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Importance of optimism pg. 14 • Digital menu boards pg. 24 • Mushroom versatility pg. 32<br />
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FEBRUARY 20, 2012 A PENTON MEDIA PUBLICATION<br />
The deal maker<br />
Tilman Fertitta's Landry's Inc.<br />
acquired 33-unit Bubba Gump<br />
Shrimp Co. in 2010.<br />
RON RUGGLESS<br />
Landry's Fertitta<br />
steps up acquisition<br />
engine to build<br />
hospitality empire<br />
BY RON RUGGLESS<br />
In the o en-brawling game of<br />
deal making, hospitality executive<br />
Tilman J. Fertitta would weigh in<br />
as a heavy weight.<br />
In just the past three months,<br />
the founder, chairman and chief<br />
executive of Houston-based<br />
Landrys Inc. has acquired the<br />
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