‎Restaurants & Institutions: The world’s largest restaurant company, Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald’s Corp., reported that its same-store sales rose 5.2% in Europe in 2009, double what its U.S. units could muster. Louisville, Ky.-based Yum! Brands said that it opened 500 stores in China last year alone. Denver-based Chipotle announced that it will open its first […]
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MarketWatch: Artfest International, Inc. is pleased to present the First Art Reality Show “Brave Art” to be distributed through Time Warner Cable. The Program will be a part of the Company’s celebration of Russian Art. Artfest’s full roster of artists, and new acquisitions will be made available to our distributors including Vicktor Shvaiko, Suljakov, WA
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A fifteen acre dinosaur theme park in Irish Hills, Michigan is for sale. Formerly known as Prehistoric Forest, the park originally opened in 1963. According to AgilityNut, “Prehistoric Forest had a safari train that took visitors around the 8-acre property, past a rumbling and smoking volcano and a 35′ waterfall. There were dinosaur bones, serpents,
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‎Fast Casual: Because there are a variety of cultures, customs, and societies around the world, it can be difficult to grow your fast casual brand internationally. Regardless, a plethora of franchises have made the transition and effectively developed abroad. While larger companies have more success because of their brand awareness worldwide, smaller fast casual chains
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Franchising.com: IMN, a content-driven e-communications company, today announced the release of its innovative solution for the health and fitness franchise industry – eZee Connect. This new e-communication solution provides franchise systems in the health and fitness industry with cost-effective e-newsletter programs containing rich, relevant content designed for local franchisees. The content retains and engages customers
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‎CSP Daily News: Drive-thru convenience concept Swiss Farms has awarded John Betz and his partners its first franchise and multi-unit deal in the state of New Jersey. Rocco Fiorentino, president of Swiss Farms Franchise Co., said this “is the first time we have made Swiss Farms franchises available in our 42 years of business.” Betz
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Susan Gunelius at Entrepreneur has five tips that anyone can apply to their social media marketing efforts today and start seeing positive results almost immediately. 1. Make it easy and non-threatening for your audience to participate. Not only does your content matter on the social web but your personality matters, too. 2. Write share-worthy content.
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‎QSR magazine: The name Rising Roll brings to mind homemade yeast bread, which requires time to expand, and that’s exactly what the Atlanta-based sandwich purveyor has been doing since partnering with Mike Lassiter of Franchising Concepts in 2003—taking time to grow. The gourmet sandwich shop concept was founded in 1996 by father-and-son team Jeff and
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According to NPR, Steve Kitchin, who was in his 30s at the time, became a quadriplegic. His legs were paralyzed, but he still has some use of his arms. More than anything, Kitchin wanted to drive again. He got a minivan with hand controls for the gas and brake. The only problem was, he’s the
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We know that quitting smoking is tough. Even tougher: quitting for good. Readers Digest reports a new vaccine holds promise for the 90 percent of quitters who relapse. After six monthly injections, users of NicVax build up antibodies to nicotine, just as they would to a disease. If you smoke when you’re on it, your
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