Jackson Sun: Rebuilt to resemble its 1950s predecessors, McDonald’s on North Highland Avenue reopens at 5 a.m. today. Century Management, which owns the local franchise rights to the nation’s No. 1 fast-food company, razed the original McDonald’s, which was built at that location in 1969, and replaced it with a larger, 4,000-square-foot building designed to […]
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Chain Leader: Freshii’s first master franchisee, David Grossman, has recently signed two new sub-franchise agreements for Chicago. Grossman has led the trend of former corporate executives jumping at franchising in the rocky economy of 2009. New franchisees Alex Blair and Scott Keeney will each open a minimum of one Freshii unit in Chicago. Grossman’s master
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The Herald | HeraldOnline.com: A Rock Hill businessman has been inducted into the Subway restaurant chain’s hall of fame for his success operating franchises in South Carolina. Vance Houston, 72, started with two Subway restaurants in Rock Hill and now has 12 franchises in York, Chesterfield and Lancaster counties, according to a news release from
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Brandweek Magazine: Despite controversy over Michael Phelps’ marijuana use earlier this year, Subway continues to stand by the Olympic swimmer. The sandwich chain this week is debuting a new TV spot featuring Phelps, who promotes Subway’s $5 footlong offerings. The swimmer announced the debut of the new ad on his Facebook fan page today (Tuesday).
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AFP: McDonald’s said Tuesday it planned to open a new outlet at Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie, completing the landmark’s 20-year transformation from Cold War front line to money-making tourist hotspot. The 120-seater restaurant will be opposite the Mauermuseum dedicated to the Berlin Wall that used to divide the city, and hopes to be selling its burgers,
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The Banner-Graphic: With 2010 just a flip of the calendar away, many people are pondering resolutions for the New Year. The most common is being more fit or healthy for a brighter, longer future. A new business in Greencastle should make this resolution more easily attainable. Snap Fitness will open its doors Jan. 6, 2010
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The new World Trade Center under construction in New York City got it’s first franchise restaurant this week. The Subway restaurant was assembled from nine yellow shipping containers and is perched on top of the under construction Freedom Tower.
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Fast Casual: Despite the economic crunch, restaurant operators put their creative minds to work in 2009 and discovered new ways to reach discerning consumers. While the economy put a damper on same-store sales and unit growth, it didn’t break fast casual operators’ sprits. Here’s a look at the top five best (and one worst) things
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MyWabashValley: This year’s Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic is celebrating some big milestones. Not only a decade of the annual tournament, but a century of Indiana boys basketball. This year marks the tournament’s 10th anniversary. While watching current players you can also take a look back at past players. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of
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It’s one thing to have resolutions for the new year. I, for example, plan to lose weight, learn Python and design the perfect web app. But since nothing satisfies like the quick achievement of a short-term goal, Jolie O’Dell over at ReadWriteWeb has put together eight things every good web user needs to do before
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