PR Newswire: One local oil change business is going to the dogs – and cats. Eight years after Jiffy Lube first came to the area, it recently invested $1 million in a new look and efforts to enhance customer service. To celebrate, Jiffy Lube franchisee Heartland Automotive Services Inc. is having a grand re-opening of […]
WSBT: As a Mary Kay consultant, Kelly Taddeo is in the business of making women beautiful. But when she took her cancer-survivor mother to a Hello Gorgeous! event, a chance to make a difference became clear to her. Hello Gorgeous! of HOPE Inc. is a nonprofit organization that gives makeovers to women who are struggling
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Manila Bulletin: Helen Castro Limcaoco, The Little Gym’s master franchisee for the Philippines, and co-master franchisee for Singapore, was recently named as The Little Gym International’s 2010 Franchise Owner of the Year, in recognition of her significant contribution to the success of The Little Gym franchise worldwide. Castro-Limcaoco received the award – the first woman
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Press Herald: When Ed Wolak was 16 in 1967, he was working his first job washing floors in a Manchester, N.H., Dunkin’ Donuts. He didn’t plan on sticking with it long term, particularly when he hit college and developed an allergy to flour, suffering from what he calls “baker’s asthma.” Fast-forward more than 40 years,
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Foothills Media Group: At its leadership meeting held recently at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, R.I., one of Panera Bread’s franchises, the Howley Bread Group, LTD, based in Cumberland, R.I., recognized a number of its employees for excellence and leadership during the first quarter of 2010. The Howley Bread Group owns and operates 20
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Free Malaysia Today: The Franchise Act will be amended soon to plug certain loopholes in the existing legislation, Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today. “The current Act only requires franchisors to register themselves with the Malaysian Franchise Association (MFA), and not the franchisees,†Ismail said after inaugurating the Franchise International
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Malaysia Star: Franchising is fast becoming a business model for some of Sarawak’s home-grown food chains to expand their business. SugarBun, an established fast food restaurant chain, currently has 32 franchised outlets in Malaysia and abroad. Another company keen to further develop its franchising business is After Three Kopitiam, a new player in the food
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QSR magazine: There’s a Wingstop in Dallas where the counters aren’t so neat and the owner drips batter onto the floor, and when tongs fall into the deep fryer, managers stare inside thinking of ways to get them out. Welcome to Wingstop U. Not a real store, but a mock-up Wingstop that’s part of the
Orlando Sentinel: Red Lobster is the nation’s largest full-service seafood restaurant chain and is owned and operated by Orlando-based Darden Restaurants. Bill Darden, who opened the first Red Lobster in Lakeland, Fla, founded the chain in 1968. After becoming part of General Mills in 1970, Red Lobster was expanded throughout the Southeast and eventually nationwide.
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San Francisco Business Times: Smoothie business Jamba Inc. sold 25 of its shops in Washington to a franchisee in that state. Emeryville-based Jamba promised to develop two more stores in the Seattle area as part of this deal. Jamba didn’t give a price in the deal. It has been selling stores as part of a
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