7Online.com: These students, at Pompton Lakes High School, were pitching the idea of a franchise for an ice cream shop in town. “The competition in Pompton is Curly’s Ice Cream, and Ice Cream Station and Dunkin Donuts.” How to research and plan for a retail franchise was part of the financial literacy course. “There’s not […]
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Lexington Dispatch: Jeff Raynor had been a general contractor for about 12 years when the recession hit and took most of his business with it, so he began looking at franchise opportunities that allowed him to use his building background in another entrepreneurial business. While researching opportunities, he came across Interlake Chemicals’ Sure Step floor
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STLtoday.com: Applebee’s International has announced plans to move its headquarters to Kansas City from nearby Lenexa, Kan. The Kansas City Star reported that the move includes 350 employees at what’s referred to as the Applebee’s restaurant support center in Lenexa and 38 members of its centralized supply chain. Applebee’s is now owned by California-based DineEquities,
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Business Week: Drive-thru is the operational heart of the fast-food industry, as central to a brand like Taco Bell as the kitchen itself, maybe more so. According to the National Restaurant Assn., the fast-food industry will do $168 billion in sales for 2011, and about 70 percent of that will come in through drive-thru windows.
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Franchising.net.au: Gloria Jean’s Coffees has developed a Continuity of Trade Strategy, led by Damon Smith of Rockabee Consulting, to help ease the process of relocating those franchisees affected by the impending closure of Borders bookstores. Earlier in the year Ferrier Hodgson, the administrators for Borders Australia announced a further 14 Borders stores containing Gloria Jean’s
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Have you ever wondered how we got from this: to this? If so, check out this neat little pictorial from HigherSalary.com on the evolution of the office.
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Smart Business Network: Jean Birch finds it quite difficult to pick a favorite item on the menu at IHOP. Actually, that’s not really true. She just has a hard time staying loyal to one item as her favorite when there are so many tasty treats to choose from. “It switches just about every week,†Birch
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Often the image of a chimney sweeper brings about thoughts of years long passed. However, this is a business that still has some demand. Not everyone has retired their fireplace yet, and Sally McKnight is there to keep them clean, reports SFGate. Sally has lived a very full life. However, in the 80’s she found
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PRLog: Management and staff at USANA Health Sciences are looking forward to a new era as USANA approaches its 20th anniversary. One of the exciting changes recently announced by the USANA board is the appointment of David Mulham to Vice President of Pacific Region – Australia, New Zealand, Philippines. Paul Jones, Vice President of Human
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It all started when Stewart Hardison was looking into creating wind power. Everything he looked at seemed to lead back to Maine. When looking at concept drawings for wind turbines held in place using large mooring blocks, an idea came to him, reports Village Soup. “It popped into my mind that all that massive structure
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