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After leaving his role as Contract Manager for a scaffolding company in 2008, Cliff Barlow went on to start his own marketing and development business, but it wasn’t long before he was ready to take on another challenge. While searching the internet for cleaning and car valeting business opportunities, Cliff came across award-winning domestic and [...]
Prior to joining FDS Southern in 2005, I spent 15 years as Recruitment and Franchise Manager for a well-known franchise brand in the food-manufacturing sector, where I successfully developed the concept into a network of franchise owners across the UK and Ireland. During this time I gained valuable ‘coal face’ experience of all aspects of [...]
One of the most useful checks when researching a franchise opportunity is to talk to a company’s existing franchise owners, as they will be a font of invaluable first-hand, non-corporate opinions of what it is like to run the franchise. By talking to them, you will be able to receive realistic insights into how many [...]
Life-long resident Ed Goschinski is the owner/operator of 101 Mobility’s new Ohio Franchise serving Cincinnati, Dayton and surrounding areas. Goschinski brings over two decades of management and sales experience from the retail industry to the organization. He is a life-long resident of the Cincinnati and Dayton areas and actively involved in the communities he will [...]
Tyson Murphy knew it was time to make his move. The 36-year-old former mortgage broker from Las Cruces, N.M., embarked on a career change, moved his family to Texas and opened a Home Instead Senior Care® office in August 2011 in the midst of a lackluster economy. Murphy is part of a national trend: A [...]
BuscaTuFranquicia.com is pleased to report that registrations from Hispanic entrepreneurs who are looking to open a food franchise have increased compared to 2010 figures. Furthermore, food franchises all across the United States have seen growth during 2011. This is particularly true for fast food outlets wherein the target market are young and energetic people who [...]
Coverall was a featured exhibitor at this weekend’s Franchise Expo South, the premier franchise expo serving the Southeastern U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean. The Expo, held this year at the Miami Beach Convention Center on January 20-22, was an opportunity for potential business owners to talk with hundreds of franchising companies and learn about [...]
As America continues to grapple with exploding health care costs, Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have placed a renewed emphasis on eliminating avoidable hospital readmissions. These readmissions are typically caused by insufficient post-hospitalization care, failure to adhere to medication or therapy regimens and lack of support and supervision for recently discharged patients. [...]
Panda Dry Cleaners LLC (PDC), in collaboration with Procter & Gamble (P&G), is bringing industry-leading innovation and breakthrough cleaning technology to its customers with the Grand Opening of its first Tide Dry Cleaners(R) store, at 10140 Eastern Avenue in Henderson, Nevada. The franchise location is the first of five Tide Dry Cleaners the company plans [...]
“It makes you feel good to know that you can help support the community,” said Mike Ricks, franchise operator of Chick-fil-A in Aliso Viejo. “We distributed 8,500 sandwiches to the community before we opened — all free,” Ricks said. Soon after the restaurant’s Sept. 1, 2011 opening, Chick-fil-A began supporting Aliso Viejo schools. During a [...]
Anna Wilds is in the business of getting people in business for themselves. Wilds is a certified and award-winning FranChoice franchise consultant, and her job is to talk with people interested in buying a franchise to see whether it’s a good step for them. When most people think of franchises they think drive-thru restaurants, but [...]
After 22 years of slow growth, a chain of ‘50s-style themed restaurants has developed an appetite for expansion. The Massachusetts-based 5 & Diner is seeking a local franchisee to open a store in the Greater Hartford region in 2012 and establish a foothold in the market. The fast-casual chain, which started in 1989 as a [...]
Dunkin’ Donuts has signed a multi-unit store development agreement with existing franchisee, Savoureux Corp., for 12 new restaurants in North Omaha, Neb. and Sioux City, Iowa, with the first restaurant planned to open in 2013. Savoureux Corp. is led by NFL greats and former University of Nebraska football players Kris Brown and Zach Wiegert, who [...]
Ahead of the 2010 election when cutbacks were promised by all parties, Hayley Dwyer knew that her work providing administration support to the public sector would dry up. “It would have left me with no income and nothing to do, so my husband Andy and I started looking into buying a business,” says 37-year-old Hayley. [...]
There is a lightness in Ron Swan’s step as he strolls through the Home Safe Living showroom in Dartmouth. He has just returned from a business trip to Cape Breton, where he sealed the deal on the company’s first franchise. The family-owned business provides guidance, medical equipment and accessible home renovations for seniors and persons [...]
Ever since we spoke about this particular company last week, the letters have not stopped coming in about the incredible luxury that’s being offered to ‘everyone’ by FaceLuXe and its ‘parent’ company, MassageLuXe. In fact, ever since we talked about the “virtual tour” located on their website, most of us – including me – have [...]
FANTASTIC SAMS Hair Salons, the country’s leading network of full service salons, announced today that DESSANGE International has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Fantastic Sams Holding Corp. Fantastic Sams Hair Salons has a company operated and franchise network of over 1,200 salons in 46 states with over 13,000 salon employees in North America. [...]
An Oklahoma-based pizza company that lets you pick your own toppings and then cooks your pizza in less than three minutes plans to open a restaurant and franchise training store in Springfield. John Locher, development agent for Top That! Pizza, said the company has a possible site near the intersection of Kimbrough Avenue and Walnut [...]
Every year millions of people find a renewed sense of potential come January 1. That means resolving to do things like get fit, lose weight or tone up. Snap Fitness, the franchisor of more than 1,200 24/7 fitness centers worldwide, is making a resolution of its own – to continue finding ways to help members [...]
Liquid Nutrition Group Inc. (“Liquid Nutrition” or “Company”) announced today that franchise opportunities in Ottawa / West Quebec and Kingston, Canada have sold out following the similar success in Toronto and British Columbia in the fall 2011. Ten retail locations are scheduled to open throughout the National Capital Region with two additional locations slated for [...]
Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream & Treatery are introducing three new Waffle Bowl Sundaes to kick off the New Year. Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream & Treatery are managed by GFG Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Franchise Group. The new Waffle Bowl Sundaes include: Chocolate Salted Pretzel Sundae: Pretzel Ice [...]
The MoBay store will represent the chain’s first attempt to grow its outlets in 14 years, and its second in 16 years of operation in Jamaica. Meantime, the outlet at Mall Plaza in Kingston is currently being relocated to Manor Park. “We have been looking for a long time and now we’ve get the opportunity,” [...]
Charlie Robbins, 46, the owner of ShelfGenie of Kentucky (502-794-0794, crobbins@shelfgenie.com and www.shelfgenie.com), grew up in the Highlands but lived in Lexington and in Nashville, Tenn., for more than 25 years before moving back to Louisville in 2010. He graduated from the University of Kentucky’s College of Business and Economics in 1988 with a bachelor [...]
Intero Franchise Services, Inc. announced its continued expansion with the opening of a new international location in San Jose del Cabo within the municipality of Los Cabos, Mexico. This office will be in the center of town, located next door to the local Starbucks, at Local 7 in the plaza mega commercial. Franchise owners and [...]
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”), has signed a purchase and assumption agreement to acquire 37 retail banking branches currently owned by HSBC Bank NA, (“HSBC”) in Buffalo and Rochester, NY. This transaction will strengthen Key’s ability to grow its presence, acquire customers and provide exceptional service to [...]
