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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by techsupporter on Saturday June 03, 2017 @01:36AM (#14475152)
Don't mean to nitpick but Braum's isn't a co-op/consortium. It's a single family's massively-integrated retail operation. They own and operate basically all of their farms and ranches along with the manufacturing plants for their containers and even their delivery fleet. Braum is the last name of the guy who founded it.

(Oh, and it's not Texan. Braum's is an Okie brand; they don't open up stores more than about 300 miles from their central farms in Oklahoma.)

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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by solotronics on Saturday June 03, 2017 @01:44AM (#14475176)
also interesting they like investing in the commercial real estate they use for the stores, somewhat like McDonald's in that respect
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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by throwaway7645 on Saturday June 03, 2017 @11:26AM (#14476804)
Always wondered why i couldn't get it outside Texas. The burgers and ice cream are great.
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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by technojunkie on Saturday June 03, 2017 @01:49AM (#14475190)
That explains why I've never seen one anywhere near Houston! I always wondered.
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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by IslaDeEncanta on Saturday June 03, 2017 @02:18AM (#14475256)
Braum's just cut the size of their burgers and their shakes aren't as good anymore. I'm so disappointed in them.
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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by burntrelish1273 on Saturday June 03, 2017 @01:46AM (#14475181)
Everything before the word "but" is BS.

I never said it was based in Texas, you read the wikipedia and acted like an expert. It's a vertically-integrated supply-chain.

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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by techsupporter on Saturday June 03, 2017 @01:49AM (#14475192)
I worked for Braum's for four years in Fort Worth, Texas. It was my first "real" job after high school. They have a little book that they give employees that describes the company and the history. The company describes itself like I did. Would you like a picture as proof of my bona fides?

Please don't assume malice.

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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday June 03, 2017 @08:27AM (#14476074)
On the internet nobody knows you're an expert.
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Re:Secretive Billionaire Makes The Cheese For Pizza Hut, Dom... by cylinder on Saturday June 03, 2017 @10:03AM (#14476430)
You got salty quickly. There's quite a distinction between a private family business with a vertically integrated supply chain and a farmers cooperative operating a chain of ice cream shop, and I'm glad he pointed that out.
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