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Top Ten Franchises for January 2010

Welcome to the Top Ten Franchises for January, 2010. These top ten franchises are picked from the available opportunities that have garnered the most visits in January, 2010. Note: The top ten list is not necessarily the most successful businesses, it’s simply the franchises that received the most interest on our website over the course of January, 2010.

The Top Ten Franchises for January 2010:

1. Subway – Serving fresh and healthy, lunches, dinners, deli items and sandwiches.
2. DVD Now Kiosks – An automated DVD rental kiosk franchise with an easy to use and convenient DVD vending machine.
3. 7-Eleven – One of the nations most successful franchises and best known convenience store in the universe.
4. Saladworks Restaurant Franchise – Offering the highest quality salads and menu items that are absolutely fresh and delicious.
5. American Billing Systems – Outsource your companies billing, payroll, and accounts payables with this electronic business-to-business billing franchise.
6. Flip Flop Shops – Authentic retailer of the hottest brands and latest styles of flip flops and sandals.
7. PMD Furniture** – Provides consumers with quality bedding and home furnishings at competitive retail prices.
8. Quiznos Restaurants – Offer a one-of-a-kind, chef-inspired menu of delicious sandwiches, soups and salads that consumers love.
9. Yo Naturals – Introducing the ‘YoZone’, healthy snack and beverage vending machines offering 100% natural and organic products.
10. Little Caesars Pizza – The world’s largest carry out pizza chain provides customers with fresh, high quality products at a great value.”

To see the current top ten franchises (calculated every day using a seven day running total) please go to Top Ten Franchises.

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The Pros and Cons of Owning a Franchise

Owning a Franchise, the Pros and Cons
Reprinted with permission from Clemson University Alumni Association.

PROS

• Name Recognition: A recognizable name can bring instant credibility, which can impact positively on sales. Franchisees can benefit from the goodwill built up by all the other outlets bearing the same name
• History/Previous Track Record: An established sales and customer base can provide useful data to analyze customer trends and provide direction.
• Distinctive Business Appearance: The standardization and uniformity of the franchise operation often provide the consumer with safety and predictability. Customers report feeling comfort in knowing what to expect in any geographic area.
• Standardization of Products and Services: The uniform presence of the business operation provides safety and security for customers and meets their expectations.
• Proven Concepts: Since the strategy and operational components that the business is based on are already determined, risk is lessened, allowing operators to build on the basics and grow their own operations quickly.
• Continuing Advice: Available in the form of technical and managerial assistance, as well as ongoing training.
• Established Relationships: The franchiser typically has coveted relationships with vendors, suppliers and distributors, and these relationships can provide volume discounts unavailable to individual business owners.
• Own boss: However, remember that independence is limited by the franchiser, according to the stipulations of the franchise agreement. People with strong drives for independence may find a franchise operation too restrictive.

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Year End Top 10 Franchises List for 2009

Welcome to the year-end Top 10 Franchises List for 2009. These top 10 franchise opportunities are the businesses for sale in 2009 that have generated the most attention on the Franchise Solutions website. Thank you for your interest and be sure to check out the regular, monthly Top Ten List, which will resume next month.

The Top Ten Franchises for 2009:

1. Subway – Serving a delicious menu of fresh and healthy, subs and sandwiches.
2. American Billing Systems – Outsource your billing system with this electronic business to business billing franchise.
3. DVD Now Kiosks – An automated DVD video rental business that utilizes an easy to operate kiosk and vending machine.
4. 7-Eleven – The countries top franchise and the most well known convenience store on the planet.
5. Little Caesars – The best kept secret in the food industry – Pizza, Pizza!
6. Saladworks Restaurant Franchise – Simply serving the highest quality, freshest, healthy foods and salads.
7. Adult Startups – Providing entrepreneurs from around the world with an adult-themed, successful program.
8. Knockout Vending Franchise – These vending machines are often a locations main attraction and can make your money earning effortless.”
9. ClaimTek Systems – A professional, high-growth, home-based medical billing system.
10. Yo Natural Healthy Vending – A unique investment opportunity in the healthy foods and vending industry.

To see a more recent Top 10 Franchise List (based on a weekly running total and recalculated every day) please see the main Top 10 Franchise List.

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2009 College Football Bowl Games Sponsored by MAACO, Little Caesars & Meineke Car Care

As we head into the middle of the 2009 college football bowl game schedule, I’d like to highlight a few of the bowl games that we are particularly interested in here at Franchise Solutions. Two of the games are scheduled to be played the day after Christmas. On December 26th at 1:00 pm is the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit, Michigan. The game features Marshall University and Ohio University and will be televised on ESPN. At 4:30 pm is the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina. North Carolina faces Pittsburgh and the game will also be televised on ESPN.

Congratulations are also in order for Brigham Young University for their 44-20 victory over Oregon State in the MAACO Las Vegas Bowl which was played on December 22nd.

Good luck to all the contestants in this season’s college bowl games, and thanks to out to Meineke Car Care Centers, Little Caesars Pizza, and MAACO Automotive for sponsoring these sporting events.

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Fast Food Franchises

Fast food has become a regular part of our daily lives as we try to fit breakfast, lunch, and dinner into a busy schedule. The term ‘fast food’ has been expanded to mean more than the typical burgers and pizza (although burgers and pizza are delicious too!). Today, many fast food restaurants are serving healthy, fresh foods that don’t carry the fat and calories one would usually associate with fast food. In any case, these fast food franchises present a terrific opportunity to start a business of your own. Check out the many opportunities on Franchise Solutions by visiting the following restaurant franchises.

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Franchise is distinguished in the marketplace through its powerful New Orleans culinary heritage.

Steak Out, delivery and carry-out of char-broiled steaks, chicken, cheeseburgers and chef salads.

7-Eleven – the world’s premiere convenience store retailer is looking for individuals to join us.

Little Caesars pizza franchise may be the best kept secret in the industry.

Subway Restaurants offer a great opportunity in a healthier food concept – low start-up, simple operations, strong support.

Togo’s Sandwiches is a leader in the quick service sandwich business, Togo’s has a proven track record!

Submarina Sandwiches was voted best subs, 15 yrs in a row! A national expansion is underway and multi-unit discounts are available.
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