The company acknowledged yesterday that the last year had been trying.

The company later acknowledged that the move was a mistake and hired back the two workers.

Those tests, however, were small and done with few controls, the company acknowledges.

The company acknowledged that it continues to lose market share.

The company acknowledged that the 117 black applicants had paid more.

The company acknowledges that a commercial product is still a long way off.

Even worse, the company acknowledges, the quality of the food and service declined.

The investigation began more than two years ago, and the company has acknowledged aspects of it.

But the company acknowledged that it had not followed its own procedures.

The company acknowledged that an alarm system had not been working at the time.