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Article: French evolution: Wally Doolin brings chain sensibility to la Madeleine by adding efficiency to the regional favorite's strengths. .(Company Profile)(Cover Story)
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- Chain Leader
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- February 1, 2003
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After 13 years as a top Dallas-based TGI Friday's executive, including the last eight years as CEO of Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, Wally Doolin moved from a corporate role to an entrepreneurial one. He took a job across town last May to meet the challenges of la Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe.
The underachieving 62-unit chain had built customer loyalty over two decades but barely made a profit. The bakery and bistro chain with a French touch was started in 1983 by Patrick Esquerre and his mother, who created the initial recipes. Its from-scratch pastas, entrees and bakery items garnered loyal customers. But by 1999 la Madeleine was $33 million in debt, ...
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Article: Doolin digging leadership role.(Sports)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
September 5, 2008 ;
700+ words
... ... Bolin cbolin@dailyherald.com Laura Doolin is not going to let her three years on varsity experience go to waste. Doolin, an outside hitter/setter on the ... many players who have that label, but Doolin does and is doing something with it ...
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