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Starting a fast food business, especially your first one can be extremely daunting as there is so much to learn before you can start trading. But if you get it right you could be laughing all the way to the bank! People will always need to eat and with the pace of life picking up, and the projecte...
November 24th, 2007

A franchise could help you open your own restaurant or pub. Catering brings special problems for start-ups: competition is hot, margins are low, and there is more regulation than in other sectors. A good franchisor will help you overcome these problems, as well as providing an existing brand nam...
November 22nd, 2007

Health chiefs have drawn up plans to let supermarkets and phone companies run GP services under a "McDonald's-style" franchise. Doctors say the plans, which would see practices being run by such companies as Virgin, Asda and Tesco, will result in "junk healthcare". The Governme...
November 20th, 2007

Jonathan Swift is alive and writing great satire over at View from the Right. Here he suggests that voting should be limited to married men with children who pay taxes. This means that the vote, and the ability to serve in political office, would be limited to men who are responsible contributors ...
November 18th, 2007

Secret Recipe Cakes & Café Sdn Bhd was named Franchise of the Year and Homegrown Franchise of The Year at the tenth Franchise Award 2007 in Kuala Lumpur last night. Established in 1997, the homegrown bakery has 144 outlets in Malaysia, 44 of which are wholly-owned and the remaining 100 o...
November 16th, 2007

Shave ice with attitude. That's the spin Conejo Valley, Calif., moms Lisa Kudirka and Karen Bain hope will hook franchise buyers on their unconventional take on selling shave ice treats. From a glowing blue counter at their Thousand Oaks shop, bar-style beverage guns squirt chilled root beer, mang...
November 14th, 2007

US-based Kraft Foods has received EU approval for the E5.3 billion acquisition of Danone's biscuit and cereal snack division, subject to certain conditions. The European Union regulator said in a statement: "The (European) Commission's decision is conditional upon the divestiture of a range of...
November 12th, 2007

By Mary Evitt, the Bellingham Herald What attracted you to the business? Lori Reece and co-owner Dean Reece were real-estate agents who wanted to own a real-estate agency. They didn’t want to reinvent the wheel. Even so, deciding to purchase a RE/MAX franchise in 1991 was a big step, she said. Th...
November 10th, 2007

Around the world, business franchises are recognizing the value of Mentoring Programs. Not many organizations, however, have explored the full potential of this mechanism. WSI, the world’s leading provider of Internet solutions to small and medium sized (SME) businesses and the #1 Internet services ...
November 8th, 2007

Fantastic Sams Hair Salons, Nathan's Famous, Contours Express Women's Gym, Hollywood Tans and Wing Zone Target Atlanta for Franchise Development, Plan to Open Combined 150 Locations. While many franchise systems work solo to develop brands nationwide, five of the world's top franchise systems, incl...
November 6th, 2007

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