February 24, 2011

Master-Franchisee Deal Signed With Dunkin’ Donuts: Ajay Kaul, Jubilant

Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks’ biggest competitor in the US, is in talks to enter India through a franchisee deal with Jubilant Foodworks . ET Now catches up with Ajay Kaul, CEO and Whole Time Director, Jubilant Food Works for more details on the tie-up. Economic Times: One more feather in the cap. What does this for […]

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Area Charities Win As Applebee’s Franchisee Generates More Than $2.41 Million In Support

PR Newswire: T.L. Cannon Companies, the franchisee for 61 Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar restaurants in upstate NY and Connecticut, helped local nonprofit groups with more than $2.41 million in support in 2010. Last year, school groups and sports teams flipped flapjacks, other nonprofits dined in at Applebee’s with a percent of the bill benefitting

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What is Fair Trade?

Made in China. What does this bring to mind? Dirty factories, assembly lines, poverty-stricken workers? Unfortunately, this has been a skeleton in American’s closet in our effort to produce more and pay less. But times are changing. Enter fair trade. According to Fairtrade International Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based

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Pizza Hut Franchisee NPC Cooks Up Sales Turnaround In 2010

Bizjournals.com: NPC International Inc. cooked up a much tastier 2010, using simplified pricing inspired by Pizza Hut’s $10 Any Pizza promotion to boost formerly flagging sales and nearly double profits. For the year that ended Dec. 28, the Overland Park-based Pizza Hut franchisee’s revenue rose by about 11 percent to $978.3 million, and earnings almost

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Famous Brands Tastes Ice Cream

Moneyweb.co.za: With six acquisitions under its belt in 2010, most observers thought 2011 would be the year that Famous Brands put its collective shoulder to the wheel and focused on integrating its new businesses into the business and providing them with a sustainable platform for growth. Last year the company acquired Blacksteer restaurants and Bulldog

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Judge Tosses Noble Roman’s Franchisee Claims

Indianapolis Business Journal: Noble Roman’s Inc. has won a pivotal courtroom victory in a battle with 14 former franchisees of its dual-branded Noble Roman’s Pizza and Tuscano’s Italian Style Subs restaurants. The Indianapolis-based chain is pursuing a judgment of more than $3.6 million against the former franchisees after a Hamilton County judge in December tossed

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Family Submarine

It’s 2011. I figured we’d have flying cars by now, didn’t you? It’s underwater instead of in the air, but this family submarine from Korea fulfills many of the same fantasies for me. Billing itself as the world’s ‘first compact semi submarine’, the ‘ego’ craft by korean company raonhaje is built around a submergible core,

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Miracle Method Surface Refinishing Tops List For Home Services Franchisors For Franchisee Satisfaction

PR Web: Franchise Business Review (FBR 50) announced its rankings for Franchise Satisfaction at the 2011 International Franchise Association conference in Las Vegas. Miracle Method Surface Refinishing was ranked: • 1st in Franchisee Satisfaction for Home Services franchises • 4th in Franchisee Satisfaction for Mid Size Franchises, 100 – 199 units • 11th overall in

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