Finish this list: Ice cream, burritos…
If you said flip-flops, you’ve got a mind like those of Brian Curin, Darin Kraetsch and Alan Woods, three franchise executives who helped Cold Stone Creamery grow to more than 1,000 units and whose Raving Brands Holdings company launched Moe’s Southwest Grill.
After cashing out of the food business in the mid 1990s, the three took off a decade to enjoy their success before a small chain of sandals-only boutiques named Flip Flop Shops lured them back into the franchise game. Curin discovered the brand in an Arizona mall, and the concept resonated with him at once.
“We had been looking for a franchise for the last three or four years, and when I stumbled upon it, I thought ‘Why didn’t I think of that?'” Carry on reading.