St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A Mississippi-based owner of franchised restaurants across the country has entered a purchase agreement to acquire 33 St. Louis area Applebee’s for $25 million. Mid River Restaurants, based in Natchez, Miss., is set to close on the acquisition in the first quarter of 2011 from Glendale, Calif.-based DineEquity Inc., the parent company […]
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For mom entrepreneurs in Canada, this time of the year is a good time to look towards the future. This is also the time that SavvyMom announces their Mom Entrepreneur of the year. Along with the honor comes a variety of prizes that are donated by various sponsors. This year that honor goes to Laura
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Emmanuel Dieujuste worked at a security guard for five years. As he watched important men in suits walk past him, it wasn’t the rich life that he was dreaming about. Rather, he wanted to start his own health-conscious convenience store reports ctpost.com. This month, he started doing that at Convenience Grand Grocery. But, he says,
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SmartCompany.com.au: Franchise brand manager Franchised Food Company is looming as a potential winner from the woes of Allied Brands, with executive chairman Stan Gordon in talks with the liquidators of Cookie Man and declaring he is open to talks with Baskin Robbins franchisees. FFCo, which owns Baskin Robbins rival Cold Rock Ice Creamery, as well
Mirror.co.uk: What do you do if you haven’t got someone handy around the house? Steve Haynes says you should call on him, because he’s a Hire A Hubby franchisee. It’s a concept that arrived from Australia a year ago and this month and Steve, of Cardiff, was one of the first to sign up. “My
thestar online: Hai-O Enterprise Bhd’s first-quarter results were below analysts and consensus estimates, spurring market concern on the company’s performance, going forward. However, Hai-O management has ensured that it is ready with various strategies to strengthen its business. Group managing director Tan Kai Hee told StarBiz the current downturn was just a temporary scenario due
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Phoenix New Times: My head’s been so buried in statistics for an upcoming feature that I missed a news conference last week for former Clinton advisor and Democratic contender for Arizona State Treasurer Andrei Cherny. In it, the Cherny camp offered up several ex-Cold Stone Creamery franchisees whose tales of bankruptcy and woe belied former
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Franchising.com: Häagen-Dazs Shops is turning to Facebook to educate potential investors about what it’s like to run an ice cream shop for the famous brand. As part of its franchise recruitment strategy, Häagen-Dazs has launched Ice Cream Boss, a fun, interactive online social media game designed to engage and educate potential investors. Each week, Monday
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Marketwire: Edible Arrangements, the pioneer and leader in hand-sculpted, fresh fruit arrangements, announced today the signing of a Master Franchisee agreement with Raed Al-Mustafa for the development of six stores throughout Jordan. The first location is expected to open in 2011 in west Amman. With this agreement, Edible Arrangements is now available to consumers in
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