Cleaning services are a basic, ongoing need for families and businesses alike. Commercial cleaning is an always in-demand service for restaurants, hotels and motels, office buildings, medical facilities, grocery and retail stores. Meanwhile, homes need dry cleaning, carpet cleaning, and general house cleaning or maid services. Here are the franchise opportunities currently in our cleaning [...]
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Tue, October 27 2009 » commercial cleaning, food and restaurant, franchise industry, home services, residential cleaning, restaurant services, retail stores » No Comments
It looks like the coffee wars are on! You’ve heard the advertisements. McDonalds has been touting the new line of McCafé coffee blends. Dunkin’ Donuts is pushing the premium and flavored iced coffees like “Coffee Coolatta”. 7-Eleven, one of the first retailers to offer “to go” coffee, is now featuring premium roast Brazilian bold coffee. [...]
Tags: 7-11, 7-eleven, coffee, coffee shop, dunkin donuts, iced coffee, java, joe, mcdonalds, starbucks
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Wed, June 24 2009 » coffee franchises, food and restaurant, franchise opportunities, franchising, retail stores » No Comments
Are you planning on taking your dad out to eat this Fathers Day?. If so, you might want to take advantage of the many Fathers Day specials and contests being offered by several restaurant chains:
A&W Restaurants will offer dads 90¢ Papa Burgers, their famous double patty made from 100% beef and topped with A&W’s signature [...]
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Fri, June 19 2009 » 2009, current events, fast food, food and restaurant, franchising event, holiday, ice cream » 1 Comment
A food service consultants report by Technomic found that sales for the 100 largest fast-casual restaurant franchises grew 10.8 percent in 2008. Unit growth also showed an improvement, increasing by 7.3 percent for the same period.
“The fast-casual segment is being pushed towards higher standards by the difficult economic environment,” says Darren Tristano, Technomic EVP. “They [...]
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Mon, June 15 2009 » 2009, fast food, food and restaurant, franchise growth, franchise industry, restaurant services » No Comments
There was a great example this week why companies (large and small) should be involved in social media, when two usavory Domino’s employees exploited the company for their 15 minutes of fame (notoriety?). Kristy Lynn Hammonds, 31, and Michael Anthony Setzer, 32, of Conover, NC uploaded a video to YouTube of disgusting things being done [...]
Tags: dominos pizza, food franchise, pizza franchise, social media
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Fri, April 17 2009 » current events, fast food, pizza, social media, video » 1 Comment