August 18, 2009

Several Premium All-American Markets Targeted For Franchising By Johnny Rockets Chain

PR Newswire: Classic American restaurant chain, Johnny Rockets, is rapidly expanding across the Globe by focusing on domestic and international Franchise sales and support. Today, the Company announced that they are augmenting those efforts by offering about fourteen existing restaurants for franchising, including those in Upstate New York, Indianapolis and the Chicagoland area. “We are […]

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Making Money In China’s Economy Hotels

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Forbes: After turning itself into one of the world’s largest economy hotel chains in the seven years, Home Inns & Hotels Management of Shanghai is gearing up for a new feat: It wants to become one of the most successful franchisers in this economically booming country, too. Home Inns, whose shares trade on the Nasdaq,

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Six Fitness Chains Named Top Global Franchises

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Fitness Business Pro: Six fitness franchises made Franchise Directâ€™s list of Top 100 Global Franchises for 2009. The first-annual list was released today and provides a glimpse into the state of the franchising industry in the current economic climate, the company said. The six fitness franchises included on the list are: * Anytime Fitness: No.

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Franchise Opportunities From Address Real Estate

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franchise-net.com: Address Real Estate has more than 15 yeas of experience in real estate. The company is now part of AG Capital JSC – a Property Group investing in businesses related to property and real estate all over the world. ADDRESS has always been aiming at high goals. From being just one small residential aganecy

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Papa John’s Opens 12 New Stores Across The UK

Franchise Site

The Franchise Magazine: Papa John’s Pizza has continued its UK expansion with the opening of 12 new stores in Haven parks across the country. All the stores are Papa John’s Pronto, an express version of standard Papa John’s stores. Although Papa John’s Proto offers value for money with family meal deals starting at Â£15.99, they

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Half Million Dollar Rent for a Hot Dog Vendor?

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photo credit: Valerie Everett Slate: A hot dog vendor was kicked from the curb outside New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art last week for failure to pay his monthly rent–of $53,558. Pasang Sherpa was under contract to pay the Parks Department $362,201 a year for a stand on the south side of the Met’s

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$12 for a Chance at Minor Riches

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USA Today: North Carolina gold tends to be small flakes. The largest found at the Cotton Patch since owner Jeff Pickett took over two years ago was 8 grams – about the size of your pinky nail. At current prices, that would be worth about $240. “Anything larger than that is a heart attack,” Burns

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Gardening Without Dirt

Ideas

Good: Most people seem to be in agreement these days that simple ideas often offer the best solutions. Here’s an invention that fits the bill perfectly. Prepara has invented NASA-technology enhanced at-home plant growers that don’t need soil. Which, if you have a black thumb and an incurable love of plants like I do, could

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Gnat Shooting

Ideas

This sounds like an interesting business idea. It’s from the UK, but could be successful here, too: What is a gnat? Basically it an airplane just like the ones the big boys in the military use for target practice, but much smaller and specifically designed to be shot at with shotguns. Imagine it. After a

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