Voxy: Pie Face today entered into a memorandum of understanding with New Zealand partners to roll out at least 62 stores over the next 10 years across the North and South Island. The local partners Julian Field and Jared Palmer have a combined 17 years of QSR experience, Julian having been a multi-unit owner with […]
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Phoenix Business Journal: Phoenix-based real estate brokerage firm HomeSmart International has entered the Colorado market with the launch of an 800-agent franchise in Denver, company representatives said in a statement Monday. The new Denver operation is the 31st franchise that HomeSmart has launched across six states this year since it began a nationwide franchising crusade.
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Financial Post: When faced with the prospect of expanding a franchise into a new territory, many franchisors employ the model of master franchising. As opposed to direct franchising (where one franchisee is granted the right to open one business) or area development (where a franchisee is granted the right to open several businesses across a
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SmartCompany.com.au: A critical, but largely unexplored indicator of franchise performance and network health is franchisee tenure – the length of time someone operates as a franchisee. According to the Franchising Australia Survey*, franchisees stay with a system for an average of seven years. This figure was last reported in 2010, and remained unchanged from the
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Hospitality Technology: A Wendy’s franchisee has seen a value-rich payback, since replacing its old back office software with RTIconnect. In addition to greater accuracy, more information, and more convenience it is all at a fraction of the price. Owner of Allen Properties LLC, Mike Allen switched to RTIconnect by Restaurant Technology, Inc. (RTI) as the
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Rapid City Journal: A new fitness center in Sioux Falls is targeting an older market. The programs by Minnesota-based Welcyon (WELL’-see-on) are designed for people over 50, and emphasize personalized strength training, balance, aerobics and flexibility. The company’s strength training equipment, made in Finland, uses a card reader to track individual progress and set resistance.
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Lancashire Evening Post: A fast food restaurant boss has said plans to reject his bid for a 24-hour licence will stop him creating new jobs. Nigel Dunnington, the franchisee of the McDonald’s on Churchill Way, Leyland, said he plans to create up to 12 new roles if he secures the new licence for the restaurant.
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PR Web: Discovery Point has enlisted the lead generation experts at Franchise Clique to help the children’s development and education franchise expand in the Southeast and recruit new franchisees. Franchise Clique, one of the nation’s leading lead generation companies specializing in services and solutions for the franchise industry, has set to work designing a campaign
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Patch.com: After walking out on a meeting that would have seen another setback for Million Snacks’ plans to open an Orange location, franchisee Mohammad Khan told Patch all options are on the table for how to respond — and none of them are good. “I have no clue right now, you know?” he said when
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FW Business: ’Til We Meet Again, the franchised maker of custom caskets, urns and other funeral products that was booted from Glenbrook Square in May before the business even opened, now will open Sept. 15 in a strip mall at 6413 Lima Road. Nathan Smith, president, CEO and co-founder of The Willow Group LLC and
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