October 12, 2011

Sportball(TM) Program Launching In Gatineau, Quebec

Benzinga: Sportball(TM) the popular educationally-based sports program is expanding in Quebec to the Gatineau region starting October 15, 2011. “Sportball(TM) promotes fitness and activity, while helping children to improve their gross motor and social skills through sport,” says Brian Jeffers, President of the EB3 Group, the Master Franchisee for Sportball(TM) in Quebec. “We focus on […]

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What’s Up At Taco Bell?

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TheFranchiseHound: Itâ€™s been a hard year for those who like to run south of the border. First there was the lawsuit over the quality of beef in its tacos that was later dropped. And to add spice to the menu, there is an underlying friction between Taco Bell and its franchisees, some of whom have

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Thriving Business Helps Elderly Stay At Home

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New Zealand Herald: The owners of Hamilton Senior Care, which enables elderly and infirm people to continue living at home, are selling the business as a going concern through Nick Stevens of Link Business Broking in Ellerslie. The business is a franchised operation of US-based Home Instead Senior Care, which claims to be “the world’s

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Amul Opens Multi-Cuisine Quick-Service Cafes

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Hindu Business Line: Joining the race with Big Mac and others to open quick-service restaurants (QSRs), Asia’s largest dairy products brand, Amul, on Thursday launched two of its own in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, and said it would open eight more cafes-cum-restaurants across India by the end of the fiscal 2011-12. This is yet another step

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Ruffin’s Pet Centre Inc. Announces New Franchisee In Hamilton, Ontario

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PR Web: Mark Reynolds, President, is very pleased to welcome Mike Chernishenko as the new owner of the Hamilton location. â€œOur Hamilton store has been recognized as the premier pet centre in the core of the city for the past 25 years and we look forward to Mike continuing with this tradition,â€ said Mr. Reynolds.

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McDonald’s Franchisee To Offer Shares In Offering

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BusinessWeek: Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc., which went public in April, said Friday it will make a secondary offering of shares. The company, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, did not disclose how many shares it plans to offer or price the offering. Arcos Dorados — which means “Golden Arches” in Spanish — is one of the

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Construction Of Steak ‘n Shake Restaurant In Roanoke Pushed Back

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Roanoke Times: The opening of a Steak ‘n Shake restaurant in Roanoke has been delayed. Franchisee Steaks of Virginia announced in July that it would open a restaurant at Crossroads Mall by the end of the year, but construction hasn’t started yet. Lee Garvin, director of real estate and development for Steaks of Virginia, said

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Baskins Robbins Goes Bananas With New Flavour

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Franchising.net.au: Baskin Robbins, is satisfying Australians’ banana cravings by launching a new ice cream flavour. With prices for bananas starting to return to normal levels, the ice cream franchise decided to add the new flavour to their offering after franchisees reported a high level of requests from customers. Ian Martin, Baskin Robbins general manager, Australia,

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Seminar On Franchising Know-How

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Cambridge News: Donâ€™t miss Thursdayâ€™s event at the UK Trade and Industry (UKTI) offices in Fulbourn if you are interested in franchising your business. UKTI, the Governmentâ€™s body for promoting overseas trade, wants local firms to think about franchising their business model abroad. UKTI says: â€œThere are already 1,500 British companies running franchises â€“ where

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Redesigning The Wind Turbine

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It is often argued that there is no need to reinvent the wheel, but does that apply to wind turbines? Willard Cooper doesn’t think so. Two of his patents are for a renewable energy generating system for electrical power that includes a storage station superior to batteries. Cooperâ€™s third patented design â€” granted in 2009

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