More companies owned by religious groups

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Ryda Wong, EBfCo.

In Colorado, only liquor stores sell alcohol about 3.2%. So you can get weak beer at a grocery store, but nothing else. One exemption is a store with a pharmacy can designate one store only that can carry alcohol above 3.2%. For example, there is one Denver Target that carries liquor, but no others.

We have a rule similar to that here.

Grocery stores can sell beer, but a grocery chain can only sell it at three locations in the state. This rule was put in to protect locally-owned retailers.

And in New Hampshire grocery and convenience stores sell beer but wine and liquor are sold only in state-run liquor stores, which are popular among those in the state for a visit, because of their lower prices.

Thanks.

Bill

[snopes]

Comment: I heard that the chain "Churches Chicken" is Muslim owned. Is
that true? The link that someone had took me to a site called Jihad Watch.

[Keeper of the Mad Bunnies]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: I heard that the chain "Churches Chicken" is Muslim owned. Is
that true? The link that someone had took me to a site called Jihad Watch.

Now if they had tried to link it to Romney, it would ahve been a better story!

August 10, 2009, when San Francisco based private equity firm Friedman, Fleischer & Lowe LLC (FFL) acquired Church’s Chicken and became its parent company. (from company website)

Wiki for FFL

FFL was founded in 1998 by Tully Friedman, together with Spencer Fleischer, David Lowe, and Christopher Masto.
...
Christopher Masto was a Bain & Company consultant.

[snopes]

Comment: Safeway (supermarkets) stores is owned by Mormons.

[0b1knob]

Safeway is a publicly traded company under the symbol SWY. Its not owned by Mormons.

[nonnieyrissa]

I only made it to the first page, because I'm getting sleepy, so forgive me if someone has brought this up, but the value of St. Patrick's Cathedral is much more than $125 million. It is currently appraised at $201,365,000, but the figure is meaningless as it will never be sold anyways, and it's value is in the art and architecture, as well as it's historical value. This is my family's church and although I am an atheist, this is still y go to place for comfort when I am stressed. At 36 it still takes my breath away. The current renovations alone are at $175 million.

ETA: Just the land alone is worth almost 185,000,000

http://nyc-property-values.findtheda...8/631-5-Avenue

Originally Posted by pinqy

And in many cases, a survey would be more accurate than a census...the larger the census, the greater the likelihood of sampling error.

pinqy

Well, I guess this is true in principle but doesn't it depend a great deal on how well the survey participants are randomized, how many choose to participate, whether there is some reason to participate or not to... It just seems like it would be kind of hard to make a survey that's close to census quality.

[ichabodius]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: I heard that the chain "Churches Chicken" is Muslim owned. Is
that true? The link that someone had took me to a site called Jihad Watch.

Church's Chicken was bought by The First Islamic Investment Bank in 2004 and pork products were not allowed to be served in restaurants opening after the purchase (older stores could sell pork but the company did not collect revenue from those sales). The company changed its name in 2005 to Arcapita. The company has a Shariah Supervisory Board. They sold Church's Chicken in 2009.