Franchising.com: TCBY, the leading frozen yogurt concept, recently expanded its footprint in Texas with a new store now open in Wichita Falls— marking the 33rd TCBY store in Texas. The owner of the new location is David Weaver, managing partner of Lone Star Yogurt, who has partnered with TCBY to open 200 self-serve locations in […]
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VEGAS INC: Though it’s usually brief in this desert, spring is a season in which daydreaming is a constant threat to productivity. No matter what activity you’re engaged in, a perfect spring day can get your mind wandering about things you’d rather be doing. Some folks picture a potential vacation, others a hobby or leisure
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St. Louis American: The Harris-Stowe State University Anheuser-Busch School of Business, in conjunction with The International Franchise Association and St. Louis Development Corporation will host “How to Be in Business For Yourself, But Not By Yourself,” April 26, from 8 a.m-3 p.m. The franchising fair will provide the opportunity for prospective franchisees to get up
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Lewisboro Ledger: Franchising was once taboo in our John Jay High School niche. Despite the presence of Dunkin’ Donuts in the Goldens Bridge shopping center for years, many of our citizens were reluctant to welcome new franchises into the area. But recently, a Subway opened in the same Goldens Bridge shopping center, seemingly opening the
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On this day in 1791, Samuel Morse, the American inventor and painter, and co-inventor of the Morse code was born. Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment. The International Morse
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Franchising.com: Dickey’s Barbecue is adding a new location in Oklahoma City. T.D. Dickey, III, grandson of Dickey’s Barbecue founder Travis Dickey, along with co-owners Kimberly Miesch and Kim Nelson, are opening their second Oklahoma location in the next few weeks. “I’m so proud to be bringing our family’s authentic slow-smoked barbecue to Oklahoma City,” said
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The Franchise Magazine: The British Franchise Association (bfa) has announced the 14 finalists in the 2012 bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards. The shortlisted franchisors were selected from a range of business sizes and industries across the UK and represents sectors as diverse as home cleaning services to global telecommunications. The Awards, which are
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thejournal.ie: The Insomnia Coffee‎ Company has announced that it is to enter the retail franchising market and create 100 new jobs over the next five years in the process. The Irish-owned company, which operates coffee shops across the country, has said it plans to open 15 stores over the next five years which will lead
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MarketWatch: In a franchising world saturated with cliches–from burger chains to fitness clubs and everything in between–The Meat House is “steaking” its claim by offering a one of a kind, never before seen franchising opportunity. Capitalizing on the $70 billion retail meat market, The Meat House has already opened 29 locations in 10 states. The
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What is the last route you took when hiring employees? Maybe you should take some advice from the Facebook hiring rumor. When Facebook was young and hunting for talent, says Lee, it combed through Stanford’s syllabi and course catalogs to find relevant students. Facebook was already well-known on campus. If, for example, Facebook needed engineers,
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