Franchise Operations
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Innovation in non-traditional locations defines Gina Puente's approach to business. When we profiled her in 2010, she told us how her family business, Puente Enterprises, had created La Bodega Winery, a winery in an airport, in the mid-1990s.
- Kerry Pipes
- 8,764 Reads
Tom Garrett breaks down his 30 years with Arby's--first as an assistant manager, then as the brand's largest franchisee, and finally as CEO of the franchisor--this way: "I like to say that 25 of those years were great, 3 were mediocre, and 2 were miserable--in that order."
- Debbie Selinsky
- 15,350 Reads 6 Shares
Franchising is full of creative entrepreneurs and marketers. With creativity, however, comes the desire to explain franchising in terminology that differentiates a brand from its peers.
- Paul Wilbur
- 7,752 Reads
Former NFL Cornerback "Retires" To Franchising And Now Shows Other Pro Athletes How They Can Do It, Too.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 21,755 Reads 76 Shares
Gina Puente creates success non-traditionally through unique brands and airport locations.
- Kerry Pipes
- 9,497 Reads
After Being Arby's largest franchisee - then its CEO - Tom Garrett Is Back In The Franchisee World Again As A Burger King Franchisee Nearing 200 Units.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 18,719 Reads 3 Shares
At the age of 39, Becky Finger, a full-time homemaker and mother of three from Cincinnati, went with a friend to visit a Once Upon A Child store in Columbus, a couple of hours away.
- Debbie Selinsky
- 8,417 Reads 1 Shares
Mother of three with no previous business experience goes from homemaker to successful multi-unit franchisee with passion and hard work.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 15,229 Reads 7 Shares
Throughout my career I have observed that a strong alignment of interests between two business parties usually leads to good outcomes for both.
- Darrell Johnson
- 10,714 Reads 1,023 Shares
We're often asked, "I've been in this system four years. When should I start making a profit?" This is a disturbing question at best--as if profits were somehow time-sensitive: just wait long enough and, Presto!, profits.
- Steve LeFever and Rod Bristol
- 14,613 Reads 1 Shares
California area developer brings Canada's unique Smoke's Poutinerie brand to Hollywood and beyond.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 7,946 Reads
Newk's Eatery looks to raise awareness of ovarian cancer and fundraising for the disease by growing its "Newk's Cares" initiative during Cancer Awareness month in September.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 13,640 Reads
Ken Leese is seeing an upswing in the economy and his Jackson Hewitt franchise operation has expanded by five units in less than two years.
- Kerry Pipes
- 22,761 Reads 3 Shares
JGJO Development Co. LLC inks new deal to bring at least 10 Arooga's Grille House & Sports Bar locations to Long Island and Queens area of New York.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 10,676 Reads 5 Shares
Steve Sager has relied on forward-thinking innovation to build a career that includes opening more than 265 Subway stores during his 30 years in the business.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 16,129 Reads 10 Shares
Kevin Green is a Bruegger's Bagels multi-unit franchisee in the Raleigh-Durham market. He made a successful career transition from teach to franchisee.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 10,941 Reads
Guillermo Medellin brought his business savvy, experience, and smarts to the U.S. in 2009 and now operates three successful Russo's New York Pizzeria locations in Houston.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 9,205 Reads 12 Shares
As you go about your day-to-day routine, you may have noticed some new ways to pay; and if you received a new debit or credit card recently, you also may have noticed the new chip embedded in it.
- Tom Epstein
- 11,592 Reads
Doing good is a longtime pursuit in America. You might even say it's a part of the culture. Americans love a good cause and like to help when they can.
- Kerry Pipes
- 9,273 Reads 14 Shares
Mike Orcutt left Domino's corporate for the franchisee life in 1990. He's built a great "team," achieved success, and now oversees more than 100 Domino's locations.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 41,306 Reads 45 Shares
Franchisee group SRG diversifies its portfolio with 15-unit development agreement for Newk's Eatery in Louisiana and Texas.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 8,497 Reads 1,014 Shares
Houston franchise group Spicy Ketchup, LLC, signs a deal to bring 5 Persona Wood Fired Pizzeria locations to Texas.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 8,482 Reads
Those preparing to be business successors need to understand they must win the right to be heard. Work hard, ask the appropriate questions, identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities, and you'll be rewarded with openness and respect.
- Champ Rawls
- 7,962 Reads 4 Shares
Guidant Financial and BoeFly announce a new partnership with Russo's Restaurants to increase credit access to franchisees, helping more entrepreneurs make Russo's Restaurants franchise ownership and expansion a reality.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 7,645 Reads 9 Shares
Tropical Smoothie Cafe secured 51 franchise agreements in the first quarter of 2015. The deals represents 51 new cafés in markets such as Atlanta, Detroit, Providence, Miami, Charleston, S.C., and Fayetteville, N.C.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 14,013 Reads
The Melting Pot fondue restaurant offers new financing program incentive combined with reduced franchise fee for new franchise agreements through the end of the year.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 8,539 Reads 14 Shares
Fastsigns franchisee Clint Ehlers will be on a panel to address the NLRB's Joint-Employment Standard at U.S. Chamber of Commerce event this week in Washington, D.C.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 6,994 Reads 1,014 Shares
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is trying to change the definition of "joint employer." Here's a look at how the new ruling could impact one franchise family and, ultimately, many more.
- Djenane Bartholomew
- 9,322 Reads 9 Shares
Franchise relations are in the midst of powerful, fundamental change. Driven by the maturity of franchising, the rise of large multi-unit operators...
- Eddy Goldberg
- 10,913 Reads
When evaluating a brand, experienced operators have two big advantages over first-time prospects. First, they know what questions to ask. Second, most of the time they know what a good answer looks like.
- Darrell Johnson
- 7,865 Reads
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