CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 19, 2024--
Baskin-Robbins opened its newest shop in Canada this week, located at Southcentre Mall in Calgary. The opening marks the brand’s return to Alberta after some seven years. The new shop is the sixth to open as part of an agreement between Baskin-Robbins and McMaster Group Holdings for expansion into the Vancouver and Calgary markets.
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Adel Ashry, franchisee of the new location and head of McMaster Group Holdings, has more than two decades of experience in franchise development.
“I am honoured to have a role in bringing this iconic brand back to Alberta, and especially to the vibrant city of Calgary,” said Ashry. “Baskin-Robbins has a longstanding reputation for quality and innovation, and I’m proud to be part of a brand that has brought joy to millions of customers around the world.”
The new shops feature Baskin-Robbins’ updated look and feel, which includes a bright and inviting interior, flexible and comfortable seating, animated digital menu boards and a more expansive cake display, The Cakery, with a growing assortment of customized cakes and pre-packs.
Located at Southcentre Mall, at the intersection of Macleod Trail and Anderson Road, the shop’s address is 100 Anderson Rd SE, Calgary, AB T2J 3V1.
For more information on Baskin-Robbins and its wide variety of ice cream flavours and frozen desserts, visit baskinrobbins.ca or follow the company on Facebook, X, TikTok and Instagram.
Baskin-Robbins
Baskin-Robbins, founded in the United States in 1945, is the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, with more than 7,700 retail shops in 33 global markets. Celebrating 53 years in Canada, Baskin-Robbins operates 116 locations in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia and now Alberta. Baskin-Robbins is part of the Inspire Brands family of restaurants. For more information, visit BaskinRobbins.ca and InspireBrands.com.
Baskin-Robbins opened the doors of its first ice cream shop in Calgary, Alberta, on Dec. 18, 2024. Located at SouthCentre Mall, the new shop features Baskin-Robbins’ updated look and feel, which is being rolled out across the brand’s 116 shops Canada. PHOTOS: Baskin-Robbins.
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Friday as markets awaited U.S. personal spending data for November that are due later in the day.
U.S. futures and oil prices fell.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.3% to 38,701.90 after the release of November inflation data on Friday. Japan's core inflation rate, which excludes fresh food prices, rose 2.7% year-on-year, surpassing expectations.
The data followed the Bank of Japan's decision on Thursday to keep its benchmark rate at 0.25%, which pushed the dollar higher against the Japanese yen.
The dollar was trading at 156.96 yen by midday Friday, down from 157.43 yen but still higher than the average of 150 yen earlier this month.
The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.1% to 19,772.91 while the Shanghai Composite index edged 0.1% lower to 3,367.20 after China’s central bank kept its loan prime rates unchanged on Friday. The one-year lending rate, which affects corporate and most household loans, remained at 3.1%, while the five-year rate, used as a benchmark for mortgage rates, stayed at 3.6%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped 1.2% to 8,067.00. South Korea’s Kospi lost 1.3% to 2,404.02.
On Thursday, the S&P 500 edged 0.1% lower to 5,867.08. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose less than 0.1% to 42,342.24 following Wednesday’s drop of 1,123 points, while the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1% to 19,372.77.
This week’s struggles have taken some of the enthusiasm out of the market, which critics had been warning was overly buoyant and would need everything to go correctly for it to justify its high prices. But indexes remain near their records, and the S&P 500 is still on track for one of its best years of the millennium with a gain of 23%.
Traders are now expecting the Federal Reserve to deliver just one or maybe two cuts to interest rates next year, according to data from CME Group. Some are even betting on none. A month ago, the majority saw at least two cuts in 2025 as a safe bet.
Wall Street loves lower interest rates because they give the economy a boost and goose prices for investments, but they can also provide fuel for inflation.
Treasury yields were mixed a day after shooting higher on expectations that the Fed would deliver fewer cuts to rates in 2025. Reports on the U.S. economy came in mixed.
One showed the overall economy grew at a 3.1% annualized rate during the summer, faster than earlier thought. The economy has remained remarkably resilient even though the Fed held its main interest rate at a two-decade high for a while before beginning to cut them in September.
A separate report showed fewer U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, an indication that the job market also remains solid. But a third report said manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region is unexpectedly contracting again despite economists’ expectations for growth.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.57% from 4.52% late Wednesday and from less than 4.20% earlier this month.
But the two-year yield, which more closely tracks expectations for action by the Fed in the near term, eased back to 4.31% from 4.35%.
In other dealings, U.S. benchmark crude oil gave up 35 cents to $69.03 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 38 cents to $72.50 per barrel.
The euro rose to $1.0378 from $1.0367.
People walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
