BusinessWeek: You’d think McDonald’s would be a can’t-miss recession play for global investors. Yet shares of the fast-food giant are flat in 2009 during one of the most dramatic stock rallies in history. While the burger giant keeps growing overseas, same-store sales in the U.S., where McDonald’s generates half its operating profits, dipped 0.1% in […]
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Believe it or not, it takes a long time to become an overnite success! Once you have chosen your particular home based business, the two most important things to remember are to stay focused and not to get discouraged, writes The Small Business Brief. I’ve had many active and enthusiastic business team members that were
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Nation’s Restaurant News: The Pinkberry frozen yogurt chain opened in Dallas its 77th location on Friday, the first store in the United States to open outside the chain’s core markets of California and New York. Pinkberry has one franchise unit, respectively, in both Kuwait and Dubai, opened by M.H. Alshaya, a franchisee that earlier this
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NWsource: While at Green Lake one day waiting to go on a walk with a friend, local designer Wendy Feller stumbled upon an idea. Why not design cute leggings made with strong, durable material and padded knees to allow her then five-year-old daughter, and little girls in general, to play hard without having to worry
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fnbnews.com: Kaati Zone, the leading Indian quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain owned by the East-West Ethnic Foods Private Ltd, has rolled out a total make-over initiative. It has already invested Rs 25 lakh to revamp and offer a new menu. Another Rs 13 crore is pumped in to offer different formats like Dine-in, Delta (Delivery &
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Prairie Business Magazine: HOW DOES THE TASTEFULLY SIMPLE DIRECT SALES BUSINESS MODEL WORK? Our easy to prepare food products are sold by more than 28,000 independent Tastefully Simple consultants. They are selling primarily through home taste-testing parties nationwide. A client will invite friends and family into their home and the consultant will host the taste-testing
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PostStar.com: Sorry girls, but this home party is not for you. You won’t find Pampered Chef or Tupperware here. Or any fancy candles or jewelry, for that matter. It’s a Man Cave MEATing, and it’s just for the guys. Man Cave offers grilling tools and accessories, premium meats, wood chips and planks, grilling spices, rubs,
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Examiner.com: The next time you see a briefcase-toting guy in a suit at an Upstate Burger King, chances are he’s there for a legal consultation rather than a Whopper. The chain’s franchisees, collectively known as the National Franchisee Association, has filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Miami, arguing that the company does not
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MaineToday.com: Lester Cox of Raymond usually uses the drive-through when he goes to a fast-food restaurant, but on Friday he made an exception and walked into the new Burger King on Riverside Street. “Somebody was telling me that it was nice,” Cox said. “It’s pretty nice. I like the colors.” The King would be proud.
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Business Daily Africa: Lately, more and more franchise companies are converting a significant number of their company-owned units by selling them to franchisees. This trend commonly referred to as refranchising or retro-franchising, can be driven by any number of motivations on the part of the company, and it may represent a wonderful opportunity for a
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