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CONSUMERS may not be as cash-strapped as analysts predicted if trading updates from two fast-food operators on Monday are anything to go by. With consumers plagued by rising fuel and electricity costs, many analysts had predicted consumer spending would slow. But restaurant franchise group Famous Brands said on Monday that basic and headline earnings per [...]
Pompano Beach, FL-based WAFFY’S is a new fast-casual restaurant franchise concept that will be introduced at this week’s Franchise and Business Opportunities Expo, being held in the Broward County Convention Center, September 22-23. The Franchise Expo draws over 1,700 exhibitors and 65,000 attendees nationally. The Franchise Expo showcases the latest new concepts in franchising. WAFFY’S [...]
Local business players have voiced their objections to a planned regulation on retail stores and restaurant franchises, saying that the rule would severely affect their future business growth. The new rule, currently being finalized by the Trade Ministry, will limit the number of company-owned units operated by franchisors to 100 outlets to encourage the development [...]
US-based restaurant franchise Tropical Smoothie Café is to open its outlet in Florida A&M University (FAMU) campus. The café will be located in the downstairs food court next to Pizza Hut and WOW Wings Café. FAMU business and auxiliary services director Byron Williams told thefamuanonline.com that he has been working hard to ensure it will [...]
A FAST food restaurant franchisee who launched his own war on litter has backed our Let’s Clean Up campaign. McDonald’s franchise Matt Jarrett, who runs restaurants in Ryhall Road in Stamford, Glinton, Haddon and Wisbech, felt so strongly about litter that last year he bought a green van and employed a litter operative to pick [...]
Accredited Members, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Accredited Members Holding Corporation ACCM -30.00% and a leading publisher of information and research about small and micro cap companies, today announced it plans to introduce the Southern Hospitality Restaurant franchise opportunity to attendees at its Spring 2012 Micro Cap Investment Conference, with serial investor and international music [...]
For the salads that Don Copp sells at seven Papa Murphy’s stores in the Yakima Valley, he opts to purchase romaine hearts and cut and clean them in-house. The parent company doesn’t require it; it’s fine with pre-cut, pre-washed lettuce. But with strict food safety standards, Copp prefers to exceed them when he can. So [...]
You might’ve noticed the empty building on Holcombe that used to house a Washington Mutual Bank branch has received some serious renovations. JerryBuilt Homegrown Burgers has been setting up shop and is now almost ready to open its doors to the community for a customer experience unlike any other. One of the restaurant owners and [...]
“Welcome to Moe’s!” will soon be the words heard across Columbus, Ohio. Moe’s Southwest Grill, the fast-growing restaurant franchise best known for its flavorful southwest fare and distinct brand announced today it is seeking to expand its presence into Columbus, Ohio. With the fast-casual Mexican industry experiencing exponential growth and increase in consumer demand, Moe’s [...]
Data relating to customers of the McDonald’s fast food franchise has been leaked, after a failure of the security at the company which provides the email service to the firm. The data in question was gathered by McDonald’s from its website and was subsequently accessed illicitly by a third party, according to a statement from [...]
For Cheshire-based Jake’s Wayback Burgers, setting themselves apart from other hamburger restaurant chains was all in the name.The company’s recent name change — from Jake’s Hamburgers to Jake’s Wayback Burgers, with an emphasis on “Wayback” — is part of a rebranding strategy focusing on growing the company’s franchise properties throughout the region and other into [...]
Most franchises in the food industry are wonderfully successful and, as business owners catch wind of the benefits, are growing in numbers and popularity. To some outsiders, this might be construed as a risky business move, but the best part about owning a food franchise is that it is still one of the few guaranteed [...]
America, as the adage goes, is truly the land of opportunity. How else to explain how two Columbian businessmen who were kidnapped and held captive in the Columbian jungle went on to come to the United States, devise a business plan and embark on a journey of creating a franchise of crepe restaurants?It doesn’t get [...]
Everyone loves a family restaurant and when there’s Italian passion and good food involved it’s a winner. And that is how the franchised restaurant chain La Porchetta began 25 years ago. Take yourself back to a time when the majority of Melbourne’s Italian restaurants were in Lygon Street, Carlton. The suburb seemed the obvious place [...]
Focus is on franchisee recruitment, target markets and nontraditional development
Restaurant giant Subway has long touted itself as a healthier alternative to some other fast-food chains
Having shut up shop and left Singapore in previous years, several food franchises have recently returned. Here’s a list of brands that are back, and a news about what’s changed in their post-recession incarnations. Chili’s Grill & Bar After more than a decade away, the Chili’s American chain returned to Singapore in 2009, opening two [...]
MARYVILLE, Tenn., Aug 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ruby Tuesday, Inc., a leader in high-quality casual dining is increasing its franchised restaurant presence in Hawaii. RT Hawaii Restaurants, Inc. plans to open three new Ruby Tuesday restaurants within the next three years; the first restaurant is slated to open in June 2011. Principal investors in [...]
The Melting Pot, an American franchise restaurant known for its romantic fondue meals and cocktails, has opened its first Canadian franchise on Edmonton’s south side.
Subway, the US-based sandwich-shop chain, plans to open its first store in Vietnam in August
SACRAMENTO, CA — It’s the restaurant known for its food and better known for the women who serve it. But a group of former Hooters servers is suing the eatery, claiming mistreatment. The class-action lawsuit is against the owners of five Central Valley Hooters from Bakersfield to Sacramento. The suit claims that franchise owners broke [...]
Sizzler Re-Ignites Franchising
“It’s very difficult to run a franchise operation from a distance, it just is,” Braden says. “You end up just working on problems.”
While Taco Bell isn’t the only fast food franchise to have jumped on the reduced-calorie bandwagon, it is one of the few to promote their low fat offerings so widely. However, the distinction for being the first chain to have a fast food weight loss spokesperson goes to Subway.
Ranked No. 24 in Longevity Category in AllBusiness.com’s All Star Franchise List The Colony, TX – Pizza Inn, an international pizza restaurant chain with more than 300 restaurants in 11 countries, ranked No. 24 in the longevity category and #225 overall in a comprehensive analysis of more than 800 franchise systems by AllBusiness.com. Tweet This [...]
