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  • Franchise Update
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This has always been the place, right? America, I mean, where anybody can start with nothing and turn it into something.
  • Jack Mackey
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In business, a lot changes in three years, especially in a down economy. And while his business has taken a turn for the worse, Tom Barnett's values and commitments remain strong as ever.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,841 Reads 485 Shares
Every business sector has its leaders, its standouts, its superstars. In franchising these are the Empire Builders, multi-unit and multi-brand franchisees who operate not one or two, but 10, 20, 100, or more franchised units.
  • Franchise Update Media
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When Lenny's Sub Shop offered fans who "liked" its Facebook page a free half-pound sandwich as part of a Valentine's Day promotion last year, the Memphis-based franchise felt the love.
  • Helen Bond
  • 4,851 Reads 139 Shares
If you're wondering what a movie about baseball has to do with customer loyalty, I can give you the answer in one word: insight.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 4,426 Reads 1,023 Shares
Tommy Haddock has added 10 Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits restaurants since we profiled him six years ago.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,676 Reads 3 Shares
Tommy Haddock has added 10 Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits restaurants since we profiled him six years ago.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,351 Reads 3 Shares
I recommend you get your management team together and take them to see the baseball movie "Moneyball," adapted from the book by Michael Lewis.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 4,548 Reads 89 Shares
Franchise shows were the champions of recruitment during the 1980s and early 1990s. Franchisors effectively sold owners throughout the U.S. by "working the circuit" 40 weeks a year.
  • Steve Olson
  • 5,281 Reads 81 Shares
Food--fast, slow, casual, takeout, sit-down, delivery--is by far the largest single sector in franchising.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 8,750 Reads
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You search and screen and interview for the best employees. Days pass, sometimes weeks, as you narrow down your choices (and continue to operate understaffed).
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,521 Reads 1 Shares
Local store marketing (LSM) strategies can go a long way in boosting a brand's growth and nationwide image, says Sandy Lechner, president and CEO of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Synergy Brand Management, which provides turnkey branding solutions for franchises.
  • Helen Bond
  • 10,502 Reads 2 Shares
Real estate brokers and franchise consultants have repeated the phrase "location, location, location" for nearly 100 years.
  • Noah Glass
  • 11,107 Reads 3 Shares
Franchisors recognize the best performers in their system each year with a Franchisee of the Year award.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 8,867 Reads 7 Shares
Sam Covelli says he grew up in the restaurant business working in his father's McDonald's.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 7,473 Reads 1 Shares
As the economy continues to struggle through a slow recovery, business people everywhere are looking for any tools or techniques that will help them keep their businesses alive and thriving.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,218 Reads 1 Shares
Sam Covelli says he grew up in the restaurant business working in his father's McDonald's. Under his father's leadership, Covelli Enterprises eventually grew to 26 locations, one of the largest McDonald's franchisees in the country.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 32,780 Reads 3 Shares
Ray Harrigill believes in diversification. His Sunray Companies has restaurants (Bumpers Drive-In), tanning salons (Palm Beach Tan), fitness centers (Koko FitClub), and hotel properties (Hampton Inn), to name a few. That's because of lessons he's learned along the way.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 10,992 Reads
Zane Tankel is not waiting on any government job programs to help his business.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,610 Reads 197 Shares
There was a time when a hacker needed exceptional computer skills to breach a system. Only the most talented and experienced computer users could successfully bypass even the most minimal security provisions.
  • David Ellis
  • 11,275 Reads
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"Sometimes interesting things happen in a bad economy," says Dawn Lafreeda, CEO and president of Den-Tex Central Inc. in San Antonio.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 15,968 Reads 1 Shares
For months, Republicans in Washington have been beating a steady drumbeat about the harm regulations have on businesses, the economy, and job creation.
  • Matt Deffebach
  • 6,471 Reads 258 Shares
The previous two editions of the Franchise Update Sales Report introduced the topic and covered Step 1 and the beginning of Step 2 in successful lead generation.
  • Steve Olson
  • 3,435 Reads 23 Shares
Ray Harrigill believes in diversification. His Sunray Companies has restaurants (Bumpers Drive-In), tanning salons (Palm Beach Tan), fitness centers (Koko FitClub), and hotel properties (Hampton Inn), to name a few.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 8,436 Reads 1 Shares
A few weeks ago I introduced your franchise consumer marketing colleagues to a two-headed turtle named Ditto.
  • Melinda Caughill
  • 4,593 Reads 76 Shares
Each year we work with FRANdata to compile a list of the country’s largest multi-unit franchisee organizations.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,399 Reads 1,021 Shares
Business owners across the country have been dealing with one of the longest and most difficult recessions in US history.
  • Franchising.com
  • 5,936 Reads 36 Shares
What does franchise marketing have in common with a two-headed turtle?
  • Melinda Caughill
  • 8,414 Reads 1,021 Shares
When Greg Thomas decides whether to fix or ditch a financially troubled store, he typically thinks big
  • Helen Bond
  • 16,736 Reads 1 Shares
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