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When an EF4 tornado ripped through the northeastern Dallas suburb of Rowlett the day after Christmas last year, the people at a McAlister's Deli a mile away knew just what to do.
  • Helen Bond
  • 23,505 Reads 1 Shares
If your business is on a calendar year, you've finished your first-quarter operations. Hopefully, your accountant or bookkeeper gave you your financial reports by April 15--both an income statement and a balance sheet--and you spent time reviewing them.
  • Rod Bristol
  • 18,901 Reads 1 Shares
College student falls in love with Capriotti's Sandwich Shop in Arizona and brings the brand back to his home state of Nebraska. He's just opened his second location and a third is on the way.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 15,693 Reads 64 Shares
Ed Wolak will open his 100th Dunkin' Donuts location next year. He's a dedicated multi-unit franchisee who has served in all kinds of industry leadership roles since forming his company in 1975. But he will tell you that his philanthropic commitment to the communities he serves is paramount to his ongoing success. He operates in Maine, New Hampshire, and New York and has developed a reputation for social responsibility and community involvement.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 11,900 Reads 10 Shares
Growing to 10 units is a cherished milestone for franchisees. Different obstacles and opportunities crop up along the way, some expected, others not.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 17,998 Reads 1 Shares
Tshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka, born in Kinshasa, Republic of Zaire in 1974, came to the U.S. with his family when he was just 6 years old. The family settled in Canada, in the Montreal area.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 23,407 Reads 23 Shares
Successful strategic business planning involves having the right ideas, the right people, the right plan, and the flexibility to adapt.
  • Dan Schneider
  • 16,382 Reads 1 Shares
Oklahoma multi-unit franchisee applies his military background and training to how he operates his 4 franchise locations. The common theme to his success is 'team.'
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 19,502 Reads
Franchisees work hard, provide jobs, help their communities, and inspire countless others to follow in the footsteps of their well-earned success. That's why we recognize the best of them each year with our Most Valuable Performer (MVP) Awards.
  • Kerry Pipes & Eddy Goldberg
  • 17,144 Reads 7 Shares
Create long-term stability for your family business and lay the groundwork for future growth by defining a vision, providing opportunities, creating an exit plan, and using family governance policies, and other provisions to bring in the next generation
  • Kendall Rawls
  • 16,107 Reads 2 Shares
Multi-unit franchisees working together with their brands, and on their own at the local level, can rely on certain tools and strategies to help build their success.
  • Alex Vaccaro
  • 19,190 Reads 1 Shares
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How financing and site selection strategies play a significant role in multi-unit franchisee expansion.
  • John T. Hewitt
  • 17,424 Reads 13 Shares
Michael Geiger and his partner John Iaquinta operate 7 Moe's Southwest Grill locations in the Pittsburgh area. Their company is technologically savvy and focused on community service. They also understand the important role their employees play in providing top-shelf customer service. He believes "premium performance" requires a "premium wage."
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 13,475 Reads 5 Shares
A couple of years ago we worked with a really big search engine client to help them better understand and approach the franchise community.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 15,878 Reads 12 Shares
For years we've expected prospects to apply to an online form to generate a lead. Today, viewers are much more dynamic on their approach. Franchising.com gives viewers many ways to make the franchise connection.
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 5,799 Reads 1 Shares
If you are in a scenario where your business is doing great but you have little or no liquidity, make it a priority to free up cash.
  • Champ Rawls
  • 17,060 Reads
Jeff Davis' United States Beef Corporation (US Beef) operates 333 restaurants in 8 states across the country's midsection (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming), providing employment and career path opportunities for more than 7,000 employees. The company has an aggressive expansion plan to add 70 new restaurants by 2022 and remodel 123 existing stores along the way.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 18,632 Reads 1 Shares
The difference between being a leader and being an exceptional leader is admitting shortcomings and weaknesses. Avoid these common mistakes, take steps to create new habits, and gain more respect and followers.
  • Dan Schneider
  • 16,395 Reads 4 Shares
Dan Ponder operates 36 Hardee's in three states and is an operations-focused franchisee who likes to own the building and land underneath. A dozen years ago, Ponder scrapped a formal mission statement for a focus on providing employees and various departments with the tools to be the "Best Franchise Group" within the Hardee's chain.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 14,672 Reads 11 Shares
Do you know the seven drivers of gross margin? More important, do you know how to actually manage them in your business?
  • Rod Bristol
  • 16,747 Reads 1,021 Shares
After an extended period of complacency, markets have whipsawed in 2016. Will this level of heightened volatility continue?
  • Carol Schleif
  • 15,393 Reads 2 Shares
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SMS can be a powerful tool for building the customer relationship. Targeted messages, exclusive deals, and helpful reminders via smartphone can all help improve customer satisfaction and create loyal fans.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 20,395 Reads 7 Shares
The Saxton Group, a Dallas-based McAlister's Deli franchisee with 67 locations, has built a culture around knowing when and how to respond in the communities where it does business.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 12,110 Reads 1 Shares
They say everything's bigger in Texas. It's definitely bigger for Texan Michael Knobelock, whose Houston-based MSK Enterprises operates nearly 70 franchise locations spread across 4 different brands and 7 states.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 22,180 Reads 28 Shares
How you can reassure your employees in light of the Department of Labor's new overtime rules.
  • Dan Schneider
  • 14,336 Reads 1 Shares
Seattle-based Papa Murphy's franchisee who is deeply involved in giving back to his community, also has a unique perspective on how to build great team leadership at his restaurants.
  • 12,396 Reads 7 Shares
As I'm sure you've noticed in your dealings with Millennials, there can be significant differences between their attitudes and those of the Baby Boomers.
  • Jason Conrad
  • 15,540 Reads 1 Shares
Texas multi-unit franchisee and Multi-Unit Franchising Conference board member Bill Hall elected to serve as IFA's treasurer.
  • franchising, leadership, dairy queen, multi-unit franchisee, investing, ifa
  • 14,910 Reads 7 Shares
Durham, North Carolina-based couple Brooke and Les Wilson have figured out how to be married, run a successful franchise business - and be successful at both.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 12,803 Reads 12 Shares
In some ways, brothers Jesse and Charles Keyser, 39 and 35, are very different, and that's good. So are their three brands--Little Caesars, Sport Clips, and Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning--which also is good.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 18,549 Reads 5 Shares
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