2000 vs. 2010
Via: Stephanie Fox at io9.
December 2010
T.G.I. Friday’s® To Add 30 Additional Restaurants In The Middle East Through Americana Group Partnership
PR Newswire: T.G.I. Friday’s, the casual dining leader in the global marketplace, and Americana Group, a licensed franchisee of T.G.I. Friday’s and the Kuwait-based Middle East operator of several leading global brands in quick service, coffee, casual dining and other food-related products, today announced that they have renewed the development agreement to build upon the
FRSTeam Recognized In Entrepreneur Magazine Franchise 500
PR Web: Entrepreneur Magazine has once again recognized FRSTeam in its annual Franchise 500 listing. This year, FRSTeam was ranked number 307 on Entrepreneur’s list of Top North American franchise companies. Franchises are selected using Entrepreneur’s formula which includes financial strength and stability, growth rate, and size of the system. FRSTeam was ranked number 499
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GIIS To Start Operations From Next Year
Times of India: The Singapore-based global Indian international school (GIIS) will officially begin its operations from the next academic session, informed its co-founder Atul Temurnikar. The school will initially offer CBSE curriculum but will later switch over to international baccalaureate (IB). GIIS will offer education up to seventh standard which will eventually upgraded till class
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Country Kitchen On Southeast Side Closes
Green Bay Press Gazette: Country Kitchen restaurant, 2206 Main St., closed because the franchise owners were ready to retire, a company spokesman said Wednesday. “The franchisee was in the system for 30 years and opted to call it a day,” said Chris McGrath, vice president of marketing for the Madison-based company. “The owners did a
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NJ Couple Marries At Dunkin’ Donuts
The Consumerist: How much do you like Dunkin’ Donuts? Definitely not as much as the New Jersey couple who are so devoted to its drive-thru coffee that they decided to get married there. “We constantly come here. We hit the drive-thru sometimes twice a night,” the bride said. WABC New York reports the coupling unfolded
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FREE Coffee At 7-Eleven On New Year’s
ABC15.com: Once you’re done celebrating the New Year you may be ready for coffee and one Valley convenience store will be offering your first cup for free. 7-Eleven is thanking its customers with a free small-size coffee, or other hot beverage, beginning at midnight to wish them a Happy New Year. Company officials are touting
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Ace Hardware Helps Franchisee Land In Everett
Snohomish County Business: Location means everything. Just ask the owner of the new Ace Hardware in Everett, Judith Moratti. Her store, in the Claremont Village Shopping Center on Evergreen Way, opened for business on Dec. 7. With plenty of parking and as the only hardware store of size west of I-5 between downtown Everett and
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KFC In Monkey Junction Has Closed
StarNewsOnline.com (blog): Even fast food isn’t immune to a slumping economy. The Monkey Junction KFC, 5658 Carolina Beach Road, closed on Monday, according to a press release sent out that morning by franchisee Scottish Food Systems Inc. of Laurinburg. The restaurant was one of five area KFCs operated by Scottish Food Systems. The others still
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Goodbye Rosie…
Geraldine Doyle was just 17 when she took a job at a metal pressing plant near Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1942. AFP reports that she was there when a United Press International photographer came to the factory while documenting the contribution of women to the war effort. A picture of Doyle was later used by