Minuteman Press International Franchise News

July 22, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – The Minuteman Press in Lowell, MA, owned by Mark Cassidy, recently had a reptile problem! The Canaillgators the mascots for the Lowell Spinners, who are the local minor league baseball team, paid Minuteman Press a visit to film a segment of "Where are they?"

Minuteman Press is a sponsor of the Lowell Spinners, as well as one of the team's printers. They also have a billboard in the outfield which gives them great exposure to the community. The mascots came to their store to film a segment of the coveted "Where are they" series that plays in between innings. The series has the mascots pictured in a local business that sponsors the team, doing the jobs around the business, and the fans try to guess where the mascots are! This has been a great marketing tactic for Mark and his staff as the exposure for their center has grown tremendously; they also thoroughly enjoyed having the Canaillgators visit...

June 29, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Jiten Raikundalia, owner of the Loughborough, Leicestershire UK center, had been teaming up with his local BNI groups to raise money for a local charity. Not only has he been doing charity work with the Parkside and South Derbyshire BNI groups, he is also the recipient of two BNI awards.

Recently his BNI groups teamed up with a local charity called Children in Need, they were able to raise 250 pounds by doing a Fancy Dress luncheon where BNI members dressed up in costumes while meeting. Not only did they raise money for the charity but they also raised awareness of children in need.

Jiten also received the Notable Networker award from the Parkside BNI group, for bringing in the most referrals, and the Notable Networker award from the South Derbyshire BNI group for his outstanding performance in a leadership role, where he is the secretary and treasurer...

June 16, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Habeel Tariq, owner of the Minuteman Press is Glasgow Scotland, has linked up with the Well Foundation. The Well Foundation is a charity that takes on projects to build Water Wells in areas throughout the world who either struggle for water supply or have poorly treated water, in other words they help aid areas of drought and disease from dirty water.

Habeel regularly promotes the Well Foundation on advertising material that the store uses and at marketing and advertising events the store regularly visits; as well as donating to the charity. Next up for the store is a 10k run in Glasgow, that both Habeel and members of staff are running in. They are hoping that the run raises more money than the last event that they participated in...

June 10, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY - Store owner of the Ayr, Minuteman Press center in Scotland, Jeff
Whittle is not only involved with but, along with one or two other Local Business Owners is credited with creating and setting up the "Ayr Independent Shops & Businesses". The group has now become a cooperative business dedicated to promoting local businesses within the community. They run on a non-for-profit basis and put profits towards advertising and marketing local independent business in the town including Minuteman Press of Ayr.

So far Jeff and some of his colleagues have been in the newspaper, a Scottish National Television News program, and the Local Radio Station. The television news program actually had a segment that showed Jeff's store in the background...

June 10, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY - Parris Frisby, owner of the Akron, OH Minuteman Press center, was riding in style two weekends ago, as he participated in the annual Kenmore Community Days Parade. On Saturday May 28th, 2011 Parris along with his PT Cruiser car road along the streets of Akron, throwing bags of candy out to excited onlookers.

The cruiser recently had some work done to it; Parris had the car body wrapped to display his Minuteman Center's information and details about what his company does.

Parris was extremely honored to partake in the festivities and even sponsored the event by providing flyers for the Kenmore Community Council. If you missed the PT Cruiser and Parris you can see them again on August 5th, 2011 where they will be participating in the Doylestown Car Show, which they are also a sponsor of...

June 07, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – For the past 3 and a half years Diana and Jeff Merritt, owners of the Salisbury Minuteman Center in Maryland, have been giving their time to help support our service men and women who are deployed overseas. They started a non-for-profit organization in their area called Operation We Care. On Sunday May 22nd, 2011 they held a packing party at the Powellville Fire House in Powellville, MD. Diana said they had 150 volunteers come in from all areas and they were able to send about 250 packages with various items. They were overjoyed with the amount of people who came out and volunteered their time to make sure the members of the armed services who are overseas know that they have support back home...

