August 21, 2009

Fast-Food Expansion Slowdown Less Slow In Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas Morning News: Even with consumers hurrying into fast-food restaurants to stretch their dining dollars, openings of the eateries have slowed across the country. With construction financing scarce and the economic outlook uncertain, busy cash registers have not always meant busy builders, restaurateurs and real estate experts say. The slowdown has been less pronounced in […]

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Ahead Of The Bell: Dropping Sales For Jamba Drinks

Franchise Site

The State: Fruit smoothies chain Jamba Inc. core offerings are a “low priority purchase” for consumers during tough times, an analyst said Friday, a day after the company said sales fell 15 percent in the second quarter. Its shares shed 5 cents, or 4 percent, to $1.20 in premarket trading on Friday. Jamba owns and

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Roadside Clinics To Cater To Truck Drivers

Franchise Site

Bizjournals.com: Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab, which is establishing a chain of convenient care health clinics geared toward truckers, plans to open two locations in the Metroplex next year. The Las Vegas-based clinic operator plans to open 1,400-square-foot health clinics in Dallas and Fort Worth along popular trucking routes at roadside travel center truckstops in

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Rita’s Announces Winners Of 25th Anniversary Promotion

Franchise Site

FOXBusiness: Rita’s Italian Ice, the nation’s largest Italian Ice concept with more than 550 stores across 18 states, today announced the winners of its system-wide 25th Anniversary “Scratch and Win” game promotion. Launched in May to celebrate Rita’s silver anniversary, this promotion offered guests the chance to win $25,000 or a vacation to Riviera Maya,

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Successful Start For New Blazes Franchise Owner

Franchise Site

The Franchise Magazine: Fire and heating retail franchise Blazes has recruited its latest franchise owner to take over its Wakefield branch. After more than six years in Asia Jane Stuart returned to the UK and took over the Wakefield blazes franchise from retiring franchise owners Pam and Graham Bastow. Jane said: “Hong Kong was fantastic,

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Badly Placed Internet Ads

Ideas

BuzzFeed: Sometimes the Internet messes up. Here are some ads that don’t really fit with the article next to it. Photos by BuzzFeed.

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Surprising Inventions By Famous People

History, Inventions

DivineCaroline: Some people just have a gift. They may already be talented musicians, actors, artists, or mathematicians, but some prolific thinkers have minds that work in overdrive in multiple different areas. Some very famous inventors originated items that we still use every day, and even those who didn’t fill sketchbooks full of ideas sometimes had

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Lose Your Mind, Release Your Creativity

Ideas

Men With Pens: Not thinking and not caring. That doesn’t mean you don’t care about the work you’re doing. There’s a huge difference between not thinking and not caring. When you don’t care, you’re just slapping words into a sentence or throwing images up onto the page. Whatever works — you just don’t give a

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Weird Scholarships Nearly Anyone Can Apply For

Ideas

ABC2News: It is said that “necessity is the mother of invention.” So, with two kids in college, our family is inspired to get creative in our search for ways to help pay for higher education. Along the way, we’ve discovered that a unique hobby, special skill or unusual interest could be the ticket to financing

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Tips To Becoming A Mompreneur Within 3 Days

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Have you always wanted to be a mompreneur, but didn’t know where to start? Here are some tips from CurrentMom that might help. Day 1 On the first day, you figure out what you want to do and what you will charge. If you’re a professional with a specific skill — such as an accountant

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