not get carried away with your visionary delusions. We're happy where we're at. It's not like we're the only ones out here selling fast food you know. Those other companies are growing just like us and newer companies are coming in the future." Ronald, "Whether you believe in and follow me or you walk away and laugh at me I will achieve this goal." Friends, "Well look Ronald, if you're going to stick to your guts on this then give us our portion of the pie. We want no parts of this, like we said we're fine where we're at." Two decades and three years later 1. Ronald McDonald serves 1% of the worlds population daily (74million) and 20% of those daily sales include toys (14.8million per day). 2. Ronald is the largest toy distributor in the world. In 1992 with his friends Ronald had 12,700 McDonalds locations world wide. Today Ronald has over 36,000. It took Ronald 20+ years of belief, hard work, commitment, dedication, perseverance, obstacles (other fast food chains, economic recession and a global push for healthier food products in fast food chains among other things) none the less his goal was not only achieved but surpassed. DON'T FIGHT THE PROCESS ENJOY, LEARN AND GROW FROM IT. YOU CANT TAKE EVERYONE WITH YOU. EVERYONE WONT UNDERSTAND YOUR VISION. EVERYONE WON'T SUPPORT YOUR DREAM. IT'S OKAY TO FIGHT FOR YOUR DREAM ALONE. THE ROAD TO YOUR DREAM IS NEVER CROWDED. ITS OK TO OUT DREAM & OUTGROW PEOPLE ALONG THE JOURNEY. THE ONLY BELIEF NEEDED TO ATTAIN A DREAM IS YOUR OWN. #MotivationalTraffick

#InTheClubWithGina edition 6 It's almost game time, fellow club lovers... are you ready for it? https://lnkd.in/gqyX-ag6 Clubs certainly are, with Sam's spreading joy through Member's Mark mystery boxes https://lnkd.in/g8A9Rq3k, BJ's looking to help you "save like a champion" with a $15 digital coupon for any $150 purchase https://lnkd.in/gb8p2_5z, and Costco packaging all your "big game essentials" into a convenient same-day delivery collection https://lnkd.in/g74yHNZJ. But that's not all that's big (or should I say super?) this week. Micro insights from the week in club: - The most breaking news around Costco is still its brand new CFO Gary Millerchip https://lnkd.in/gY_K5ace https://lnkd.in/gBZXzaHU, but it also reported January sales results showing sustained strength in its ecommerce business, even as nonfood comps lagged. Costco has been leveraging its online site to communicate the benefit of general merchandise purchases, particularly for big items like appliances, but these results beg the question: is it working, or is online grocery scoring touchdowns for club, too? https://lnkd.in/gMfV5Y2M - In terms of new openings, Costco is gaining yardage on its competitors. Representatives in Warwick, Rhode Island reached out to Costco to shop for a spot in the state. BJ's currently owns 100% of the club market in Rhode Island after Sam's Club exited - twice, once in 2012 and again in 2017. A Costco in Warwick would be a major test of BJ's dominance in the Northeast. https://lnkd.in/gttUSXA5 But BJ's is making big plays in the Sam's-dominated South, announcing plans to open its third club in two years in Tennessee on Feb. 16, its 244th overall. https://lnkd.in/ghxfr854 Meanwhile, Costco also won approval for an Economic Development Agreement in Weatherford, Texas, which would mark its 39th club in the state; an incremental gain on Sam's, which owns nearly 70% of the club market in the state. https://lnkd.in/gvEsX3Qg - Speaking of Texas, Sam's this week announced an Open Call Event on April 4 in Dallas. Such events offer a unique opportunity for small businesses and challenger brands to gain exposure on Sam's shelves. Watch for Sam's top draft picks coming out of this one. https://lnkd.in/gKNtZX3z #retail #costco #samsclub #bjs

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Super Bowl I's ticket prices were a mere $12 and the event did not sell out. Meanwhile, securing tickets today is almost unheard of. The cheapest resale tickets to this year's Super Bowl started around $6,000, with the most expensive tickets nearing $100,000. Believe in your dream, your calling, and, most of all, yourself. It’s going to be hard, humbling, and terrifying. Turn into those feelings. Use them as positive energy and motivation. Never allow the critic to define or control you. Be willing to accept the triumph of high achievement. Likewise, be willing to accept defeat. But live, embrace, and love life. There will be bad days, disappointing meetings, you will make mistakes, people will let you down and lie to you. There will be brilliant days, successful meetings, you will do great things, people will support you and show you kindness. Either way, get in the arena. Stand up for what you believe in, fight for your people, advance your issue, and most of all…make sure they remember, *forever*, the cause and people you believe in and are fighting for. Leave no doubt!

The Super Bowl is upon us! With annual events, come traditions. Whether it is a holiday tradition or an annual trip to the same special place, it creates memories that we typically hold onto. I suspect that most of you are gearing up for your Super Bowl Sunday traditions. For us, it is always snack food and hoping for a great game (and of course debating the best commercials). What are your Super Bowl traditions? #SuperBowl #Traditions

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March Madness is here. My University of Virginia Wahoos may have already disappointed me, but as a die-hard college basketball fan, who once had a starring turn on ESPN's College Game Day, I had a lot of fun reporting this story for Inc. Magazine about how businesses are gearing up for one of the most beloved and chaotic sporting events of the year with team-themed drink specials, takeout wing deals, and watch parties. For entrepreneurs, the next three weeks will serve up more than highlight reels. With tens of millions of people expected to tune in and fill out brackets, the big dance offers a major opportunity for businesses to boost brand awareness and sales - especially with the massive growth of the women's game. If the Super Bowl is a holiday for the food and beverage industry, the NCAA tournament is more like a festival--lasting several weeks and giving businesses a more enduring bump, says Columbia Business School adjunct professor Stephen Zagor, who has owned multiple restaurants and consults for restaurants and food businesses. "This is where they get more customers, more revenue, and hopefully more profits," he adds. "They look all year for this kind of opportunity." His advice to entrepreneurs: stock up now on inventory, because this month is going to be "their business triple double." How companies like Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Athletic Brewing Co., TOGETHXR, and Playa Society are embracing the madness https://lnkd.in/esq-eByW

Learn everything you need to know about how to host a #SuperBowl watch #party and how they differ from a Super Bowl #tailgate party in this blog post! https://lnkd.in/e4uaR3SY