AdAge.com: The banking crisis is threatening to take a rather surprising hostage: McDonald’s big-budget coffee rollout. Tightening credit conditions, which are crimping plans for marketers as diverse as giant General Motors Corp. and relatively small household-products company Method, have prompted Bank of America to halt loans to McDonald’s franchisees. They need the capital to frantically […]
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Franchising.com: Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc., a premier national provider of professional IT solutions to small business and residential customers under the trade names Geeks On Call(R), 1-800-905-GEEK(TM), CallTheGeeks.com(TM) and Call The Geeks(TM), announced today that disaster recovery company PuroClean has joined its Value-Added Benefit partner program. Geeks On Call will be an endorsed vendor
AZ Central.com: Eager trendsters in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago regularly line up for a taste – or as some have called it, a fix – of their favorite new treat: fro-yo. It’s frozen yogurt, back with a slimmed-down calorie count, a bright new taste and the chic new nickname. A concept imported from
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The Associated Press: While the credit crunch is making it hard for some restaurant companies to get loans to build new locations and renovate old ones, other chains are using the slowdown to secure better terms from landlords struggling to find viable tenants. “Landlords are being fairly aggressive now,” said David Litchman, chief executive of
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Franchise International: Ecowash Mobile, an Australian based environmentally friendly car wash franchise, is to expand into New Zealand through the recent signing of a Master Franchise agreement. Ecowash Mobile currently has over 100 locations in all states of Australia and has expanded its franchise internationally by entering the Middle Eastern, European and USA markets. Jim
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Franchising.com: Johnny’s Lunch has been dishing up its legendary hot dogs for more than 70 years. And now that its franchising operation is making franchise history, Johnny’s Hotsâ„¢ are hotter than ever. With seven locations open and nearly 1300 in development, Johnny’s Lunch is poised to have people forget the dog and clamor for its
Portsmouth Herald News: Portsmouth based Vintner’s Cellar Winery, a “make your own wine†business, which celebrates their three year anniversary this fall, was recently honored by the International Franchise Association (IFA) with the prestigious Franchisee of the Year award. Owners Gail and Mike Locke traveled to Washington D.C. to be presented with their award with
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→ tunex.com Tunex is a regional automotive service franchise system with center locations primarily in the state of Utah and the surrounding states for over 30 years. Tunex is unique in that it doesn’t try to provide all car care services but, specializes in the automotive under-the-hood services using a strict diagnostic approach — no
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A company called MovieBankUSA is rolling out a high-tech DVD and VHS tape video rental vending machine. Houston’s News 24 has the story and a video: “It has been in business over ten years now in Europe and it has completely changed the way people rent the movies,” Stephane de Laforcade says. “It’s so convenient.
Leading the way by providing the finest in children’s motor skills development programs, The Little Gym® answers a tremendous need in our sedentary society. While children develop fantastic physical and social skills, The Little Gym offers among the highest rated and fastest growing franchise opportunities available today. Since 1976, The Little Gym has delighted children
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