May 18, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Joanne Miner, owner of Minuteman Press in Miramar, FL, was recently honored as one of the 100 Outstanding Women of Broward County.

The gala which took place on May 12th, 2011, at the Signature Grand in Davie, honored 100 women in Broward County for their Outstanding Accomplishments in the charity and philanthropic community. When Joanne found out she was being honored for her achievements, she was humbled as always, for even having been considered. Joanne's charity work with her church group as well as owning and running a very successful Minuteman Press center are what sets her apart from others.

The gala featured a fashion show with designs by Rene Ruiz, an up-and-coming fashion designer, as well as hair and make up for all the 100 outstanding women...

May 18, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – JD Gumm runs and manages the International Minute Press in Reno, Nevada with his wife Cindy, whose father John Hill owns the business. During a recent marketing call, JD was able to score a new client, the Reno Aces. The Reno Aces are the Minor League baseball team out of Reno, Nevada, and International Minute Press is now their "Preferred Printer."

JD's diligent, persistent, professional and consistent follow up, is what led the Aces to see what a great company the International Minute Press of Reno is, and that they would be able to meet all their printing needs. JD and his staff are overjoyed that they are the Reno Aces preferred printer, and hope to continue building new relationships with new clients, and keeping old clients coming back...

May 11, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) of Seattle, WA recently held their annual "Big Climb" event. Steve Cooper, Minuteman Presses Regional Vice President for the Pacific Northwest area, teamed up with Wilma Comenat, campaign director of LLS Seattle, to help raise money for the Society.

On March 20th, 2011 Steve, along with Minuteman Mascot Coach Clock-head, and hundreds of other participants took part in the "Big Climb". The event which took place at the Columbia Center in Seattle is geared at raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The "Big Climb" is a race to see who can get to the top of the Columbia Center, which is the tallest building in Seattle, the fastest...

May 05, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Jim Landrigan, owner of the Minuteman Press center in Brattleboro, VT, was recently selected to sit on the board of directors for the Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce. Jim found out about 2 weeks ago that he was appointed to be of the board. His term as a board member will run through 2014.

He will be in charge of two committees; the first will be the membership committee which is in charge of recruitment of new members for the chamber and the second one will be the marketing committee. He is excited to head the marketing committee for many reasons, one in particular being the chance to look for new and exciting ways to market to people outside of Brattleboro, to have them visit...

May 03, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Jeannie Wagner, owner of the Crystal Lake, IL Minuteman Press center, has added to her marketing mix, along with the marketing programs Minuteman Press has to offer. She recently purchased Billboard signs in 6 different locations to help drive business to her. The billboards run for a total of 12 months and are moved every 2 months to different location in the community.

With the 6 foot by 12 foot day and night-lit two sided structure, these "Ad lites" are creating new customers just with-in its first month of exposure! Jeannie is bringing a new level of exposure to the Crystal Lake, IL Minuteman Press center that has been in business for more than 20 years.

Congratulations to Jeannie and her team for a great vision in exposure and marketing her business to the entire community!

May 03, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – The Minuteman Press center, located in the Lewisville, TX has recently moved to a new, bigger facility. Owners Glen and Pam Penshorn, who have been at the same location for the past 11 years, recently purchased a bigger location due to the growth and demand of their business.

The new center, located at 1565 West Main St. Lewisville, TX 75067, is 3400 square feet, compared to the older location that was just 2500. Glen hopes that along with the new larger space, they can expand and increase their business, as well the needs of their current and future customers.

We wish Glen, Pam, and their staff nothing but well wishes and continued success with their new location!

May 02, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Recently, the owner of the Albany, OR Minuteman Press center was presented with not one but TWO exemplary awards. Mark Nicholson, the owner, learned in early March that he had won the Small Business of the Year award from the Albany Chamber of Commerce. To say he was excited would be an understatement, but not long after that he found out he was also the recipient of the Small Business Sponsor award from the Linn County United Way of America.

