Raising Cane's moving most of corporate operations

[gboudx]

to Plano, TX. I guess this will be the new headquarters, but they don't specifically say that in the article.

http://www.lewisvilleleader.com/articles/2008/11/12/plano_star-courier/news/85.txt

Beginning Jan. 12, The Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers restaurant will operate their corporate offices out of a 24,000-square-foot building located at 5800 Tennyson Parkway in Legacy Business Park in Plano.

"We're very excited to have Raising Cane come to Plano," said Sally Bane, executive director of the economic development board. "When you have a project that selects this community, it strengthens the community."

The company signed a four-and-a-half-year lease and is moving to Texas to make their future growth easier. Raising Cane's is based in Baton Rouge, La., and will bring about half of the 70-person workforce from that corporate office in departments such as human resources and operations. This opens about 35 jobs for Plano area residents. The company has started accepting resumes from interested job applicants in the area. Resumes may be submitted at raisingcanes@selfopportunity.com.

"We're extremely excited to be expanding our reach and influence to a new office in Plano," said Clay Dover, president of Raising Cane's. "The city and its resources offer the perfect backdrop and a fantastic culture to help us grow our brand to the next level."

 

[Broadmoor74]

Brings a bit of irony to their Les Miles "I'm staying" marketing ad campaign.

 

[gaminerie]

More HR jobs leaving Louisiana for another state.

i wonder what made Plano more competitive than Baton Rouge? What about Plano makes "their future growth easier"? "Perfect backdrop and fantastic culture"? - i've never been to Plano, so i can't guess what this means.

i can posit that employers don't give as much of a hoot about those feel-good reasons, as they do about employee pool and cost of doing business.

 

[triumph]

More HR jobs leaving Louisiana for another state.

i wonder what made Plano more competitive than Baton Rouge? What about Plano makes "their future growth easier"? "Perfect backdrop and fantastic culture"? - i've never been to Plano, so i can't guess what this means.

i can posit that employers don't give as much of a hoot about those feel-good reasons, as they do about employee pool and cost of doing business.

Supposedly, Cane's could not get experienced execs to move to the Baton Rouge area. Since the Dallas area is headquarters to quite a few of the big-chain restaurants there is a much, much, much larger pool of people available for the positions Cane's wants to hire.

http://www.businessreport.com/news/2008/sep/18/raising-canes-open-dallas-office/

 

[Rickboy]

More HR jobs leaving Louisiana for another state.

i wonder what made Plano more competitive than Baton Rouge? What about Plano makes "their future growth easier"? "Perfect backdrop and fantastic culture"? - i've never been to Plano, so i can't guess what this means.

i can posit that employers don't give as much of a hoot about those feel-good reasons, as they do about employee pool and cost of doing business.

No Income Tax has a lot to do with it.

Also, the DFW area is a mecca for the restaurant business with the highest number of them per capital in the world. A lot of test marketing goes on around here.

 

[wbbigtymer]

Canes=overrated & overpriced.

I haven't eaten there in ages.

Popeyes>>>>>>>>>>canes.

(And yes, I realize that Popeyes has largely deserted New Orleans)

 

[CT Saints Fan]

Canes=overrated & overpriced.

I haven't eaten there in ages.

Popeyes>>>>>>>>>>canes.

(And yes, I realize that Popeyes has largely deserted New Orleans)

Canes sauce is $$$. Canes chicken is like eating cardboard.

 

[gaminerie]

Supposedly, Cane's could not get experienced execs to move to the Baton Rouge area. Since the Dallas area is headquarters to quite a few of the big-chain restaurants there is a much, much, much larger pool of people available for the positions Cane's wants to hire.

http://www.businessreport.com/news/2008/sep/18/raising-canes-open-dallas-office/

No Income Tax has a lot to do with it.

Also, the DFW area is a mecca for the restaurant business with the highest number of them per capital in the world. A lot of test marketing goes on around here.

That's kind of the point of what i typed. THIS is really why corporate headquarters relocate.

backdrop, culture, blah. If employers were honest about why they bolt from Louisiana the second they get the wheels of the operation off the ground? It's possible that someone, at some point, might sit up and listen and MAYBE even come up with - and publicize - some reasons experienced execs and nationwide talent would want to move here. More importantly, why existing talent would want to stay.

Not likely, but more possible than blowing a bunch of smoke about backdrop and culture.

Interesting about Dallas being a restaurant-business mecca. i knew it, but i've never been able to figure that out, either. it has got to be the consistently stronger economy there.

 

[antipop]

Canes sauce is $$$. Canes chicken is like eating cardboard.

mardi gras mustard from popeye's makes canes sauce look like catsup

 

[CT Saints Fan]

mardi gras mustard from popeye's makes canes sauce look like catsup

Yeah? I might have to try it. I haven't eaten chicken at Popeye's in a long time. I always get red beans and shrimp. Now that I live where I can get red beans and shrimp anywhere, I haven't even been to Popeye's.

 

[keepoursaints]

Canes=overrated & overpriced.

I haven't eaten there in ages.

Popeyes>>>>>>>>>>canes.

(And yes, I realize that Popeyes has largely deserted New Orleans)

Canes sauce is $$$. Canes chicken is like eating cardboard.

:17: I tell my wife that everytime. The most overrated chicken around.

Raising Cane's chicken fingers. Always fresh, never frozen, never seasoned.

 

[Saint Tillage]

I love canes. Caniac combo with no slaw extra bread and a coke

 

[daybreaker]

:17: I tell my wife that everytime. The most overrated chicken around.

Raising Cane's chicken fingers. Always fresh, never frozen, never seasoned.

I have to load them up with Melting Pot's Garlic & Wine salt to make them edible.

 

[keepoursaints]

The chicken fingers in the Dome blow them away....