A recently signed agreement
with a franchise group in Pittsburgh will bring five restaurants to that region, and eight other franchises are under development.
UFood Restaurant Group proudly announced that they have opened their newest UFood Grill in Vancouver, British Columbia
with franchise group - ASA Capital Alliance, LLC.
Not exact matches
Car retailer Automotive Holdings
Group has increased its east coast
franchise portfolio
with the purchase of a Mazda dealership in Melbourne.
Automotive Holdings
Group has further grown its presence on the east coast
with the acquisition of five
franchised car dealerships in NSW for $ 8.5 million plus stock and assets.
Perth - based car dealer network Automotive Holdings
Group has taken its
franchise count to 150
with the acquisition of a New Zealand Holden dealership and approval to create a new Nissan dealer at the
«There are some great, well - established companies
with long track records of
franchising success, but they aren't exactly on the cutting edge anymore,» says Mark Siebert, CEO of the iFranchise
franchise consulting
group, based in Homewood, Illinois.
For example, the LEGO
Group associated itself
with both the Star Wars and Harry Potter
franchises, which kept it relevant culturally and socially.
FranNet, a respected
franchise - consulting
group that matches individuals
with the right
franchise opportunities, is consistently identified as a leader in the category of
franchise advisory.
Tim Hortons has suffered from intense competition, problems
with its annual «Roll Up the Rim» promotion and negative media coverage generated by a
group of dissident
franchise owners, RBI chief executive Daniel Schwartz told analysts.
According to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Addiction's 2016 report, larger Mexican and Colombian criminal
groups in Europe have adopted the
franchise model — allowing smaller, local partners to use the
group's «brand name» and providing them
with drugs, contacts, and transportation — in order to navigate the criminal landscape in Europe.
At first glance, at least, its prospects are looking better: in 2015, it partnered
with SSI
group, a publicly traded specialty retailer, in order to establish
franchises in the Philippines.
Seattle's new minimum wage law
groups franchises with large businesses, putting the pressure on independent franchisees to increase workers» pay at an accelerated pace (a move that sparked a discrimination lawsuit from the IFA).
Franchise owners in Seattle are still on track to be
grouped with large businesses under the city's new minimum wage law.
The Boston - based chain, called Wahlburgers, has signed agreements
with five
franchise groups to open 30 new restaurants in seven states.
Should the Redskins let Cousins walk, he'll have no shortage of suitors,
with plenty of teams in the market for a
franchise quarterback, either looking to take full advantage of an already established
group of talented players (e.g. the Jacksonville Jaguars) or hoping to rebuild their team around a new starter (e.g. the New York Giants, the New York Jets, or the Cleveland Browns).
Franchise partners
with similar objectives and business goals within CMIT Solutions join forces by connecting in «Mastermind»
groups.
Name: Stephen Murphy Title: Executive Vice President, Banking Areas of responsibility: Business and personal banking, product development, marketing, equipment financing, corporate lending, Optimum Mortgage, National Leasing, CWB Maxium Financial, CWB
Franchise Finance Years
with CWB Financial
Group: < 1 Career history: Extensive leadership experience from his 20 years
with TD Bank
Group Education: Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business Community involvement: Director for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation; past director of Junior Achievement of Central Ontario, Business Council of BC and BC chapter of TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
Dwyer
Group leads the way in home service
franchises with a portfolio of brands to address virtually every need a homeowner could have.
In 2004, he purchased Genghis Grill
with his partners in the Chalak
Group under the banner Genghis Grill
Franchise Concepts LP.
Glacier Restaurant
Group's concept locations break down into 57 percent corporate locations and 43 percent
franchises,
with Max & Erma's becoming the newest acquisition in January.
PARS
Group LLC / Northwest Food Management
Group founders Paul Urbina and Reza Khajavi make every decision
with the long - term success of its Jack in the Box
franchise in mind.
