Page 6 - Business Facts

A pizza company in Alaska that delivers by plane!

Airport Pizza is a company in Alaska that delivers pizza by plane. That delivery fee must be ridiculous, no? Actually delivery is free. Thanks to another company called Frontier Flying Service, Airport Pizza is able to piggy back off their cargo flights.

Pizzas cost $30 any time of the year. They deliver an average of 10 pies per day. They even offer on-time delivery, as long as the planes are on time. The places they fly to can be up to 200 miles away.

The plane ride isn’t the end of the road for the pizzas, though. These remote gold-rush towns are also far away from the airstrips. They have to be driven through muddy roads via ATVs in order to get delivered to the customer’s door step.

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The CEO of IHOP started off waiting tables at an IHOP!

This is one of the best rags to riches facts we’ve posted in a while. Julia Stewart is the CEO of DineEquity, a company that was formed when IHOP corp acquired Applebees in 2007.

Stewart started off working as a waitress at IHOP and worked her way up through the industry. She eventually became President of Applebee’s but left when she was overlooked for that company’s CEO position.

Steward became the CEO of IHOP in 2001 and she led IHOP through 18 consecutive quarters of growth by moving it to a more franchise-driven model. In 2007, she led IHOP on a cash purchase of Applebees for $2.1 billion , returning to run the company that had previously denied her the CEO job.

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Volvo invented the three point seatbelt and it gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it.

The life-saving V-shaped three-point seat belt was invented by Volvo Engineer Nils Bohlin in 1959, and Volvo’s visionary open patent which granted free use of the design to all other car manufacturers. The design is as obvious as it is intelligent.

Easily fastened with one hand, it secures the seat’s occupant in place with a belt across the chest and another across the hips - a vast improvement on the previous two-point waist restraint. Today, the simple ‘click-clack front-and-back’ has been recognized worldwide as the most widely used and significant safety innovation in the automobile's more than 120 year long history.

It is estimated that more than a million people owe their lives to the seat belt, and it has saved many times that number of people from serious injury. It is also recognised as one of the eight patents to have the greatest significance for humanity during the hundred years from 1885 to 1985. “The decision to release the three point seat belt patent was visionary and in line with Volvo’s guiding principle of safety,” says Alan Desselss, managing director of Volvo Car Australia. "It's why we like to say there's a little bit of Volvo in every car."

Research indicates that vehicle occupants have a 50 per cent better chance of surviving a crash, if they are wearing a seat belt, reducing the risk of fatalities and serious injuries from collisions.

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Michelin gives 3 Stars to restaurants that are so good, it's worth visiting its country to eat there. There are only 81!

The Michelin Guide is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. The term normally refers to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the Michelin stars.

Michelin also publishes Green Guides for travel and tourism, as well as several newer publications such as the Guide Voyageur Pratique, Guide Gourmand, Guide Escapade, and Guide Coup de Cœur.

First published in 1900 for France, Michelin introduced additional guides thereafter for other European countries. In 2005, it published the first guide for the United States focusing on New York City; followed by it's first Asian guide in 2007 for Tokyo.

In 2012, the Michelin Guide collection had 27 guide books covering 23 countries on three continents, with over 45,000 worldwide addresses. The 3 star Michelin rating means the guide suggests you visit the country just to try out the restaurant.

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The Mako Shark Corvette's designer wanted it painted like the real shark in his office. It was so difficult, his team just painted the shark itself a different color!

The Mako Shark Corvette was designed by Larry Shinoda under the Styling and Design head Bill Mitchell in 1961. It was a concept for future Chevrolet Corvette production cars. To stay true to it's name, the hood of the corvette was designed to a pointed snout.

Other parts of the design were inspired by the fast-moving, sleek short finned Mako shark. A widespread story has it that Mitchell had an actual mako shark mounted on the wall in his office, and ordered his team to paint the car to match the distinctive blue-gray upper surface gently blending into white underside of the fish.

After numerous attempts to match the fish's color scheme failed, the team hit upon the idea of kidnapping the fish one night, painting it to match their best efforts on the car, and returning it to the office. Mitchell never realized the difference and pronounced himself pleased with the team's duplication on the car of nature's handiwork.

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