Executive Profile
Friday, July 16, 1999
Name: Robin Halbert
Robin Halbert is the new general manager of the Baskin-Robbins store at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center in Waikiki. Branching out at Baskin-Robbins
She has worked the last eight years as corporate district manager and business consultant for Allied Domecq Retailing USA, owner of the Baskin-Robbins brand, and worked on the company expansion in Hawaii.
Jay Westcott, owner and franchisee of the Baskin-Robbins store at the center, said a new kiosk will open in August and add nearly a dozen new employees to its 22-person staff. "This is the first kiosk for Baskin-Robbins in Hawaii," Halbert said. "It will be full service and the total cost is about $160,000."
Allied Domecq Retailing USA is based in Randolph, Mass., and is a subsidiary of Allied Domecq plc in Britain.
Halbert is studying business administration at the University of West Oahu and plans to go on and get her master's degree.
Baskin-Robbins has 22 franchises in Hawaii.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin
