College Hunks Hauling Junk Franchise News

Franchise Information Session to be held April 1 in San Francisco
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--College Hunks Hauling Junk and College Hunks Moving is expanding throughout California and is seeking franchisees for the San Francisco Bay area and Northern California.
“We receive numerous requests for service at our call center on a daily basis.”
Jason Killough, Director of Franchise Development for College Hunks, says the time is right to expand the company’s California presence. “We already have customer demand in California,” said Killough. “We receive numerous requests for service at our call center on a daily basis.”
College Hunks Hauling Junk was founded in 2003 by Omar Soliman and Nick Friedman, both college students at the time...

MLMC will provide local media relations and community relations campaigns for CHHJ’s individual franchise locations.
January 04, 2012 // Franchising.com // Tampa, Fla. - MLMC today announced a partnership with the Tampa-based junk removal and moving franchise, College Hunks Hauling Junk and College Hunks Moving, to provide local media relations and community relations support for each of the company’s U.S. franchise partners.
“We have always focused on sharing our story and giving back to the community through our partnerships and focused national media efforts,” said Christopher Jackson, Director of Marketing and Branding for College Hunks. “But with MLMC providing focused PR assistance to our franchise partners, we will truly have a game-winning strategy and a strong partner to help us execute it...

The Flourishing "College Hunks Hauling Junk" Franchise Expands into the Multi-Billion Dollar Moving Industry TAMPA, FL, April 25, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- It's hard to imagine how 6 years ago College Hunks Hauling Junk began with a beat-up cargo van in Washington DC, hauling unwanted items from local residents and businesses. Now a multi-million dollar franchise hauling junk in over 34 markets covering 85 zones in 21 states across the United States, College Hunks Hauling Junk has expanded its franchise service offering to include the multi-billion dollar moving industry with the launch of "College Hunks Moving."

"We're very excited to join this industry as a one-stop premium service. Since we began our company there was one major insight we gained from our customers: People always need help moving, not necessarily junking, their stuff...

First College Hunks Hauling Junk New England Franchise Opens for Business, Giving Area Residents and Businesses an Opportunity to Clean House for 2011. Boston, MA, December 12, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The new College Hunks Hauling Junk franchise in Boston, MA is an exciting addition to their franchise network, bringing the complete suite of home and office services to residents in New England for the first time. "I'm extremely excited to add Boston to our growing list of locations across the U.S., it's a great market, and a perfect fit for our brand," says CEO and Co-founder Omar Soliman."Don't be surprised when you see College Hunks Hauling Junk franchises popping up in new areas around New England in the near future."

Bill and Dawn Kelley, the owners of the new Boston franchise, are excited by the opportunity...

From executive suite to junk removal specialist, man executes plan to own his business and creates job opportunities for college students

FORT MYERS, Fla., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Fort Myers resident Douglas Stewart just traded in more than two decades as a corporate executive with a coat-and-tie past for a much bigger business: hauling junk. And this time, Stewart gets to be his own boss.

Stewart is the newest franchise owner for College Hunks Hauling Junk, the largest junk removal franchise in the U.S. and one of the fastest-growing franchises in America.
"When it comes to junk, people have it. Many don't want it. And a lot of them need serious help to get rid of it," Stewart says. For residents throughout Southwest Florida, Stewart now gives them that help...

Hauling companies continue to make green look good August 05, 2009 // Franchising.com // - College Hunks Hauling Junk is pleased to join forces with iReuse Hauling to keep more than 80% of junk collected from ending up in landfills by maximizing donation and recycling opportunities.

iReuse Hauling is an industry leading, green hauling company in California. Now in partnership with College Hunks Hauling Junk, the largest U.S. based junk hauling provider, the companies will provide environmentally friendly hauling solutions to commercial and residential customers nationwide.

"I am very excited about the partnership, because it helps turn our vision of servicing the community and environment into a reality," said Nick Friedman, President of College Hunks Hauling Junk...

In an election year, when we're bombarded with negative press, 26 Year Old College Hunks Hauling Junk founders rise to the top. Tampa, FL, --(PR.com)-- The College Hunks Hauling Junk niche: helping homeowners and small businesses "declutter," by disposing of unnecessary items; offering quality service; going "green;" and providing scholarship monies all at the same time.

This "win-win" scenario has propelled the owners of College Hunks Hauling Junk, Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman, to be named in INC Magazine's "30 Under 30" as "the next big stars of the business world." Their vision of providing junk hauling services for everyone from the individual homeowner who wants to get rid of items that are no longer useful, to the small businessperson who needs to clear out their office/warehouse space, dispose of construction debris, etc...

Former high school buddies turn a college business plan into a multi-million dollar hauling company. With 15 locations across the country, College Hunks Hauling Junk has become the largest US-based Junk Removal Franchise Opportunity. Tampa, FL, --(PR.com)-- College Hunks Hauling Junk has found a win-win scenario in this down economy…

They are helping homeowners and businesses across the country get rid of their unwanted "clutter," and are providing some "eye candy" as they do it.

Two childhood friends (Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman) decided to make money one summer when they were home from college by borrowing Omar's mom's van and hauling junk. Omar returned to college and wrote a business plan based on their business venture...

September 03, 2008 // Franchising.com // - TAMPA, Fla -- From Washington D.C. with nothing, to $3 Million in three years, and now to Tampa, 25-year-old College Hunks Hauling Junk President Nick Friedman and CEO Omar Soliman, have found a new national headquarters for the junk removal company they refer to as their "baby." They're armed with a fast-growth success story, a proven franchise model, an informed plan, not to mention junk removal franchises popping up all over the country – College Hunks Hauling Junk will now be running that operation from their new national hub at the Westshore Club.

With a memorably quirky name, logo, phone number, overt color palette, and bright, glossy trucks, College Hunks Hauling Junk will be hard to miss – in addition to the new Tampa-based headquarters, the Tampa hauling franchise, the company's tenth out of fifteen, is getting off the ground this month...

Clean-cut 'Hunks' haul emerging band across the country, armed with success story.

Tampa, FL, May 02, 2008 --(PR.com)-- While a slew of junk removal companies duke it out for market share, one in particular is not only picking up junk, it's picking up steam. Originally launched in 2005, College Hunks Hauling Junk is in the midst of a rapid growth spurt, opening eight franchises over the past six months.

'College Hunks Hauling Junk' originated when two college buddies (President Nick Friedman and CEO Omar Soliman, now 26 and 25, the youngest franchisers in the country) borrowed a beat-up truck and set out to earn extra money during summer vacation – they did. For school they created an award-winning business plan based on their summer experience, and upon graduation they put that plan in action...

November 19, 2007 // Franchising.com // - San Francisco, CA - Mike Callaway, General Manager of the new COLLEGE HUNKS HAULING JUNK San Francisco franchise, started his career as a lowly Wingman for the company's original operation in Washington, DC and now has driven the service vehicle across the country to open the West Coast operation. In his first year as an employee, sales hit $225,000. By his second year, they had quadrupled to $1.1 million. Callaway climbed the ranks as Truck Captain, Assistant Manager, and now has headed west to stake his claim as the General of the first West-coast operation.

"It's Manifest Destiny," jokes Callaway. "We have to stake our position on both coasts in order for our company to achieve the vision of being the nation's number one junk removal service...

August 28, 2007 - Washington, DC – College Hunks Hauling Junk (www.1800JunkUSA.com), the Washington, DC based junk removal company with franchises located in Orlando and Tampa, FL, recently sold its first West Coast franchise, an eight zone area development in San Francisco, CA.

"With the completion of our proprietary software and centralized call center for our national number '1-800-Junk-USA,' having a West Coast operation positions College Hunks Hauling Junk for expansion into every major metropolitan market in the country," states Nick Friedman, College Hunks Hauling Junk President.

College Hunks Hauling Junk recognizes the fact that they are not the first junk removal company to successfully franchise their concept...