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    <description>Franchise industry news from over 1,000 franchise companies and business opportunities worldwide. Covering: general announcements, mergers, acquisitions, personnel changes, business expansion, media coverage, conference calls,earnings claims, product announcements, and strategic alliances.</description>
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  <title>Blenz Coffee Opens Up For South Okanagan Residents And Visitors </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Nancy and Brett DeWitt opened the door to their new Blenz Coffee shop in Penticton today with a Grand Opening Celebration, and invited the entire community to the party. &quot;Nancy and I are pleased to have our Blenz Coffee business located in Penticton.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:20:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Jamba, Inc. Announces Multi-Unit Restaurant Sale As Part Of Broader Refranchising Strategy</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Jamba, Inc. (Nasdaq: JMBA) announced today the sale of nine restaurants as part of its ongoing strategic refranchising program that was announced May 28, 2009. The overall refranchising initiative is expected to involve about 150 Company-owned...]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>UNO(R) Offers Free Pizza With Entree Purchase On July 4</title>
    <description><![CDATA[UNO(R) is gearing up for Independence Day by offering a free individual deep dish or flatbread pizza with the purchase of an entree of equal or greater value to all guests who dine at UNO on July 4th. The free pizza offer allows guests to j]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>U.S. Military Veteran Opens Pizza Franchise Under Little Caesars Veterans Program</title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/littlecaesarspizza/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/littlecaesarspizza/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. today proudly celebrates the grand opening of another store under the Little Caesars Veterans Program, as former U.S. Marine Corps Platoon Sergeant Billy Tucker opens his Little Caesars Pizza restaurant at...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/12174/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Pizza Patr&amp;oacute;n Opens Second Quick Service Pizza Restaurant</title>
    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.franchising.com/pizzapatron/"><img src="http://www.franchising.com/pizzapatron/images/banner_sm.gif" width="120" height="60" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" /></a>Pizza Patron, the premier Latin pizza brand, today announced the grand opening of its second Quick Service Pizza (QSP) outlet in San Antonio, Texas. The restaurant is located at 827 S. Zarzamora St. in a densely populated residential community, just...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/12170/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Edible Arrangements(R) Sweetens Summer With A Limited-Time Gourmet Fruit Giveaway</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Looking for a way to sweeten the deal this summer? Edible Arrangements, the pioneer and leader in hand-sculpted, fresh-fruit displays, is showing consumers its appreciation with the company's first-ever, nationwide gourmet chocolate-dipped fruit giveaway.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/12175/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>McDonald's(R) 365Black(R) Awards Celebrate African American Community And Business Leaders</title>
    <description><![CDATA[McDonald's 2009 365Black Awards continues to recognize prominent African Americans in a year when the concept of change has gained significant attention. Each 2009 recipient of the McDonald's 365Black Awards is inspiring and stimulating change that...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/12176/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:35:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Latin America Targeted For Expansion Of Johnny Rockets Brand</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Recently signing a ten-restaurant franchising agreement for Mexico City, and a twelve-unit deal for eastern Mexico, Johnny Rockets has now focused efforts to move the brand south, to Central and South America.]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/12167/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Edible Arrangements Experiences Double Digit Franchise Sales Growth In 2009</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Edible Arrangements, the pioneer and leader in hand-sculpted, fresh fruit arrangements, is rapidly expanding its national footprint with today's announcement that the company has experienced double-digit growth since January 2009, including the...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/12177/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Toys &quot;R&quot; Us, Inc. Announces Pricing Of $950 Million Of Property Subsidiary's Senior Notes Due 2017</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Toys &quot;R&quot; Us, Inc. announced today the pricing of $950 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2017 to be issued by TRU 2005 RE Holding Co. I, LLC, which will be renamed Toys &quot;R&quot; Us Property Company I, LLC (the &quot;Issuer&quot;), one of...]]></description>
    <link>http://www.franchising.com/pressreleases/12178/</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:20:00 PDT</pubDate>
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