Both awards are a lifetime award, which means you can only receive them once, but Mark could not be happier. Mark, his employee's, and his family attended the awards dinner, where he received a plaque for both accomplishments. "Thirty years ago, I answered an ad in the paper and here I am today," Nicholson said at the dinner, on how he got started in the printing business...

May 02, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Minuteman Owner, David Meyerson, of Hyde Park, NY was reappointed as a board member of the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce recently. He was asked by the president two years ago to sit on the board, and after a year decided to continue his venture with the Chamber.

This year he is tasked with being the fundraiser chair, and is excited for all the fundraising events he has planned in the near future. He is most eager for the Antique car show fundraiser they will be organizing later this year, as it was a huge success last year.

Minuteman Presses corporate office would like to congratulate David, and wish him success for the future!

April 28, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Minuteman Owner, David Meyerson, of Hyde Park, NY was reappointed as a board member of the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce recently. He was asked by the president two years ago to sit on the board, and after a year decided to continue his venture with the Chamber.

This year he is tasked with being the fundraiser chair, and is excited for all the fundraising events he has planned in the near future. He is most eager for the Antique car show fundraiser they will be organizing later this year, as it was a huge success last year.

Minuteman Presses corporate office would like to congratulate David, and wish him success for the future!

April 15, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Doug Dipasquale, co-owner of the Lansdale, PA Minuteman Press center, was elected President of the Lansdale Business Association (LBA). He ousted the former president who was in the position for 5 years, by a vote from the members. As of March 1st, 2011, he took over the position and hit the ground running.

In a recent news article Doug said that his main goal for the LBA is to get back to the basics of helping all the businesses in the Lansdale area, and that's just what he intends to do. With a successful fundraiser under his belt, and a bunch of mixers and networking events planned for the coming months, Doug's reign as President seems to be taking off on the right foot...

April 14, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – The Minuteman Press center in Humble, TX, is going pink until June 30th. They are one of a dozen or so businesses taking part in the "Love Yourself" campaign going on in the area. The campaign's main goal is to promote the significance of women's health.

The "Pink Light District" is the name of the businesses, including the Minuteman Press center, which are participating in the campaign. They all will be displaying pink lights in their store front windows, as well as offering 15 percent off of select products for any woman who brings in a mammography receipt in order to help raise awareness on the importance of women's health.

March 29, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – The owner of the Minuteman Press Center in Roseville, CA, Doug Schumacher, was elected to be the 2012 President of the South Place Rotary Club. Doug, who has been a member of his Rotary Club for about a year now, was elected by a vote of his fellow members.

Doug will first become Vice President in July of 2011, and then in July of 2012 he will take over the position of President until the following July. We wish Doug continued success and congratulate him on his recent election!

March 28, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – Windy Schulte, owner of the Minuteman Press Center, in Clinton, NC, received the Entrepreneurial Success Award from the Clinton/Samson Chamber of Commerce, in February of 2011. Wendy, who is a member of the Clinton/Samson Chamber of Commerce along with 400 members, was nominated with three other businesses for this award.

The businesses in the Clinton area then voted for whom should win and Windy beat out the competition! She was nominated for the award based the following criteria; she is a chamber member, she has seen growth in her business for the past two years, she has developed creative and innovative business methods, and she has demonstrated entrepreneurial skills...

March 24, 2011 // Franchising.com // Farmingdale, NY – The Minuteman Press center, located in the Bellaire section of Houston, TX has recently moved to a new, bigger facility. Owner Steve Edman, who bought the franchise in 2006, recently purchased a bigger location due to the growth and demand of their business.

The new center, located at 4662 Beechnut, Houston TX 77096, is more centrally located to their existing clientele. Steve and his staff hope that with the new location they are able to execute larger marketing opportunities which they anticipate will bring more business and traffic to their center. They have also expanded, not just the size of their facility, but their equipment as well. With the move they expanded with new digital and mailing equipment...