BusinessWeek: My company looks for small businesses that have the potential to become franchises. Where would I find an information source I could use to discover unique small businesses? —B.D., Austin, Tex. Like a talent scout or professional sports scout, you’re looking for small-time players who have the potential to hit it big. This is […]
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TheFranchiseHound: Who doesn’t like choices? That is one of the driving strategies that has made the idea of combining more than one franchise in the same location so popular. For instance, if the family is out for a ride and Johnny likes Taco Bell but Susie likes KFC, there’s a great option that satisfies Johnny
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Entrepreneur.com: On her 40th birthday, Laura Leigh Drake went to Moe’s Southwest Grill with a friend. The owner of a small apparel shop in a tennis center in Birmingham, Ala., Drake was interested in fresh food and healthful eating, and that trip to Moe’s was a revelation. “I thought that burrito was the freshest, best-tasting
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MarketWatch: NetSpend Holdings, Inc. company whose mission is to empower the estimated 60 million underbanked consumers in the United States with the convenience, security and freedom to be self-banked, today announced it has expanded its reload network to include more than 6,000 7-Eleven store locations nationwide. 7-Eleven is the premier name and largest chain in
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Irish Times: The holders of the master franchise for Pizza Hut’s delivery services throughout Ireland have secured High Court orders preventing Pizza Hut’s US-based parent terminating the franchise agreement. The orders apply pending the outcome of full legal proceedings. Q Co Franchising Ireland Ltd, owned and operated by brothers John and Patrick Cronin, secured the
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QSRweb.com: Panchero’s Mexican Grill has announced the return of barbacoa for a limited time only. The slow roasted shredded beef, which has a bold chili flavor, is available at all Panchero’s restaurants through mid-November. “We have offered barbacoa twice before and it quickly became a fan favorite,†said Reid Travis, marketing director for Panchero’s. “We’re
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The Times and Democrat: TCBY has announced its strategic expansion agreement in North Carolina and South Carolina. TCBY formed a 10-year area developer agreement with Samuel Batt, the franchisee who piloted the company’s first self-serve store and the current owner of seven TCBY locations. Batt agreed to open and/or franchise 23 TCBY self-serve locations in
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Franchising.net.au: Coffee franchise, Hudsons Coffee, has lent a helping hand to students from NSW’s Corowa High School, teaching them some tricks of the trade for the coffee shop they’ve set up on school grounds. The year 11 students, who are studying retail operations, legal and business studies, travelled to Melbourne this week to attend an
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Nation’s Restaurant News: Del Taco officials said Thursday it has sold six corporate restaurant locations in Phoenix to the chain’s largest franchisee in Arizona. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Desert Taco, a franchise operator that previously owned 14 Del Taco units, now owns 20 of the area’s 26 restaurants. “I have confidence in
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Hayley Hoverter is only 16, but she has recently won a competition by creating a solution to a worldwide problem: paper waste. Her idea is to make soluble sugar packets to distribute to coffee and shops, such as Starbucks and Pete’s, throughout the world. For every box purchased of her innovated products, Hayley’s company, Sweet
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