April 12‚ 2010 Iggy’s Bread of the World c/o Igor and Ludmilla Ivanovic 130 Fawcett Street Cambridge‚ MA 02138-1112 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ivanovic: I am glad to have the opportunity to work with you both on concerns regarding your company. I have read the background information about that you sent me and in regards to your COO Mr. Matthew McRae‚ I would like to make a few observations and recommendations. First‚ I would like to start with a quote from Mrs. Ivanovic from the material you
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In Anzia Yezierska ’s novel entitled Bread Givers‚ there is an apparent conflict between Reb Smolinsky‚ a devout Orthodox rabbi of the Old World‚ and his daughter Sara who yearns to associate and belong to the New World. Throughout the story‚ one learns about the hardships of living in poverty‚ the unjust treatment of women‚ and the growth of a very strong willed and determined young womanSara Smolinsky. After leaving Poland to venture out into the New World of America‚ the Smolinsky family endured
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produced in a steam bakery – the newest‚ the biggest‚ most modern bakery in Anhui Province. I started my life as flour to which was added some yeast‚ fibra‚ fat‚ water‚ many chemicals and‚ not too surprisingly as it was China‚ kilos of …… pesticides! You might think this is wrong‚ but in China it is regarded as right. You see pesticides make the bread taste better‚ give the bread the smooth feel‚ and‚ very importantly‚ increases the size of the loaves‚ and that gives the bakery higher profits. I should
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The Bread of Salt Summary It was his assigned duty to be up early in the morning and be on his way to the baker’s to buy rolls and pan de salt for the breakfast table. He was fourteen and he has already got used to his task. On his way he thought of the bread of salt – pan de salt – and wondered how it was made‚ what gives its flavour and shape. He looked around the landscape at daybreak and once again remembered how much he adored Aida‚ the niece of the old Spaniard whom he thought he was destined
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through a man has a woman an existence‚” he proclaims. He was raised to believe that woman can only go to heaven if they marry a man or a man of the Torah. Also in his beliefs‚ the man was supposed to read and study the Torah as the woman were the “bread givers.” In this case the Smolinsky women were his slaves. The wife and three daughters of Reb Smolinsky would work hard every day to pay rent and to put food on the table. Every day at dinner Mr. Smolinsky would get the best part of the meal‚
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Bread Givers The book‚ Bread Givers is a novel written by Anzia Yezierska following the lives of woman who have to go through struggle because of new tradition verses old tradition. In the book I found that there are several themes within the book Bread Givers. Woman Rights‚ being one of them‚ seem to be an issue throughout the book. This book revolves around the lives of woman in a household on Hester Street in New York City. In the 1920’s times were not easiest for immigrants. In this book
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Pane e tulipani or Bread and Tulips directed by Silvio Soldini is an Italian film that follows a middle aged housewife Rosalba on her journey of rediscovery. Throughout this film Rosalba transforms from a lonely mistreated mother and wife‚ into a woman filled with passion and love. This transformation reflects the social changes occurring in Italy during this time. Women started taking control of their lives and ultimately becoming more independent and self reliant. This film gives hope to all ages
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Communication Ludmilla and Igor‚ the founders of Iggy’s Bread of the World‚ had a fairly defined objective of the type of communication network they aspired to create in their growing company. As the case study outlines‚ the mission statement clearly emphasized that the owners wanted to cultivate a very communicative and caring environment. The following excerpt from that mission statement illustrates many wonderful characteristics designed to achieve that goal; “Our priority is to learn to
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Success is achieved by hard work and dedication. In Anzia Yezierska’s book “Bread Givers” Sara Smolinsky shows how that applied to her life. The author can relate to the story because she was an immigrant from a small Polish village and had to overcome many obstacles to become successful. She rebelled against her parents’ wishes of following the traditional path of a women immigrant and left home at the age of seventeen to live at the Clara de Hirsch home for working girls. The American dream for
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iii) operates a chain of domestic food courts. However‚ realizing future potential takes time‚ and more importantly‚ carries significant operating and execution risks. With BreadTalk currently trading at a trailing twelve month (TTM) PE of 22.4x‚ which is an all-time high for the group since listing in 2003‚ it seems that investors are already rewarding the company before a dollar is even made. In fact‚ from FY09-12‚ the group’s operating profit and PATMI only grew by a CAGR of 4.6% and 2.7%
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