The Ventura County Community Foundation has a new leader. Vanessa Bechtel, previously executive director of the Santa Barbara City College Foundation, is taking over as president and CEO of VCCF starting Feb. 9. The Foundation’s board of directors announced the appointment Jan. 8. “Vanessa represents the next generation of leadership for the foundation,” said VCCF Read More →
The Habit Burger Grill is headed to the Middle East, and maybe beyond. On Jan. 7, The Habit Restaurants Inc., the chain’s parent company, served up its first international franchise agreement with Food Quest Restaurant Management for the development of up to 50 new Habit restaurants. The agreement will put locations in six countries in the Read More →
By Staff Report / Monday, January 5th, 2015 / Latest news, Top Stories / Comments Off on Select Staffing HQ moves to Atlanta amid ownership shuffle
The merger comes less than a year after Select restructured itself after declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will permanently relocate the national company’s headquarters from Santa Barbara to Atlanta.
Haggen, a grocery store chain out of the Pacific Northwest, is set to takeover 146 Albertsons and Safeway stores in California, Nevada and Arizona, 20 of which are located in the Tri-Counties.
Despite the optimism from nostalgic gas prices and an encouraging unemployment rate, issues including lack of water, troubled global economy, and looming interest hikes still threaten the Tri-Counties’ 2015 economic outlook.
