Strategy

Nicky’s Firehouse Doubles Size With $1M Renovation

Patch.com: Nicky’s Firehouse Restaurant & Pizza in Madison may someday be the flagship for a Firehouse franchise. The 20-year-old Central Avenue restaurant recently reopened its doors after doubling its size with a million-dollar renovation and owner Nick Lardieri has his sights set on franchising the business to other towns in the area. Essentially, everything is […]

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Franchise Foundry And franchisEssentials Enter Strategic Partnership With Official Merger On The Horizon

MarketWatch: franchisEssentials, a consultancy, marketing and development organization for franchise concepts, announced today that it has entered a strategic partnership agreement with venture capital firm, Franchise Foundry. Although a formal merger of the two brands is still forthcoming, franchisEssentials is immediately moving forward as the consulting arm of Franchise Foundry with the President and CEO

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Six Recruitment Lessons From The $1.2 Million Billy Baxter’s Case

SmartCompany.com.au: A recent Victorian Supreme Court decision that has awarded $1.2 million in damages to a franchisee of an unsuccessful outlet of coffee and restaurant franchise Billy Baxter’s contains serious lessons for both franchisees and franchisors. First of all, the case was an appeal, which overturned a previous decision that required the franchisee to pay

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Lovin’ Spoons Partners With Freshëns Quality Brands To Unveil New Proprietary Yogurt

Franchising.com: Customers visiting a Lovin’ Spoons store will soon be able to dig into cups of the company’s own self-branded frozen yogurt. The growing yogurt franchise has formed a strategic alliance with Freshëns Quality Brands, the nation’s largest yogurt and smoothie company, to create and manufacture a new proprietary yogurt lineup scheduled to launch in

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Signal Graphics Franchise’s New Service Expands Social Media Potential For Businesses Of All Sizes

‎FranchiseKey.com: Franchise Services, Inc. has announced that their Sir Speedy, PIP and Signal Graphics brands now offer websites inside Facebook. According to the information provided, this service complements the brands’ existing desktop and mobile website design services, providing a more comprehensive overall Web presence for their clients. The service leverages Facebook’s applications platform, to create

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‎Why Digital Menus Are So Important For Smashburger To Ride The Gourmet Burger Craze

Business Insider: The rise of the upscale burger chain continues, but it’s getting quite crowded in the space. Entrenched brands like Five Guys Burgers and Fries and The Counter jockey for position as chains like Carls Jr. and In-N-Out Burger begin to straddle the line between fast food and fast casual. Soon, the craze may

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