Negatives and/or Positives

Franchising’s Annus Horribilis

Inside Retailing: The franchising sector has had better years… does 2010 promise rosier times ahead? A lthough the franchise sector abounds with hype and optimism, 2009 was not one of its landmark years. A winding back in financial support packages for prospective franchisees, the slowdown in retail development creating fewer opportunities for new locations and […]

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Landmark Taco Bell To Close

Lompoc Record: Bob Coe built the first Taco Bell in Lompoc in 1968, and now he’s about to close it. The nation’s struggling economy is not directly to blame, although business is down at Coe’s six Taco Bells on the Central Coast, just as it suffers everywhere else. Behind the impending closure of store No.

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The Darker Side Of Foodservice

Chain Leader: What is it you wish for most this year: More customers? Better marketing? Lower food costs? How about something as simple as staying in business? That thought occurred to me after talking to Tom Thees of Restaurant Equipment Retrieval, a Toledo-based company that repossesses foodservice equipment. Tom, whom I’ve known for many years,

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