John Gordon | Blue MauMau

Biography

John A. Gordon is Principal and founder of Pacific Management Consulting Group, which provides chain restaurant sales, profitability, earnings and economics research and special analytical projects to those in, or who need to know about the restaurant sector. Among others, we support franchisees and those supporting franchisees.

Gordon has a long background in chain restaurant operations and financial management roles, such as cost analyst, financial analyst, manager of planning and analysis and CFO, and has been consulting since 2000.

He is passionate in providing independent, creative, detailed and useful perspective, with no conflicts of interest. Email him or call (619) 379-5561.

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	Content type	Authored on	Authored by
6 Signs of a Weak Restaurant Franchisor	Insights	June 25th, 2012	John Gordon
Why Burger King Went Public Again	News Summary Blog	June 21st, 2012	John Gordon
Restaurant Sales and Earnings Misses Due to Marketing Miscues?	Insights	May 31st, 2012	John Gordon
Restaurant Franchisee Satisfaction Problems	Insights	March 26th, 2012	John Gordon
KFC Franchisee Bankruptcy Auction Outcome, Store level Sales, Profit Values Seen	News Summary Blog	February 24th, 2012	John Gordon
McDonalds Franchisee Income Statement Survey Detail	Insights	February 8th, 2012	John Gordon
Operational Observations for Restaurateurs	Insights	January 13th, 2012	John Gordon
Burger King Returns $394M to PE Owners	Insights	November 13th, 2011	John Gordon
2011 Restaurants, Private Equity and Franchising Overview	Insights	November 4th, 2011	John Gordon
Atlanta Bread: Franchisee Unit Closure, Loan Defaults Noted	News Summary Blog	October 24th, 2011	John Gordon
Chick-fil-A Leads in Store Sales & EBITDA	Insights	August 23rd, 2011	John Gordon
Chain Restaurants: Q2 2011 Trends, change in "refranchising" actions	Insights	August 8th, 2011	John Gordon
Australian KFC/Sizzler Franchisee IPO first day price falls 8%	News Summary Blog	August 4th, 2011	John Gordon
Yum's Novak Says Col. Sanders and U.S. Franchisees Are Limiting Factors	News Summary Blog	July 14th, 2011	John Gordon
Companies Should Disclose More About Franchisee Economics	Insights	July 7th, 2011	John Gordon
Franchisor Financial Disclosure Really Can Improve	Insights	July 5th, 2011	John Gordon
Jack Welch Consults Domino's on Franchising	Insights	June 24th, 2011	John Gordon
Private Equity and Restaurants: In Search of Organic Growth	Insights	May 24th, 2011	John Gordon
Arcos Dorados Early Success: What it Means	Insights	April 17th, 2011	John Gordon
Sbarro Chapter 11 filing, more details	Insights	April 4th, 2011	John Gordon
Chain Restaurants, and Private Equity: Motivations and Results To Date	Insights	March 25th, 2011	John Gordon
Financing Becomes More Competitive for Franchisors, Urged to Report More Clearly	Insights	March 9th, 2011	John Gordon
Shula Burger Franchising Smoke, No Prototype	News Summary Blog	February 17th, 2011	John Gordon
Round Table Pizza Files Chapter 11	Insights	February 11th, 2011	John Gordon
February Chain Restaurant Fundamentals	Insights	February 4th, 2011	John Gordon
Long John Silver's, A&W, Arby's To Be Sold; What to Watch	Insights	January 20th, 2011	John Gordon
YUM Presents to Investor Confab, All International Focus, Says US Operations Not Strong	News Summary Blog	January 13th, 2011	John Gordon
Pizza Hut Meltdown in New Orleans/Baton Rouge	News Summary Blog	January 6th, 2011	John Gordon
Lots of Franchisee Related News in Sonic (SONC) Q1 2011 Earnings Call	News Summary Blog	January 5th, 2011	John Gordon
McDonald's, a Matter of Balance	Insights	December 27th, 2010	John Gordon
Restaurant Franchise Finance Notes: Tighter Standards	Insights	December 3rd, 2010	John Gordon
Dairy Queen Having Trouble Refranchising	News Summary Blog	November 30th, 2010	John Gordon
2010 Restaurant Finance and Development Conference: Zors Still in Demand	Insights	November 10th, 2010	John Gordon
Restaurant Business Pricing, Price to Earnings Multiple Down	News Summary Blog	November 1st, 2010	John Gordon
Carls/Hardees: First Update after Merger	Insights	September 30th, 2010	John Gordon
Jack in the Box Closes 40 Company Units	News Summary Blog	September 29th, 2010	John Gordon
One Unit, One Year Old Restaurant Begins Franchising!!???	News Summary Blog	July 21st, 2010	John Gordon
Chain Restaurant Same Store Sales Pop, What Happened?	Insights	July 15th, 2010	John Gordon
CKR Shareholders Approve Buyout via Record Votes	News Summary Blog	June 30th, 2010	John Gordon
Restaurant Mergers & Buyouts and Advice For Franchisee Associations	Insights	June 25th, 2010	John Gordon
The Battle of Denny's	Insights	May 12th, 2010	John Gordon
Chain Restaurant Disclosure and Analysis Can Improve	Insights	May 7th, 2010	John Gordon
Denny's: The Past and the Future	Insights	April 19th, 2010	John Gordon
Denny's Proxy Battle Gets Hotter	News Summary Blog	April 14th, 2010	John Gordon
CKE Restaurant Buyout and Questions Going Forward	Insights	April 6th, 2010	John Gordon
GE Financing Standards for 2010	Insights	March 19th, 2010	John Gordon
Lack of Burger King Visibility Noted by Franchisee	Insights	February 25th, 2010	John Gordon
KFC Franchisee Related Notes from YUM Earnings Call	News Summary Blog	February 4th, 2010	John Gordon
Burger King Drama	Insights	February 3rd, 2010	John Gordon
Burger King Downgraded on Discounting and Poor Franchisee Relations	News Summary Blog	January 19th, 2010	John Gordon