Investor’s Business Daily: Tourists in Latin America might enjoy sampling the local tilapia, horchata or yucca fries. But if they get a hankering for comfort food, they won’t have to look far to find los arcos dorados — the Golden Arches. There are some 1,757 McDonald’s restaurants in Latin America, run through a franchise agreement […]
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QSRWeb.com: Franklin, Tenn.-based frozen dessert chain Tasti D-Lite has signed a 30-unit development agreement with Luis Velutini to expand into Central America. The plan entails 30 centers within 10 years across seven countries. The first unit is expected to open in Panama City, Panama before the end of 2011. Velutini, 36, spent the past 13
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Hispanically Speaking News: Latin American McDonald’s franchisee Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, in the regulatory filing, Arcos said it will be offering nearly 12.5 million class A shares. Selling shareholders will also be offering another 50 million class A’s as well.
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QSRweb.com: Cold Stone Creamery has signed three new partners in Singapore, Cyprus and Brazil. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based chain, owned by Kahala, has entered into franchising agreements to expand in these countries beginning this year. Kitchen Language is the master partner for Cold Stone in Singapore and Malaysia and is the food and beverage arm of
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Online News Website: Businesses in Brazil will have the opportunity to leverage WSI’s advanced digital marketing strategies with the recent opening of the company’s Master Franchise office in the region of São Paulo State. WSI’s 10th Master Franchise office, which is located in Araraquara, will be operated by Marcelo Cruz, who will lead the day-to-day
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ffog.net: Brazilian franchising sector has never been more heated, since the system began franchising in Brazil, nearly 30 years ago. In 2009, the sector grew 14.7% over 2008, totaling R $ 63.12 billion. For 2010, the outlook for growth is 18%. Data were submitted to the Agency by the president of Brazil Rio de Janeiro
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Business Wire: Quiznos, one of the nation’s premier quick-service restaurant chains and pioneer of the toasted sandwich, today announced that a master franchise agreement has been signed to expand into Argentina, Chile and Ecuador as part of the company’s recently announced initiative for international development. Current plans call for the development of 30 locations in
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TIME: I’ve been to this movie a few times.” Such was the response of one prominent Burger King franchisee, when asked for his reaction to the $4 billion leveraged buyout that will take the country’s No. 2 hamburger chain private for the second time in less than 10 years. In 2002, investment firms TPG Capital,
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PR Newswire: Iconic American restaurant chain, Johnny Rockets, today announced its first South American restaurant, opening in Chile’s capital city, Santiago. A special grand opening celebration is scheduled, all day, July 29, at the new shopping center location, at Av. La Dehesa 1201, Local 103. Despite the February earthquake that rocked their city, during construction,
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MarketWatch: Brazil Fast Food Corp. the second largest restaurant chain with 737 points of sale, operating in Brazil under the Bob’s brand, KFC and Pizza Hut Sao Paulo as franchisee of Yum! Brands, and Doggis as franchisee of GED, today announced the results of its 2010 annual general meeting of shareholders held on Tuesday, June
