ArabianBusiness.com: US-based restaurant chain Applebee’s has announced plans to grow its brand in the Middle East with the launch of 10 new restaurants in Egypt over the next decade. Parent company DineEquity said this week it signed a deal with Ameco Foods to franchise the restaurant chain across the Arab world’s most populous country. “We […]
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TheFranchiseKey: Having recently signed its 100th franchise agreement and 30-shop master expansion deal for Canada, Flip Flop Shops has now announced that it has hired the commercial real estate firms, Podell Real Estate Advisors, LLC and Friedman Retail Consulting, to take the company to new heights. Darin Kraetsch, CEO of Flip Flop Shops, commented, “This
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QSRWeb.com: AFC Enterprises Inc., the franchisor and operator of Popeyes restaurants, has entered into a lease for a new corporate headquarters in Dunwoody, Ga., when the lease on the company’s current building expires in the latter part of the year. The new headquarters will be located at The Terraces North at 400 Perimeter Center Terrace,
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Franchising.com: Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc., the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, today announced the initial public offering of 22,250,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $19 per share. The Company’s shares are expected to begin trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 27, 2011 under the trading symbol
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Franchising.net.au: Pizza franchise, Eagle Boys, will be supporting cerebral palsy research and fundraising campaigns by donating more than $200,00 over the next three years to The Cerebral Palsy Alliance. To kick-start the campaign, Eagle Boys will donate $1 from every dessert sold during Cerebral Palsy week (1-7 August) to Cerebral Palsy Australia. Eagle Boys’ CEO,
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BSCkids: McDonalds declares a healthier Happy Meal with more fruit and less fries. This is starting in September of this year. The Happy Meal will be a more nutritious fare. The kid’s combo will have one quarter cup of apples (half a serving) and 1.1 ounces of fries down from 2.4 ounces. This meal will
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Fresh Business Thinking: Since the start of the recent economic downturn, starting your own business has become more challenging than ever. However, for those with an entrepreneurial spirit, the benefits of franchising have become even more apparent. The proven business model that can be offered through a franchise opportunity, combined with the support given by
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The Franchise Magazine: This year, the thousands of visitors expected when The National Franchise Exhibition returns to the NEC on September 30 and October 1, will also find a vast choice of opportunities from around 150 franchises, ranging from food and drink to home improvement, property and travel. There will be a variety of franchise
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A new survey of 2,000 kids between 11 -18 shows that 77% of them want to start a business when they grow up. Nearly half of the kids mentioned that they have always had an interest in being their own boss. TV programmes such as The Apprentice and Dragon’s Den and the high profile of
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SmartCompany.com.au: July 29 is officially the final day that Graeme Samuel will spend as the chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. And he’s marked it in a particularly curious way – by announcing that he will immediately take up the role as the head of the Melbourne office of investment bank Greenhill Caliburn.
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