Market Watch: Java Detour, Inc. (Pink Sheets: JVDT) is proud to announce that it has sold two of its corporate-owned stores, in Yuba City and Marysville, to a new franchisee, Java NorCal LLC. The two stores were sold for a total of $1.5 million, of which $1.2 million was paid in cash. Java NorCal LLC […]
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Trading Markets: Dave’s of America Inc, a developer, owner, operator and franchiser of barbeque restaurants, announced on Wednesday (17 December) that New Mexico BBQ Inc, the company’s franchisor, has purchased the right to franchise three Famous Dave’s Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que restaurants in New Mexico, US. The markets covered under the franchise agreement include the Albuquerque
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Marin Independent-Journal: Prosecutors in Marin and two other counties announced a $645,000 settlement with the Subway sandwich chain Friday over complaints of overcharging and misleading advertising. Authorities filed a civil action against the company after customers reported that advertised promotions – such as “Sandwich of the Day,” “Make it a Meal” and Make it a
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Fall River Herald News: The renovation work to be done converting the former Route 6 7-Eleven store into a new Dunkin’ Donuts drive-through shop and gas station has gone out to bid with construction on the building set to start Feb. 1. The 3,014-square-foot building has been vacant for nearly two years. Property owner Apache
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Fort Saskatchewan Record: The McDonald’s location in Fort Saskatchewan’s Wal-Mart has been ordered to close due to sanitation violations of the Public Health Act. Environmental Health Officer Rick Leyland issued a letter on Dec. 9 ordering the closure after mould was found on various walls of the restaurant and after water was found seeping out
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Market Watch: BabyLegs®, the pioneer of fun and innovative leg and arm warmers for children, has quickly become a must-have accessory for A-List parents. Celebrity moms and dads are being spotted left and right with BabyLegs on their children. Launched in 2005 by a stay-at-home-mom, BabyLegs has quickly grown to sell more than 2.2 million
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gazette.com: Dani Tobey figures she did a good thing by cashing in her 401(k) last year to invest in something that, well, wouldn’t go down the toilet. “Now, instead of sitting on a little bit of money, I’m sitting on a whole lot of diapers,” she says. Tobey, 34, has a garage full of about
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BCLocalNews: Jeanina Giles of Big City Cupcakes with a tray of delectable delights at the shop’s Cherry Lane shopping centre location. The company provides cupcakes for a wide variety of events and special occasions. With the help of about seven ingredients, two local businessmen have a product many are sweetening up to. “Yeah, I mean
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CIO Today: A little over five years ago, Michael Ball looked at his then-girlfriend’s expensive jeans and decided he could design a much better pair himself. Not long after, Ball, who had no fashion design experience, did just that, creating an ultra-slim fitting line that caught on with the celebrity set in Los Angeles. Having
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Fast Company: Our consumerist society is awash in marketing, and no one has thought more critically and intelligently about it than Rob Walker. Buying In chronicles the shift to what he calls “murketing,” or marketing that’s parading as not-marketing, and tells compelling stories of the 21st Century’s most deft purveyors of it. This is one
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