Franchising.com: Volvo Rents announces the acquisition of Gulf South Machinery of Mississippi, a two location construction equipment rental company with stores in Hattiesburg and Gulfport. The centers are located at 45 Blackwell Boulevard and 14411 Creosote Drive, respectively. Anchored by an increase in local construction spending that is projected to total more than $1.5 billion […]
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MiamiHerald.com: Burger King wants to make sure it has something on its menu to appeal to everyone and what better way than ice cream. The Miami fast food chain on Monday kicks off the national launch of its new soft serve ice cream, offered in variety of products including cones, sundaes and milk shakes. The
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MSN Money: You can count on Taco Bell for many things: cheap eats, sudden indigestion and a fire sauce that’s anything but fiery. But a solid dividend? Yes, as it turns out. Taco Bell’s parent company, Yum Brands (YUM), has authorized a 14% increase in its quarterly dividend. It will be the seventh consecutive double-digit
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GroundReport: I was shocked to discover (unfortunately, once again!) that the McDonald’s restaurants are pretty dirty in this country. I have seen some restaurants with flies flying around the tables, dirty and gluing floor that seemed to have been cleaned for the last time about two weeks ago (maybe more!), dirty tables that had clearly
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Franchise Key: Jack Wolfskin has announced that it has entered into a marketing agreement with Double J Fashion Group Inc. (Montreal, Quebec) covering the Canadian market so that Jack Wolfskin products will once again be available in the country from spring / summer 2012. Markus Bötsch, CSO of Jack Wolfskin, said, “Our aim is to
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The Franchise Magazine: Spain’s vibrant culture, good weather and quality food has helped it to attract thousands of British tourists year after year. Now, with Spanish food overtaking the sale of Italian as the most popular Mediterranean cuisine in supermarkets, it seems that Britons are keen to replicate the Spanish dishes they enjoy on holiday
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Wichita Business Journal: Gene and Tony Suellentrop are hoping to grow their Avivo Brick Oven Pizzeria into a franchise. The partners — who also are the franchisers of the Gambino’s Pizza chain — recently sold a 50 percent stake in Avivo to local entrepreneur Mui Nguyen. Today, Avivo has a single location in NewMarket Square
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Franchising.net.au: Every year La Porchetta, holds a silent auction for charity at its annual conference, and this year the Italian restaurant franchise broke a record, collecting $22,000 for the Children First Foundation. La Porchetta’s suppliers were invited to offer an item each for auction and their gifts included an iPad2, a laptop, travel and holiday
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The Open Press: When Premier Restaurants, LLC put in a back office system to lower food cost in their 14 Arby’s restaurants, they didn’t know how timely that decision would be. But when the recession hit and sales dropped, the controls they’d put in place for food and labor with RTIconnect™ enabled them to weather
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Louisville Business First: Louisville’s first Wingstop restaurant is expected to open later this year, and the Texas-based restaurant chain’s presence in the Louisville market likely will grow beyond the single store slated for Dixie Highway. Longtime Wingstop franchisee Eddie Williams has signed a development agreement with Wingstop Restaurants Inc. for four locations in the Louisville
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