STLtoday.com: Valley Beef LLC, a franchisee of five St. Louis area Lion’s Choice restaurants, has filed for bankruptcy. Clayton-based Valley Beef, led by Thomas Ginos, filed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition Thursday in St. Louis federal court and listed between $500,000 and $1 million in liabilities and assets of $50,000 or less. Its largest creditors […]
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Pizza Marketplace.com: Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint has opened its third unit. The newest restaurant is located in The Highlands neighborhood in Louisville, Ky. The company’s two other restaurants are located in Atlanta and Woodstock, Ga. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal the new location is operated by Scott Dennison, a former Papa John’s and Penn Station
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Bizjournals.com: The nation’s largest U.S. Pizza Hut franchisee, NPC International Inc., has completed its sale to a private equity firm, according to a news release. A company formed by Connecticut-based Olympus Partners bought NPC, of Overland Park, Kan., for an undisclosed price. At the end of September, NPC, which was founded in 1962, operated 1,153
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Franchising.com: Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, the fast growing franchise best known for its signature Buffalo-style chicken wings and the ties it builds with local communities, announced today its first overseas development agreement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Master licensee Thimar Investment, a publically traded company, plans to open the first restaurant location in
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QSRweb.com: Now that Wendy’s has returned to Japan after a two year hiatus, the chain plans on wooing customers with higher-end options, namely a Foie Gras Rossini Burger priced at about $16, and the Truffle and Porcini Grilled Chicken Sandwich, at almost $12. The Wall Street Journal describes the Foie Gras Rossini Burger, part of
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As 2011 comes to a close, here’s a look back at some of our most popular posts of the year: How I Accidentally Became a Professional Blogger in 2001 Book: Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry Amish Raw Milk Smugglers So You Want To Start A Business? Infographic: What Are
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Franchise India: Rajesh Exports (REL), the manufacturers of gold jewellery plans to open 52 stores under their jewellery brand ‘Shubh’. It will take the total number of stores to 125 from present 73 stores by the end of this fiscal year. The expansion will be done via franchise route. The brand is targeting tier I,
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1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts. 1949 – KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. 1959 – Physicist Richard Feynman gives a speech entitled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”, which is regarded as the birth of nanotechnology.
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Modern Tire Dealer: Precision Franchising Inc., a Precision Tune Auto Care franchisee, has chosen to install the VAST Enterprise solution from Aftersoft Network N.A. to manage its network of auto service centers. Precision Franchising Inc. operates 30 Precision Tune Auto Care stores across North Carolina, employing 200 people. Precision Tune Auto Care offers a one-stop-shop
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Vancouver Sun: When it comes to the fast-food restaurant sec-tor, hamburgers reign supreme and that highly competitive business is getting a little more crowded in Canada. California-based Carl’s Jr. is expanding north, with its first location open in Kelowna, B.C., and up to 450 more locations planned across Canada. “We’re very active now in our
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