[okie01]

That was his job and that is the job of any CEO and CFO is to figure out what is salvageable and cut the dead weight so the ship can right itself.

Rule of thumb in any restaurant chain: 80% of your problems are caused by 20% of your stores.

Probably holds true for any retail chain, I would imagine.

[Vendome]

Magic rule of problems and success in almost aspects of operations