August 11, 2010

Swisshelm Takes Over San Francisco Oven

Springfield Business Journal: Veteran restaurateur Bruce Swisshelm and a group of undisclosed investors purchased the San Francisco Oven namesake, trademark and logos July 15, and have plans to expand the bay-themed five-unit franchise restaurant chain. Swisshelmâ€™s partners, including some family members, bought the international franchise from Springfield-based San Francisco Oven LLC, led by Brian Kubik, […]

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CiCi’s Pizza In Portage Closes But Might Reopen

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Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com: The CiCiâ€™s Pizza in Portage has closed, but an official with the pizzeria chain says the company is looking for another franchisee to reopen the restaurant. A sign on the front door of the 677 Romence Road location indicates that business has been temporarily closed â€œdue to ownership change.â€ Kyle Smith,

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Quiznos Steps Up International Efforts

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QSR magazine: Quiznos already has master franchisees in nearly 25 countries and territories, but the chain announced that it is revamping international growth efforts and is aiming to be in nearly 40 countries and territories two years from now. Lee Vala, international chief development officer for Quiznos, says the company is targeting Central and South

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Wide Awake

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Franchising.net.au: Over the next three years the brand plans to grow from 72 stores to 100, explains Simon Beaty, managing director at Snooze. “This will be a ramped up process with certain sites and regions targeted. The focus is on Sydney and NSW, and Brisbane,” he says. Four company stores are in the pipeline to

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Flying J Stop Will Become Denny’s

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Gary Post Tribune: The Cookery Restaurant in the Flying J truck stop at Interstate 65 and Indiana 2 will be among the first of 140 of the restaurants to convert to a Denny’s. The move comes in the wake of a consolidation between Flying J and Pilot. Following the merger, the company entered into a

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Entrepreneur Takes Advantage Of Melting Glaciers

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Even as scientists and environmentalists fret over the continued melting of Greenland’s glaciers, at least one person has seen an opportunity for money to be made, reports Digital Journal. Iluliaq Original Water is melted glacier water, and is the brainchild of Julien Caquineau, who has spent three years in Greenland developing the idea. It comes

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University Of Pittsburgh Launches Center For Women In Business

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Yesterday it was announced that the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence at University of Pittsburgh is launching the Center for Women in Business. They will be featuring programs that were previously a part of PowerLink. With this switch PowerLink will remain a nonprofit but it will become inactive reports the Pittsburgh Business Times. “Women start companies

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Apple Invents The Smart Bike

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Patently Apple reports that on August 5, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals various concepts behind a newly advanced Smart Bicycle System in development. The premise is rather like Apple’s Nike + iPod system for runners except for cyclists. While the system is for individuals, it’s

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Niche Biz: Maternity Rentals

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Why spend a fortune for a dress you only intend to wear for a few months while you’re pregnant? Rather than buy and hang onto various dresses or maternity outfits one website has pregnant women considering rentals instead reports stltoday.com. It’s rare that most women of normal-size get more than a few wears out of

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The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

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In the early 20th century, people across the world cut their own bread, one slice at a time. But in 1902, a Missouri inventor named Otto Frederick Rohwedder couldn’t get his bread slices to fit inside the slots of his toaster. Thus began his 26-year quest to invent a bread-slicing machine. Although Rohwedder had a

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