![]() (Some of these claimed firsts are not correct - ed.) Pioneering non-alcoholic Smoothies and Flings in honor of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Popularizing frozen and ice cream drinks. ![]() Inventing the Long Island Iced Tea and Loaded Potato Skins. In 1965, Alan Stillman founded the first Friday's® restaurant in New York City.Īccording to Newsweek and The Saturday Evening Post, the opening of the first Friday's restaurant heralded the dawn of the singles age.įriday's restaurants have been the employer of several well-known celebrities - Kathy Mattea, Sean Patrick Flannery of "Young Indiana Jones" and Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond".įriday's restaurants have a long history of innovation, including being credited with: He lived in a neighborhood with many airline stewardesses, fashion models, secretaries, and other young, single people on the East Side of Manhattan near the Queensboro Bridge, and hoped that opening a bar would help him meet women. The name is asserted to stand for "Thank God It's Friday", although as of 2010 some television commercials for the chain have also made use of the alternative phrase, "Thank Goodness It's Friday."Īlan Stillman opened the first TGI Fridays restaurant in 1965 in New York. The company is a unit of the Sentinel Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners, who purchased the company from Carlson Companies in May 2014. FRiDAY’S) is an American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining. "TGIF" can also stand for “Tremendously Grateful It’s Friday" and “Thank God It’s Fermented." "TGIF" (Thank Goodness It's Friday) was printed in the Chicago (IL) Sun on November 11, 1945. "TGIF" (Thank God It's Friday) was printed in the St. "Thank goodness it's Friday" was printed in The Times Herald (Port Huron, MI) on May 1, 1938. 29 - Students of Missouri University had formed a 'Thank-God-It's-Friday club' to promote week-end relaxation" was printed in the Pittsburgh (PA) Press on December 29, 1936. The phrase "Thank God It's Friday" (often abbreviated "TGIF") appears to have begun at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1934. Friday's restaurant started in 1965 in New York City and, with Maxwell's Plum, was one of the nation's first "singles bars." ( "Singles bar" has been cited in print since at least 1968.) (Additional reporting by Martin Pollard in Beijing and Emma Farge in Geneva Editing by Christina Fincher) (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2023.T.G.I. When asked to confirm the note, which was first reported by the Financial Times, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters in Beijing on Monday that China believed the IMO should “take into account different national conditions” and “accommodate the legitimate concerns of developing countries”. The note added that China objected to using “revenues for purposes of general climate changes adaptations out of the shipping sector”. plans to reach zero net emissions by that date.Īccording to a note seen by Reuters that was issued by China and circulated to developing countries, Beijing said, “developed countries are pushing the IMO to reach unrealistic visions and levels of ambition, especially requiring the international shipping industry to reach life cycle zero GHG emissions by 2050 at the latest”. The IMO has so far pledged to halve greenhouse gas emissions from ships by 2050, from 2008 levels – a commitment that lags EU and U.S. In addition, there are also proposals for a levy on global carbon dioxide emissions on shipping. They will adopt an upgraded greenhouse gas emissions strategy whose specific details are being discussed. Member countries of the U.N.’s shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), are meeting in London this week. Guterres said such targets would provide “the certainty that the industry and investors need”. “And that includes ambitious science-based targets starting in 2030 – both on absolute emissions reductions and the use of clean fuels.” ![]() “I urge you to leave London having agreed a greenhouse gas strategy that commits the sector to net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest,” Guterres said in a recorded address. Shipping, which transports around 90% of world trade and accounts for nearly 3% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, is facing calls from environmentalists and investors to deliver more concrete action, including a carbon levy. ![]() LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for agreement to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at crunch shipping talks in London this week and urged decarbonisation efforts to move faster.Ĭhina, however, is pushing back on the targets, according to a diplomatic note issued by Beijing. ![]()
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