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Jennie-O® Brand Breaks GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title for Most Turkeys Donated in 24 Hours

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Monday, November 13, 2023

WILLMAR, Minn., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The makers of the Jennie-O® turkey brand — a trusted brand for turkey products around the world — today announced that they have shattered the previous GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the "Largest Donation of Turkeys in 24 Hours" with their donation of 15,000 whole turkeys, made today on World Kindness Day. Separately, Jennie-O is donating more than 5,000 turkeys to additional charities in the U.S., totaling more than 20,000 turkeys donated this Thanksgiving season.

Key Points: 
  • Separately, Jennie-O is donating more than 5,000 turkeys to additional charities in the U.S., totaling more than 20,000 turkeys donated this Thanksgiving season.
  • The Jennie-O® brand collaborated with NBC's TODAY where weather and feature anchor Al Roker helped set today's record.
  • The other 7,500 turkeys were donated to one of Feeding America's Chicago partners, Greater Chicago Food Depository on November 13.
  • The previous GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title holder for the "Most Turkeys Donated in 24 Hours" was 7,620 turkeys, weighing 142,117.54 pounds in 2022.

SP Plus Corporation Acquires Assets of Roker Inc., a Fully-Integrated Mobility Management Platform that Enhances Our Existing Sphere Suite of Solutions

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

SP+ has acquired all the intellectual property of Roker as well as its client contracts and a talented support team based both in the United States and Canada.

Key Points: 
  • SP+ has acquired all the intellectual property of Roker as well as its client contracts and a talented support team based both in the United States and Canada.
  • Roker has built a hardware-agnostic platform that simplifies what can otherwise be a very complex process for permit and enforcement management for organizations both large and small.
  • The acquisition of Roker’s platform accelerates the go-to-market for these solutions and strengthens our overall Sphere offerings to these verticals.
  • By joining forces with SP+ we have an edge to combine our innovative technology with their extensive resources and market presence.

Al Roker Entertainment Combines Forces with Brave Road and Vast Entertainment for Inspirational New Series

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

It's an inspirational drama, shown through a multi-ethnic and multi-generational lens.

Key Points: 
  • It's an inspirational drama, shown through a multi-ethnic and multi-generational lens.
  • The unique element of this project is the social mission surrounding the series, whereby foster youth mentorship programs will benefit through the series' exposure.
  • "HOPETOWN represents the type of positive, socially conscious programming we are producing at Al Roker Entertainment, said Tracie Brennan, Executive Vice President at ARE.
  • Roker is a host and weatherman of NBC's top-rated Today Show as well as a 13X published author and owner and CEO of Al Roker Entertainment.

Rekor Announces Venture To Launch Smart Permit and Parking Management Startup

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Monday, June 1, 2020

Rekor and Cygnet are each contributing their respective technology stacks in exchange for equity in ROKER, with Rekor receiving 50% of the venture.

Key Points: 
  • Rekor and Cygnet are each contributing their respective technology stacks in exchange for equity in ROKER, with Rekor receiving 50% of the venture.
  • The companies joined forces to develop and launch ROKER, a new approach that provides an end-to-end solution for simplified parking permitting, electronic citation management and parking enforcement for consumers, businesses and government.
  • In recent years, the smart parking market hovered around a $5 billion valuation -- by 2025, thats anticipated to more than double, said Sachin Bedi.
  • ROKER creates an ecosystem for smart parking that will converge with smart city initiatives across the globe.