April 9, 2012

Ex-Wendy’s Franchisee Sees Ohio As Prime Ground For Burgerfi

Columbus Business First: Even more burgers may be on the Columbus horizon. Three-restaurant BurgerFi International LLC has singled out Ohio as one of its first franchise targets. â€œAs a former Wendyâ€™s franchisee, I spent some grueling hours in Columbus many years ago,â€ co-founder Lee Goldberg said. â€œThere have been many great franchising and restaurant successes […]

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VivoPools Awards First Franchise In Los Angeles

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PR Web: VivoPools, the leader in providing quality pool management that makes for an ideal backyard experience, has awarded its first franchise agreement in Los Angeles. This is part of an expansion plan to offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to provide the same award-winning service VivoPools has offered to its over 3,000 residential and 250 commercial

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â€ŽCosi Signs New Franchisee For Costa Rica

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MarketWatch: Cosi, Inc., the fast casual restaurant company, today announced that it has entered into a development agreement with a new franchisee, Fast Casual S. A., to develop Cosi(R) restaurants in Costa Rica. The agreement calls for Fast Casual S.A. to develop five locations over five years beginning with their first location expected to open

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Advice From The Field: Franchise vs. Biz Opportunity

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Times Herald-Record: If you want to own a business and are not sure what to do or how to do it, I always suggest spending a few days reading lists. Required reading includes classified phone book listings and Internet searches such as Top 500 franchises, 1,000 fastest-growing companies, 500 fastest-growing industries, 5,000 fastest-growing companies etc.

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UFood Grill Opens First Out At SLC International

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Salt Lake Tribune: UFood Restaurant Group Inc., a Boston-based company that franchises the UFood Grills, said its Utah franchisee has opened the first of two units at the Salt Lake City International Airport. “Our first UFood Grill at the airport was opened on Friday,” COO Charles A. Cocotas said. “We have a second unit slated

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