Archive for April, 2008
Franchise Owner Alleges UPS Destroyed Her Business
0 Comments Published April 10th, 2008 in DISPUTES / LAWSUITS, UPS STORE (FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Source: PR Newswire
Denver UPS/MBE Franchisee Blames UPS for Destroying Her Business Plan With Inferior Model
DENVER, March 25 /PRNewswire/ — Suzy Meadows had a plan. After a successful career in the oil and gas industry, Meadows and her husband, Joel, in 1991 chose Mail Boxes Etc. as their future, and over the [...]
Cold Stone Creamery: The Dissed'n Franchised
0 Comments Published April 9th, 2008 in COLD STONE CREAMERY, DISPUTES / LAWSUITS(FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Here’s a story about how disgruntled franchise owners are taking their grievances online; in this case a Cold Stone Creamery franchisee.
(FranchisePick.Com) In franchising, the Internet has changed everything. It used to be that angry franchise owners just went away quietly. Even those who sued the franchisor did not [...]
Mama Fu's Franchisee Uses Its Noodle; Buys Franchisor
0 Comments Published April 7th, 2008 in EXPANSION STRATEGIES, MAMA FU'S NOODLE HOUSE (FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Think you could run the chain better than your franchisor? Buy’m out. That’s what a franchisee of Mama Fu’s Noodle House did recently:
Source: BizJournals
Murphy Adams Restaurant Group, the largest franchisee of Mama Fu’s Noodle House, has bought the Mama Fu’s brand in the United States and Mexico for an [...]
Subway Franchisee Builds Florida Equity Empire
0 Comments Published April 6th, 2008 in EXPANSION STRATEGIES, SUBWAY FRANCHISEES (FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Source: St. Petersburg Times
Subway franchisee builds an equity empire
Signs have been cropping up of late announcing shopping developments from European Equities.
It’s not the invasion of the strong euro buying up undervalued American real estate. It’s the outgrowth of a Subway franchisee’s quest to build a fully vertical enterprise.
David McComas is the man [...]
Big O Tires Franchisees Make a Difference
0 Comments Published April 5th, 2008 in BIG O TIRES, Community Marketing(FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Source: Reporter Times
Big O donates to pediatric cancer foundation
David Doyle, franchisee of the Big O Tires stores in Mooresville, Muncie and Plainfield, along with Big O Tires franchisees and the corporate office, have donated $50,000 to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation each of the past two years. The company and its franchises are committed to [...]
Starbucks Departure Creates Need for an OH Franchisee
0 Comments Published April 5th, 2008 in Your Next Franchise(Franchisee Marketing) Starbucks decision to pull out of a retail space in New Philadelphia, OH near Canton has left developers looking for a franchisee to take over the space.
(Excerpt Source: Canton Repository)
NEW PHILADELPHIA Starbucks is not coming to the city after all.
The coffee giant had planned to locate in a new building near [...]