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Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in North Dakota.

So many good things are happening in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up! So welcome back to "Good News" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 7,042 Reads 2 Shares
What franchisees want from corporate field support is pretty straightforward. Basic expectations include great products, marketing and brand support, ongoing training, site selection, purchasing power for goods and services, and participation in product and program testing.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,636 Reads 2 Shares
Longtime friends team up to offer three franchise food brands in Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C.
  • franchise, franchising, multi unit franchising, franchise update, mult-unit franchisee
  • 9,304 Reads 1 Shares
15 franchisee associations team up with IFA to oppose Department of Labor's proposed changes to overtime regulations.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 13,850 Reads
Franchise Update mystery shoppers, posing as qualified prospects, surveyed attendees at the 2014 Leadership & Development Conference for best practices in lead generation, follow-up, and recruitment.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,364 Reads 4 Shares
Sports-loving partners Tim Clougherty and Keith Fogleman bring Sports Image franchise to North Carolina to help youth sports and athletic programs raise money and acquire new equipment.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 12,176 Reads
Franchising is easy: all it takes is a lot of blood, sweat, and overcoming fears to open and successfully operate a franchise unit--not to mention multiple units of a single brand.
  • Kerry Pipes and Eddy Goldberg
  • 9,315 Reads 1 Shares
Franchisees looking for insights into succeeding with a partner can learn a thing or two from multi-brand franchisees Judy Ewing-Lonetti and Sandy Dunn.
  • Helen Bond
  • 8,766 Reads 1 Shares
KBP Foods acquires 24 more restaurants in three states in its latest growth move. The new acquisition brings the franchisee group to 247 quick service restaurants located throughout 10 states.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 19,468 Reads
McAlister's Deli signs several new development agreements in Georgia and Florida and plans to open its first restaurants in Orlando and Southwest Florida.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 12,948 Reads
2015 is starting out as a very busy year for international franchise development. U.S. franchises are exporting their brands more than at any time in history--and to more places.
  • William Edwards
  • 5,568 Reads 179 Shares
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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
  • 8,165 Reads 14 Shares
When it comes to franchising, Shahid Hashmi has just one regret: he wishes he'd gotten into it earlier.
  • Helen Bond
  • 12,116 Reads
An survey this year of the IFA's U.S.-based franchisor members showed that 82 percent are either already "going global" or are planning to take their franchise international soon.
  • Bill Edwards & Robert Shaw
  • 4,877 Reads 1,023 Shares
David Prokupek is not short on experience at the highest level. What's more, he loves a challenge. He has spent more than two decades as a CEO, investor, and board member helping build, finance, and advise high-growth businesses in the consumer, retailing, financial services, marketing services, and communications industries.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,200 Reads 44 Shares
Golden Corral franchisee uses a people-centered formula that brings success to his business and fuels his desire to give back to his community.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 13,504 Reads 3 Shares
When David Gronewoller was asked to be part of this "Dominators" issue, the Golden Corral franchisee expressed sincere surprise.
  • Helen Bond
  • 11,374 Reads 1 Shares
Social media marketing news you can use. This week: holiday marketing trends and predictions, leveraging social video, online price variations, Twitter for Business, and guys on Pinterest.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 3,850 Reads 38 Shares
A new set of regulatory guidelines for franchisors provides clarity on how to present franchise opportunities to prospective buyers.
  • Tom Pitegoff
  • 8,624 Reads
We live in a world where law firms commonly have billable hourly quotas that their attorneys must meet, and substantial hourly rates as well.
  • Carl Khalil and Sada Sheldon
  • 7,156 Reads
Jack Hough has never been limited by space. Back in 1996, he was trying to figure out which restaurants to place where in a somewhat limited space at the North Georgia Premium Outlets mall.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 6,146 Reads 2 Shares
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Rose Colarossi, a high-energy multi-unit franchisee from Frisco, Texas, likes to open remarks about her franchising career with this question: "Which came first: the mama or the egg?"
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,341 Reads 1 Shares
In 1996, Jack Hough was trying to figure out which restaurants to place where in a somewhat limited space at the North Georgia Premium Outlets mall.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,658 Reads 28 Shares
Discuss the role of diversity inside your marketing department and in your marketing strategies.
  • Franchise Update
  • 4,628 Reads 1,021 Shares
When a customer ordered a sandwich at one of Mike Knobelock's restaurants in North Carolina, it came with pickles on it. "They didn't like pickles," says JJ Villafranca, COO at Knobelock's company.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,801 Reads 2 Shares
Frances Allen is no stranger to big brands. Over the past 25 years, she's logged successful stints as a senior marketing executive at Dunkin' Donuts, Sony Ericsson, PepsiCo, and Frito-Lay.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,086 Reads 1 Shares
Frances Allen, executive vice president and chief brand officer for Denny's since July 2010, is no stranger to big brands.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,238 Reads 1,021 Shares
When we profiled David Griffin in 2010, he had just purchased 25 Jiffy Lube stores in Colorado. The stores were underperforming, some were dilapidated, and the U.S. economy still at one of its all-time lows.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 10,274 Reads 1 Shares
We asked Stacy Anderson, chief marketing officer at Anytime Fitness and Waxing the City to discuss the role of diversity in the company's marketing department and in its marketing strategies.
  • Stacy Anderson
  • 26,094 Reads 121 Shares
In a time when many business executives are looking at what to cut because of rising payroll and healthcare costs, Michael Kulp, president and CEO of KBP Foods, a $250 million restaurant company with units in nine states, is taking an "inverse" approach.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,928 Reads 2 Shares

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