May 17, 2012

Starbucks Makes Executive Changes

Fast Casual: Starbucks Coffee Company has announced several leadership changes to accelerate its innovation and growth. The company announced the following leadership moves as it further strengthens its three-region operating model: Lucy Lee Helm was named executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. Helm has been a partner (employee) at Starbucks for more than 12 […]

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McDonald’s Plans To Double China Employee Count

QSRweb.com: McDonald’s Corp. plans to hire 70,000 new employees in China this year as it opens new outlets throughout the country. This will nearly double the chain’s current workforce, according to Bloomberg. Next week, the 1,400 McDonald’s China restaurants will set up recruitment tables with applications for open positions. There are currently 80,000 McDonald’s employees

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Sbarro Franchise Continues Its International Expansion

FranchiseKey.com: Sbarro, one of the nation’s leading quick-service Italian restaurant companies, announced recently that it had signed a franchise agreement to open 15 restaurants in the state of Maharashtra in India. It is, therefore, continuing its international expansion having concluded international agreements with leading franchisees over the past six years to open restaurants in Europe,

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Wild Birds Unlimited Offers Scholarships To Audubon Summer Camps Nationwide

Franchising.com: The average young person spends more than 53 hours per week connected to electronic media – more absorbed in the digital world than the natural world – and Wild Birds Unlimited and the National Audubon Society are taking action. For the sixth consecutive year, Wild Birds Unlimited, the original and largest franchise system of

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Would A “Common App” Help?

When it comes to the government, small businesses can expect to full out a mountain of paperwork for anything from accreditation to government contracts. Politico recently shared an idea for a common application they think would help. The Small Business “common app” would function much like the one that students complete to apply to multiple

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Chantilly Senior Receives Scholarship From McDonald’s Franchisee

Patch.com: On Monday, May 14, Van Management gave a $1,200 scholarship to a Chantilly High School senior, Corinne Cardinal. The scholarship funded Cardinal’s participation in the 2012 DECA International Career Development Conference, which took place in Salt Lake City, April 28 – May 1, 2012. Van Management, Inc. is a local McDonald’s restaurant management company

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Destination Maternity Opens First Standalone India Store

Wall Street Journal: U.S.-based maternity-apparel retailer Destination Maternity Corp. (DEST) Wednesday said it has opened its first standalone store in India with local franchise partner Mahindra Retail Ltd. Destination Maternity had signed an exclusive franchisee agreement with Mahindra Retail in 2009 to operate branded retail stores and sell merchandise under the U.S. company’s Motherhood Maternity,

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