Sacramento Bee: Juice It Up, the Irvine-based franchised smoothie and juice bar chain that closed nearly half of its California outlets in the recession, is making a comeback locally and statewide. The chain, which has five outlets in the Sacramento area, plans to open a new one at 25035 Blue Ravine Road in Folsom next […]
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QSRweb.com: Subway quietly began testing gluten-free rolls and brownies in the Dallas market in January. Those items have since made their way onto menus in a handful of Portland, Ore., outlets, with company plans to get the entire 500-plus-unit market in trial within the next month. The possibility of Subway’s gluten-free tests expanding even further
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The Irish Franchise Magazine: As with many other countries, franchising in Ireland has become a significant contributor to new business start-ups and the economy, which has been highlighted in the first Franchise Survey in all of Ireland since 2006. Conducted by UCD in association with Ulster Bank, the report, An Assessment Of The Irish Franchising
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Fast Casual: Qdoba Mexican Grill has teamed up with Chicago comedian Joey Dundale to launch the Queso Quest in the Windy City. Queso is not currently near the top of the list of Chicagoans’ favorite savory foods, but Qdoba and Dundale hope to change that. Traveling in the Queso Quest food truck, Dundale will visit
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Food and Drink Digital: It’s a good time to be a better burger chain – high-quality fast casual burger chains are still seeing impressive growth, with no bubble bursting in sight. Texas based Mooyah Burgers, Fries, and Shakes fits the bill, having achieved Top Five status in Fast Casual magazine’s “100 Movers and Shakers†list
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The Huffington Post has up an interesting article with lessons from a digital pawn shop: At a time when businesses around the world are looking for ways to modernize and adapt to rapidly-changing new technologies, it’s easy to overlook opportunities to innovate in industries deemed firmly entrenched or depleted. It’s a dangerous mistake, because sometimes
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Emoticons are coming to a car near you with the introduction of the Drivemocion. The Week: LED circuit board that attaches via suction cup to a car’s back window and is operated by remote control, the Drivemocion comes programmed with 16 messages to express a wide range of driver emotions, including remorse (SORRY, when cutting
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Franchise.net.au: Coffee franchise, Gloria Jean’s Coffees was awarded a double gong at Queensland’s recent Franchise Council of Australia’s regional Excellence in Franchising Awards, taking out the Franchisee Community Service award and the Field Manager of the Year title. The Murrumba Downs store was presented with the Franchisee Community Service while Kylie Kernick was honoured as
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Pizza Marketplace.com: Flippin’ Pizza has partnered up with the Tony Hawk Foundation to raise funds to build high-quality skateparks in low-income communities across the U.S. Throughout the month of September, Flippin’ Pizza’s four North County, Calif., locations will donate a percentage of proceeds to the Tony Hawk Foundation and the building of the Vista Skatepark.
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Franchising.com: On the heels of a California expansion, Ed Phillips signs on to open Dickey’s Barbecue Pit in his hometown of Porterville. “I have been in the restaurant business for fifteen years and have always been interested in barbecue,” said Phillips, who will own and operate the franchise location. “I settled on Dickey’s Barbecue because
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