Every community faces the same dilemma: how do parents find quality babysitters? Katy Langhorst and Tara Harville-Fry have provided a solution within their own community. Their business is called SitterMixer. It has been less than eight months since their business has launched, and they’ve already received one award for their services, reports Hamilton-Wenham Patch. Sitter […]
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Seth Godin has drawn a marketing lesson from last weekend’s failed apocalypse: Every time, people succumb. They sell their belongings, stop paying into their kid’s college fund and create tension and despair. Here’s the simple lesson: Sell a story that some people want to believe. In fact, sell a story they already believe. The story
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RestaurantNews.com: United Capital Business Lending, a subsidiary of BankUnited, announced today that it has provided $783,000 in financing to multi-unit SUBWAY owner, Bermudez Shorts, Inc. United Capital’s financing arrangement enabled Bermudez Shorts, Inc. to refinance the remaining balance of seller notes from its original acquisition of four SUBWAY restaurants located in New Mexico. United Capital
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Sacramento Business Journal: When Justin Prillwitz signed an agreement with Doctors Express to open an urgent-care franchise in Fair Oaks, franchise documents estimated startup costs at $466,000 to $602,000. The clinic opened in December 2010 — but startup costs have exceeded $1 million, Prillwitz alleges in a lawsuit filed May 4 in Sacramento County Superior
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The Daily Advertiser: Lafayette soon will be home to the state’s first Bullritos Burritos & Ritas, thanks to John Reily Thomason, a former real estate agent turned restaurant franchisee. Located in 2,250 square feet of space at 2201 Kaliste Saloom Road in the Shops at Martial, the eatery is slated to open Monday. The fare
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Inquirer.net: Question: We’re a retired couple looking for where to invest our retirement money. We have been told of all sorts of fascinating stories about franchising like the Mini-Stop or 7-11 franchise. We decided to read a couple of books on franchising as well as attend seminars. Everyone was talking about success and how we
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Morning Advertiser: Suffolk brewer and retailer Greene King plans to roll-out its new franchise agreement, Blueprint, to 100 sites within its tenanted division in the next two years. Greene King will also seek to obtain British Franchise Association accreditation for the new agreement, which it hopes will provide access to a new talent pool of
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Tbo.com: Hamburger lovers, your day is coming. Five Guys Burgers and Fries is planning to open Monday at 7954 Gall Blvd., within the Zephyr Commons shopping center. The restaurant is in the process of hiring about 45 employees, said Dave Baker, director of operations for the Pasco and Hernando franchisee. Most of those employees will
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Boston Globe: An employee has filed a lawsuit against a Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee that alleges that the franchisee’s no tipping policy violates the Massachusetts Tips Law. The complaint was filed today in Suffolk Superior Court by Ron Meshna, who works at a Dunkin’ Donuts in North Reading owned by the Scrivanos Group, a Dunkin’ Donuts
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GlobeNewsWire: Swisher Hygiene, Inc., a leading provider of essential hygiene and sanitation products and services, today announced that it has acquired the hygiene and chemical business of Wingspan Service Corporation, its sole remaining California franchisee. Wingspan is one of the longest operating Swisher Hygiene franchisees, having been a part of the Swisher Hygiene system since
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