Odds And Ends: Boston After the Call; Applebee’s Eyes Craft; Run Room for Michig

Dear Client: Little more on Boston Q2 after the call: ON TOUGHER COMPS. CEO Martin Roper reiterated the tougher comps outlook for the year's remainder: For their superstar cider brand Angry Orchard, in particular, "we have obviously some nice momentum there," he said. But "it's a little unclear whether what's happening in the cider category. The category is growing, but we've seen some pretty big new entrants from the major brewers. That's a little unclear as to how that's going