Franchising.com: The Original SoupMan is pleased to announce the re-launch of OriginalSoupman.com, offering new consumer-focused, highly interactive elements. The new site seamlessly integrates the company’s primary lines of business, as the website’s bold and bright homepage easily allows consumers to navigate via four main categories, Soup For You!, Dining Near You!, Grocers Near You! and […]
Toronto Star: What’s served in Halifax with plenty of mayonnaise and is as popular as the iPad 2? (Popular for a few hours this past Wednesday, that is.) Canadian Twitter users were somewhat perplexed to see the McLobster — sold at McDonald’s restaurants in the Maritimes and New England — mysteriously become a hot topic
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FranchiseUpdate: Now that we are freshly off the annual rite of late fall–the annual budget process–it might be a good time to consider how it could be done differently next time around. Conceptually, the budgeting process for franchise companies is pretty simple: pick some revenue numbers that build off the previous year’s performance and do
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Franchising.net.au: The home care franchise Just Better Care has set up its first office in Melbourne and will employ 35 local care workers. Local staff employment is part of the policy of providing employment to people from the community it serves. The new employees come from Sunshine, Melton, Tarneit and Werribee. Just Better Care provides
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This Is Hampshire.net: CREATIVE marketing agency and business support service provider TWA is providing a free golden opportunity to anyone considering franchising their business. Over recent months, unemployment figures have been at an all-time high. With companies making cut-backs, there are thousands of professional, experienced and qualified individuals facing redundancy. Too young to retire and
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The Franchise Magazine: The economic downturn has lead to more homeowner investing in home improvements, which according to Granite Transformations, has had an impact on the worktop colours consumers are purchasing. Granite Transformation states that the trend, known as ‘nesting’, where homeowners choose to spend money on their existing properties while they ride out the
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Boston Globe: Sal Lupoli, President/CEO of Sal’s Pizza Retail and Wholesale Divisions, Salvatore’s Restaurants and Riverwalk Properties, proudly announces a new Sal’s Pizza opening at 139 Lynnfield St. in Peabody, MA. This brings the store count for the fast-growing franchise to 45, with 2 more area locations also slated to open soon; Brookline Ave. near
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Denver Business Journal: After some disappointing years, franchising is expected to rise again nationally in 2011 — and companies are ready to take advantage of that trend in Colorado. The International Franchise Association (IFA), based in Washington, D.C., forecast a 4.7 percent rise in economic output — the gross value of goods and services a
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Franchising.com: The humble hot dog is getting a rebuild from four different angles thanks to SONIC®, America’s Drive-In®. The nation’s largest chain of drive-in restaurants is unveiling a line of four Premium Beef Hot Dogs in what the Rachel Ray Show has declared is the “Year of the Hot Dog.” This American food staple has
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PR Web: Women’s Money Coaching International (WMCI) is pleased to announce that they have joined forces with Upside Group Franchise Consulting to expand their franchise base. According to Neil Palache, WMCI President and Founder, “Upside’s ability to make the complex simple is second to none. I knew going in that franchising in general would be
