As US moves out of Iraq, Iranian business moves in

In the heart of Baghdad’s Green Zone, just yards from the mighty fortress of the biggest US Embassy in the world, a small but symbolic challenge to America’s rapidly waning influence in Iraq is taking shape in the form of an Iranian ice cream parlor.Ice Pack, an aggressive new franchise that proclaims its intent to [...]

Supplement Store Unveils Elite Pre-Workout Formula for Serious Athletes

Complete Nutrition, the nation’s fastest growing franchise in the retail supplement segment, has announced the launch of its new pre-workout product, Blitzz, a concentrated blend of award-winning formulas designed to release a rush of strength, energy and endurance to elevate workouts. Blitzz is designed to supply the body with nutrients that help athletes train longer [...]

Fit couple launches Nutrition Zone location in Green Brook

Michael and Rosanne Bonnin are a team effort in many respects:# Married 15 years, they have six children between them, ages 6 to 32 # Their career backgrounds are related, covering food preparation and restaurant, banquet management # Both are health conscious and continue to work out, typically together, before their work day begins. Now [...]

Greene Turtle Named Fastest Growing Bar Franchise

One year after cracking Entrepreneur Magazine’s prestigious Top 500 fastest growing franchise list, the Ocean City-based Greene Turtle has made another quantum leap in the publication’s January issue and is now recognized as the country’s fastest growing sports bar franchise. From modest beginnings at the end of a north-end Ocean City shopping center in 1976, [...]

Couple launch first dairy ice cream franchise

A COUPLE who run a dairy farm are seeing brisk business at the first of what they hope will be a national franchise for their ice-cream parlours despite the winter snows. Husband-and-wife team John and Susan Archer, whose farm is just outside Darlington, are hoping to capitalise on the growing popularity of high-street dessert chains [...]

National Express back in the good books as its c2c franchise extended

National Express, which last year lost its franchise for the East Coast mainline between Edinburgh and London, had some better news yesterday when it had another of its key rail contracts renewed. The rail and bus group said it had been awarded a two-year extension to May 2013 to run the c2c commuter line by [...]

Franchise shows it is master of the fleet

A NEWLY-opened vehicle franchise in Birstall has secured a big contract. Crossroads Truck and Bus Ltd’s Nissan Light Commercial Vehicle franchise will supply a 15-strong fleet to NIC Services Group Ltd. NIC, the UK’s largest privately owned cleaning and support services company, needed the NV200 vans after it won a tender to maintain Metro’s bus [...]

Footwear Franchise Flip Flop Shops Steps into Tallahassee

Flip Flop Shops is exposing its toes in Tallahassee. The only lifestyle retail franchise to capture the essence of the flip flop connoisseur way of life, Flip Flop Shops recently opened its first local shop in Tallahassee at Governor’s Square Mall, located at 1500 Apalachee Way. “Flip flops have evolved into a premium lifestyle necessity, [...]

Express Convenience Centers grow with franchising

They’ve got a brand that’s recognized by Northeastern Wisconsin motorists who buy everything from gas, a quick meal, soda and coffee nearly every day of the week.Now, the operators of Kimberly-based Express Convenience Centers, a division of U.S. Venture, which recently changed its name from U.S. Oil, have packaged the concept and are offering it [...]

MCDONALD’S PARTNERS WITH FORCESELECT TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARMED FORCES

During a six month pilot, McDonald’s aims to employ 10 ex-service men and women, working closely with ForceSelect to match the skills of ex-service personnel to opportunities within the company. This includes restaurant vacancies, head office jobs and even franchise opportunities – a chance for people to own one or more McDonald’s restaurants. David Fairhurst, [...]

Mr. Rooter® Has Tips for Preventing and Thawing Frozen Pipes

Mr. Rooter Plumbing, a full-service plumbing and drain cleaning company, today released a series of tips for homeowners with frozen pipes. According to State Farm Insurance, an average of a quarter-million families have their homes ruined and their lives disrupted each winter because their pipes freeze and burst. “Taking some simple precautions can save you [...]

Insight: Parts choices will extend dealers’ all-makes options

The traditional view is that franchised dealers and independent parts suppliers fish from opposite banks of the river, but are things really that simple? The RMI’s franchised director, Sue Robinson, thinks not. “Because dealers are incentivised by their manufacturers to buy OEM parts, most are chasing parts targets to obtain bonuses, which discourages them from [...]

