August 2010

Graeter’s Northern Kentucky Franchisee Puts Stores On The Block

Cincinnati Business Courier: One of the two remaining franchisees for Graeter’s Inc.’s iconic ice cream has put his eight stores on the market. The stores, located in Northern Kentucky and Lexington, are currently owned and operated by Elsmere-based International Brand Services Inc. Company owner Zaki Barakat did not return phone calls requesting an interview about

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Jersey Mike’s Subs Franchise Raises Funds For Palm Bay Elementary At Grand Opening

Franchising.com: Jersey Mike’s Subs opened its first store in Melbourne, FL. Jersey Mike’s owner Bryan Price knows the importance of community relations and celebrated his ties with the area during his grand opening on Aug. 11. To commemorate the event, the new restaurant, located at 1515 Palm Bay Road in the Stack Crossing Shopping Center,

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SRE To Add 600 Franchises

‎Franchiseindia.com: Mumbai-based retail stock broking company, Sykes & Ray Equities (I) Ltd (SRE) plans to add up to 600 franchisees to their network in the coming three to four years. Currently, the company has over 375 franchisees spread across 130 locations in the country. Anup Gupta, MD, SRE shares, “Currently less than 5 per cent

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Perfect Pulled Pork

Surrey Now: Pulled pork, when made right, melts in your mouth. It is so tender. The Memphis Blues Barbeque restaurant at Grandview Corners in South Surrey serves close to a couple hundred pounds of pulled pork on an average day. It’s a similar story at the chain’s new Clayton Heights location. I went down to

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Memphis Company Buys A Dozen Local Checkers Restaurants, Plans To Add Nine More

Memphis Commercial Appeal: Local restaurant franchisee Tri State Restaurants LLC has snapped up 12 existing Checkers locations from corporate owner Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. Tri State now operates all 13 Checkers locations in the Memphis market and plans to open nine new stores in the next several years. “We have deep roots in Memphis and

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