QSR magazine: With social media providing operators and employees an easy path to embarrassing a brand, corporate teams need to establish online law. In the past year, quick serves ranging from McDonald’s to Qdoba Mexican Grill to Wing Zone, as well as smaller chains and independents, have raced to cash in on the marketing benefits […]
Bizjournals.com: The local franchisee for Five Guys Burgers and Fries has signed leases for two additional locations in the Dayton area. The hamburgers and french fries fast-casual restaurant will open in Beavercreek around the middle of December and on Brown Street near the University of Dayton in February. Chris Mastin, the Dayton-area franchisee, said the
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Nation’s Restaurant News: NPC International Inc., Pizza Hut’s largest franchisee, has tasked its franchisor, Yum! Brands Inc., with finding a new brand strategy for the struggling pizza chain, which has seen its sales trends fall behind competitors Domino’s and Papa John’s. NPC, which operates 1,150 Pizza Hut locations, said Yum has “struggled to find the
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photo credit: wili_hybrid Over the past few years, we have heard many small business owners talk about their need for small business loans. These are loans that they need in order to obtain credit, get out of debt, buy new equipment, new marketing and advertising and more. However, the problem that most small business owners
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CNBC: An analyst upgraded Sonic Corp. on Monday, calling the restaurant operator’s stock price appealing. Wedbush Morgan’s Rachael Rothman in a report to clients noted that the fast food chain operator’s stock price has fallen about 20 percent in the past two months. He raised his rating to “Neutral” from “Underperform,” but maintained his $10
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When the world’s largest fragrance company showed Halle Berry a prototype bottle for her debut perfume, Berry said no. The simple rectangular design failed to convey her personality., reports Forbes. She suggested an imprint of waves on the back of the bottle–to express a connection to nature–and added rugged copper-colored rings–which resembled a bangle she
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Gold Coast Bulletin News: Allied Brands says the international expansion of Cookie Man and its new franchise services arm will help drive its forecast 20 to 33 per cent profit increase. The Broadbeach company, behind the Australia franchise chains of Baskin Robbins, Cookie Man, Kenny’s Cardiology, Villa and Hut, Awesome Water and Awesome Entertainment, expects
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Adults playing sports is nothing new, but sports leagues are the latest phenomenon, as they continue to expand in cities nationwide, reports Entrepreneur. A 2004 report from the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association found 75 percent of all college students participate in campus recreational sports. Fast forward to post graduation, and you have a large group
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Inventor Simon Buckhaven labored for two years with Department of Food Animal Science in England to come up with a better way to prepare lobster meat and so far, claims are that this invention is not only more humane, but also makes them tastier, so says Treehugger.com. Supposedly, zapping a lobster is more humane than
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The composition of the nation’s work force is approaching an unprecedented benchmark, reports The Wall Street Journal. Due in part to deep layoffs of men, women are poised to become the majority of workers for the first time. As of September, women held 49.9% of the nation’s jobs, excluding farm workers and the self-employed, a
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