November 8, 2011

Growth Chains: Bagger Dave’s

Nation’s Restaurant News: Five years ago, Diversified Restaurant Holdings Inc. chief executive Michael Ansley was looking to complement his successful Buffalo Wild Wings franchise business with locations of Five Guys Burgers and Fries. But at the last minute, he decided to forge his own path into the exploding better-burger segment by developing Bagger Dave’s Legendary

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Applebee’s Moves Into New Home, Refurbishes Restaurants, Adds Jobs

Kansas City Star: Applebee’s has started moving its operations from Lenexa into its new headquarters across the state line at 8140 State Line Road in Kansas City. The casual dining chain has taken about 120,000 square feet, which includes space for its training and culinary center. The company expects about 335 employees to be working

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Cheap Tuesday The Day For Bargains At NightOwl Stores

Franchising.net.au: Convenience retailer NightOwl has introduced a new promotion, Cheap Tuesday, offering bargain priced food and beverages. Customers can pick up a selection of items including $2 Hungry Man sausage rolls, $1 NightOwl Cool Springwater, $2 Crinkle Cut Smiths chips from the 90g range and $1 Ice-Breaks. NightOwl marketing manager Rick Adams said “Tuesday’s are

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Dropping Out To Start A Business

With people like Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal, paying people to drop out of school and start a business, leaving the classroom behind seems like a good idea. However, The Christian Science Monitor found some entrepreneurs who chose to go back. John Price and Sam Dryden dropped out of the entrepreneurship program to pursue their

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Create Your Own Good Luck

Ever feel like you just need a little “good luck” on your side to do well in business. TechCrunch has a few ideas on how you can create your own. As Wayne Gretzky says, “skate to where the puck is”. Don’t start a soft drink company competing against Coca-Cola. Start a company in a fast

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Barbeques Galore Offers Exclusive Franchise Discount Through New Partnership

Franchising.com: Barbeques Galore, the leading retailer of premium grilling and outdoor products since 1980, partners with VetFran, a program aimed at helping veterans realize their dream of becoming a business owner. This new alliance will encourage franchise ownership amongst military veterans by offering them an exclusive discount (up to 25%) on the Barbeques Galore franchise

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