Globe and Mail: At 82, Leroy (Bus) Earl Fuller is a legend in the restaurant trade, having come out of Montana as a young A&W franchisee and built the Earls casual-dining empire from a Western Canadian base. The Earls concept of drinking and dining has expanded to include brands such as Joey’s, Saltlik and Cactus […]
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Atlanta Business Chronicle: For some business-minded individuals looking to branch out on their own, a restaurant franchise can provide the opportunity for which they’ve been searching. Tony Joseph, an Atlanta franchisee of Asian quick-service restaurant Teriyaki Experience, has found success since opening his restaurant in 2007. Joseph, who is also director of U.S. operations and
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Construction Week Online India: In this interaction, Feroz Mansuri, Director, Fabtech Sterling Building Technologies, tells Niranjan Mudholkar why his firm believes it is the right time to introduce a new building technique in India through the franchise model How would you analyse the Indian market scenario with regards to the introduction of a new building
Brandweek Magazine: Since joining Subway as CMO of its Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust in 2006, Tony Pace has been quick to make change, boosting advertising from 52 weeks a year from 33 weeks at the chain that is now America’s second largest, after McDonald’s. He’s created a new digital marketing team and developed branded entertainment
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FayObserver.com: How is business? “Business is very good, not only in Fayetteville but it’s good all across Chick-fil-A. We’re enjoying double-digit sales increases across the chain… We just opened our very first store in the Chicago area this past weekend, and it opened with absolutely staggering sales right in the shadow of McDonald’s home office.
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Boston Globe: Rick Wolf is the president of Papa Gino’s Inc., the parent company of Papa Gino’s and D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches. The company operates more than 370 Papa Gino’s and D’Angelos in New England. He spoke with Globe reporter D.C. Denison. As a regional pizza company, do you have to cater to uniquely New England
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Living in Peru: Twenty-three years ago Miguel Castillo started a rotisserie chicken joint in the northern end of Lima, Peru, serving students from a nearby university. Now the chicken dish, pollo a la brasa, has become the most popular food in gastronomy-obsessed Peru and receives recognition abroad. The rapid expansion in Castillo’s La Canastas, however,
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Hotel News Now: In typical fashion, the Asian American Hotel Owners Association meeting in Chicago brought up several topics important to franchisees—topics that are frequently overlooked at many industry events. In the case of the this convention held at the city’s Navy Pier, general session topics included royalty fees, guest-loyalty programs and transparency in procurement
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QSR magazine: Subway’s director of development explains how the brand transformed into an international icon and which markets he’s watching for the future. The day QSR interviewed Subway’s director of development, Don Fertman, the sandwich chain was celebrating. It had just hit the 32,000-store mark the day before, and the company showed no signs of
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Smart Company: David and Charles Cohen helped their parents take over Matchbox homewares in 1996 when it was suffering financial difficulties. Since then, the chain has seen solid growth with revenue of $14.8 million during 2008-09. David says much of the growth has been due to the success of a solid franchising effort, and says
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