Financial Post: When it comes to choosing a particular location for a franchise, franchisors generally have two options — to be the tenant or not be the tenant. One of the most common lease arrangements in franchise relationships is where the franchisor negotiates a lease for the premises, enters into the head lease with the […]
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SmartCompany.com.au: Conflict in franchise relationships is generally considered to be that which occurs between franchisor and franchisee, but what happens when conflict breaks out between franchisees? Although rare, conflict between franchisees does occur. This creates a unique management problem for franchisors, who are often damned if they get involved, and equally damned if they don’t.
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After failing to make royalty payments, a Red Robin franchise in Texas is being sued for continuing to use branded logos and goods inside the store. Gaebler.com: The strength of an established brand is one of the benefits of buying into a franchise business model. But what happens to the business’s materials after the franchisee
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Pizza Marketplace.com: Australian retail food brand manager and franchisor Retail Food Group Limited announced its entry into a conditional Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire the Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars brand system. First established in Sydney in late 2001, Crust has grown to 119 outlets in the take away pizza market. Whilst based predominantly
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Bizcommunity.com: This year, the Rawson Property Group expects to establish a further 38 new residential marketing franchises, in what it refers to as its northern region, i.e. all of South Africa except the Western and Eastern Cape and KZN. This means that by 2013 the group will have in excess of 100 residential property franchises
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Your survived the Great Recession, your business is growing again and you see an opportunity to expand. But the painfully slow economic growth and your measured approach to taking risk is holding you back. Furthermore, your banker refuses to stake your aggressive vision. One solution is franchising your business. In 2006, Bradenton-based Peach’s
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Bizjournals.com: Atlanta-based BIP Opportunities Fund LP has invested about $10 million to acquire a controlling interest in Tropical Smoothie Café, a 315-unit food and smoothie franchise. Mike Rotondo has been promoted to CEO. Rotondo has led the Tropical Smoothie Café brand for the past four years as chief operating officer. “Our expansion plans will be
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Nation’s Restaurant News: A Bruegger’s Bagels franchisee in Connecticut has signed an agreement to open five locations that will be dual-branded with Jamba Juice. David Katz, principal of Five Star Equity Partners LLC, said he opened the first Bruegger’s/Jamba Juice location in Orange, Conn., about a year ago. It was the first Jamba Juice location
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Select Your Franchise (blog): Working from home is increasing in popularity and its not surprising to see why. If you are employed and your employer is prepared to let you work from home, then the flexibility of fitting around domestic responsibilities can be an advantage. If you are self-employed then reduced overheads by working from
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Financial Post: It is no secret there is an inherent imbalance of power in the franchise relationship between franchisors and franchisees. It is the reason franchise law exists in the first place — to address that exact issue and codify certain rights for franchisees and obligations for franchisors. However, the fact that franchisors hold considerably
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