Cafe2U expands mobile coffee franchise business in the USA

Australian-born Cafe2U, the world’s largest mobile coffee franchise, is preparing to expand its operations internationally in the US marketplace, after successfully launching the concept run in California’s San Diego region in June 2010.There are currently 106 Franchise Partners operating across Australia with a further 52 operating in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. “Consumers [...]

Top Rated Franchise Announces Non Surgical Back Pain Cure, Coming to Major Cities Across America

Just five years ago, CNN/Money listed Spinal Aid “among the franchises with the brightest future.” Today Spinal Aid claims to have the answer to the nation’s leading cause of visits to primary health care providers…back pain, and Franchise Mall writes (2010); “Spinal Aid Centers of America is one of the nation’s leading medical Franchise systems”. [...]

Exciting business opportunities at The British and International Franchise Exhibition

The British & International Franchise Exhibition, from 18th to 19th March 2011, will be home to a vast range of franchises, five theatres featuring valuable and informative free seminars, as well as advice from experts on all aspects of franchised business across the world. As the only London exhibition endorsed by the British Franchise Association [...]

FRANCHISING FITNESS

Joe and Danica Campanale had amassed a pile of diet books atop their refrigerator.That wasn’t their plan. Meanwhile, though, they also had piled on the pounds, enough to grow out of their wardrobes and often enough, Danica says, to warrant “closets for fat clothes and skinny clothes.”That wasn’t their plan either. Tired of opening books, [...]

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Sandwich Franchise

Since 1 November 46 people reported feeling sick after eating at Jimmy John’s. The Illinois Department of Public Health said the alfalfa sprouts sandwich toppings used at the sandwich franchise are linked to the salmonella outbreak. The Illinois residents who reported feeling sick ate in restaurants in nine counties in Illinois – Will, Peoria, Winnebago, [...]

Corner Bakery Franchisees Planning 70 More Sites

Corner Bakery Café is planning to add more than 70 franchise locations in Houston, San Antonio, East Texas and El Paso. The Dallas-based chain will gain inroads into San Antonio and East Texas with the rollout. The plan is to more than double its location within four years. “We already have 22 thriving franchise and [...]

Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning Named Among Entrepreneur Magazine’s Green Franchises To Watch

In just a few years, Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning® has become one of the nation’s fastest-growing environmentally-friendly carpet cleaning services franchise, having expanded to more than 200 units across the United States with many more in development. That rapid expansion is a big reason Entrepreneur Magazine’s December issue tapped Oxi Fresh as one of twenty-one [...]

Pavers England plans US$15m investment

Pavers England Limited (PEL), a joint venture between UK based Pavers Ltd and the Foresight Smart Ventures, a division of London based Foresight Group, is set to expand its presence in the Indian footwear industry. The company has plans to introduce new product lines and launch unique services to strengthen its standing in the Indian [...]

Bucking Bull’s new concept store opens

Bucking Bull has unveiled its new concept store at Charlestown Square Shopping Centre in New South Wales. The latest addition to the 10 year old franchise is the first of its kind for Bucking Bull. The new concept store is the brand’s first venture into a back of house food court model, with many significant [...]

A day in the life of a Molly Maid franchise owner

Management franchise MOLLY MAID operates within a secure business sector delivering high quality, reliable domestic cleaning to thousands of homes across the UK. Regina MacDonald runs MOLLY MAID Bath and provides an insight into a typical day running her successful territory. 6:45am – Once I have turned my mobile alarm off, I check it for [...]

Franchise Expo South: The Art of Networking to Drive Franchise Sales

With some of the top franchisors in the industry confirmed to exhibit, potential candidates will have the opportunity to search among some of the best brands from around the world to see if their system is the right fit. With the International Franchise Association, sponsor of Franchise Expo South, predicting a modest upturn in franchising [...]

Love of trucks becomes a lifelong business

“Everyone loves trucks,” said Graham Warner, owner of Warner Industries. The statement is most true for Warner himself, whose own passion has led him to create a successful southern Saskatchewan dynasty that sells, services, finances and leases a variety of commercial vehicles. Warner began his lifelong love of trucks at an early age, first building [...]

Susan Hepburn Clinics franchise opportunity coming soon to the UK

Renowned hypnotherapist, Susan Hepburn is a world leading authority on weight loss and stop smoking methods operating a very successful Harley Street practice using the weight loss, stop smoking and other addictions methods she has personally developed and refined over the years. Susan has more than 23 years’ experience treating clients with weight problems, working [...]