| Nov 10 | WCFE and RFDC Both Rocking with Business How fun to see business booming again--at least it appears so in much of the franchise sector. Nov 4th-6th at the LA Convention Center we saw all different types of people walking through the hall. The LA Times, LaOpinion, FoxBusiness.com and Univ.. |
| Oct 26 | The Impact of Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns Madison Heights, MI based Hungry Howie\'s knows a thing or two about a thing or two. Firstly they have great pizza and and over 500 stores so there\'s that. But their Love, Hope and Pizza campaign has raised over a quarter of a million dollars and 201.. |
| Oct 4 | Uno\'s Signs Their Biggest Deal Ever So much for the recession--someone is buying franchises! In the largest franchise deal in its 68-year history, Uno’s announces plans for the opening of 30 locations of Uno Dué Go, its fast-casual concept, throughout Texas by FGR Food Corporation. .. |
| Oct 3 | As a Business Owner, Could you and Should you Make a Difference? You\'ve reached your goals--it\'s been nothing but hard work for years--but your entrepeneurial vision has finally paid off. Problems and obstacles? Sure but what business does NOT have those? It\'s now time for you to give something back. Many franch.. |
| Sep 27 | Delays in Openings Very Frustrating! Such dismay over delayed restaurant openings and rightfully so. I get lots of comments from readers and recently I was asked several times when YO!Sushi, the hot U.K. concept that\'s coming stateside, will finally open in Washington D.C. The buzz.. |
| Sep 19 | Applebee’s Franchisee Who Pushed for Change I enjoyed this short discussion with Zane Tankel, a 34-unit Applebee\'s franchisee in New York. He pushed corporate for changes such as removing the baggy shirt and tie requirement (he says “who wants to look at girls behind the bar all buttone.. |
| Sep 5 | Reversal: Franchisor acquiring Franchisees The trend has been for franchisors, especially for publicly traded ones, to sell more and more of their corporate owned stores. Why? The financial argument has been that earnings are stabilized by managing a franchise operation (simple income stream.. |
| Aug 31 | Fitness Clubs See Drop in Memberships Larger fitness clubs are seeing a drop in membership, and former fast growth clubs are turning flat to negative. This is not just happening in the USA, but also in Australia where giant Fitness First is seeing a decline in membership. Fitness First .. |
| Aug 27 | Forms are back up The discussion forums are back up for people to ask questions and get responses from me and the community. I had to restore with a copy from earlier in the year, so I apologize if I lost your post. Thanks for your patience! |
| Aug 3 | Forum Will Be Back Soon; Blog Posting Will Resume I apologize for the forum being down for so long. I will install a backup and get it functioning again. There is a lot of great content in there. On a similar note, I had a new son born a few months ago which has absorbed most of my spare time. I wi.. |
| May 5 | Papa John’s Franchisee to Go Public in Germany, Previous Fraud with In.. WorldWide Papa\'s is going public on the heels of opening up its 5th store in Russia. But, there are people who claim to have invested with WordWide Papa in Russia but were ignored by the company once they received the investment. The whole story isn.. |
| Apr 5 | Graeter’s To Reopen Two Closed Franchise Locations When a franchisee fails, you don\'t often see the franchisor swoop in and take over the lease and operate failed location, but Graeter\'s is doing just that in Kentucky . Graeter\'s corporate is acquiring several stores like it did for another franchis.. |
| Mar 24 | 10 Strongest Retail Markets source: National Restaurant News 1. Washington, D.C. 2. San Francisco 3. New York City 4. Boston 5. San Diego 6. San Jose/South Bay 7. Baltimore 8. Philadelphia 9. Seattle 10. Pittsburgh I would agree with Washington, D.C. being number 1. I\'ve spoke.. |
| Mar 17 | Back up! Dear Franchise Pundit readers, Sorry for the sudden downtime for the past few weeks. I had a problem with my web host and had to make a sudden switch, and I had a new baby boy born! My head is back in the game and I\'ll work to get things updated. .. |
| Jan 30 | Crepe Franchises – A big flop I\'ve seen several Crepe restaurant + cafes lately start up in the USA. I don\'t think they\'ll be successful like their cousins in Canada and Europe. It just doesn\'t make that good of a sandwich wrap for the American palate and people aren\'t used t.. |
| Jan 29 | Negotiating a Commercial Lease, Especially Restaurants I just finished negotiating a commercial lease for a restaurant and thought this would be a good opportunity to relay some real time advice on the topic. Everything is negotiable in a lease agreement. You simply have to ask for it in a sensible and.. |
| Jan 10 | Starbucks New Logo Starbucks changed its iconic logo. The most noticeable change is removing the Starbucks name and making it a bit more simple. It\'s a bold move. I\'m not sure how many people know that female image is actually the Starbuck\'s logo. I\'m sure it will wor.. |
| Dec 7 | Urban Flats – How to Fix this Failing Restaurant last edited: December 13, 2010, 1:05am [improved a few poorly worded sentences] I\'ve noticed several franchised “Urban Flats Flatbread & Wine Co.” closing this year in the southeast, such as Orlando FL, Winter Park FL, Lawrenceville GA, .. |
| Nov 19 | Benefits of Attending a Franchise Business Show As the business of franchising continues to expand and new concepts coming up now and then in the market, business shows like Franchise India 2010 offer an inside perspective into the franchising world. This type of a franchise show invites investors.. |
| Nov 18 | Quiznos promotes former franchisee to COO Hopefully the promotion of Michael Roeper to COO of Quiznos will help the franchisee\'s profitability. Roeper owned several Quiznos units in Chicago from 2000-2006. SOURCE |