Coega Dairy is planning to construct a new cheese plant near the UHT processing plant in Eastern Cape in a joint venture partnership
with Famous Brands, a
franchise restaurant
group based in South Africa.
An RFG spokeswoman said the
group was not currently engaged in discussions
with the owners or administrators of the Eagle Boys
franchise system, but «acquisitive activity remains a central feature of RFG's strategic growth platform.»
Prior to his
franchise experience
with Carl's Jr. and Hardees, Buddy earned an MBA from the University of Missouri, was VP of Operations and Managing Partner for Mélange, Inc. (an acclaimed fine to casual dining restaurant
group in Los Angeles), and successfully revived an underperforming restaurant
group in Hawaii.
Among existing
franchise groups to sign new agreements are The Collier
Group, who will be developing seven additional Old Chicago locations in South Carolina and Tennessee; The Johnson
Group, who has plans to bring three restaurants to Wyoming and Montana; and The Nursariwala
Group, who will be expanding their portfolio
with six new locations in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi.
As Territory Director of
Franchise Operations, Moody is forming a group of internal business consultants who will interact with the company's various franchise groups to ensure brand and franchisee
Franchise Operations, Moody is forming a
group of internal business consultants who will interact
with the company's various
franchise groups to ensure brand and franchisee
franchise groups to ensure brand and franchisee success.
Dunkin' Donuts, America's all - day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, announced today the signing of a multi-unit store development agreement
with three existing
franchise groups to develop twelve new restaurants in Detroit, Mich., over the next several years.
This newest development deal is
with Flavors
Group LLC, a family - operated
franchise team
with a background in wholesale and convenience store
franchising, including several restaurants located within their convenience stores.
Baskin - Robbins, the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, announced today its continued expansion in the Toronto, Ontario market
with the signing of four new store development agreements
with three existing
franchise groups.
The first new
franchise agreement
with Robison Peck
Group LLC, owned by Eric Robison and Charlie Peck, will bring 15 Smashburger restaurants to the Savanna and Atlanta, Georgia area over the next seven years.
Veeck is also part of a Twin Cities
group that has offered $ 80 million to $ 90 million to buy the Twins from Pohlad, the eightysomething billionaire banker who has 1) said he won't sell the team and 2) demanded a $ 200 million ballpark be built
with taxpayer money, lest he 3) move his
franchise.
As a result, the 2014 NBA draft could be the most talented
group of rookies to come into the league in a long time,
with freshman like Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Julius Randle all considered
franchise - level talents.
To an ownership
group more concerned
with recouping their initial investment in the team by making sure they can pocket all of the money
franchises get simply by existing in MLB, though, the team was indeed prohibitively expensive.
The original Tampa Bay ownership
group, led by Esposito; Mel Lowell, a former vice president of finance and business affairs
with the New York Knicks and Rangers; and Tampa businessman Henry Paul, was plagued by cash shortages even before it was awarded the
franchise in December 1990.
As a McDonald's franchisee and chairman of the National Leadership Council, a
group of
franchise - owners elected by our peers, representing more than 2,400 McDonald's franchisees in the U.S., I can say
with firsthand knowledge that the article «Coffee leaves»em jumpy; McDonald's owners fret cost of new drinks» (Business, Dec. 3) does not represent the truth regarding franchisee alignment
with the company and support for our combined beverage business.
Sir Richard Branson's company, which successfully fought the government's initial decision to award the
franchise to rival train operator First
Group, has cut a deal
with ministers which will see Virgin Rail run the lucrative train line until the end of 2014.
The National Hockey League will significantly reduce its carbon footprint — as well as the greenhouse gas emissions of its 30
franchise teams — through improved energy conservation, detailed efficiency analyses and the purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs) under a newly signed agreement
with Constellation Energy
Group, the league announced yesterday.
They say they are struck by the number of patients / clients who say they were injured doing CrossFit; they worry that
with so many CrossFit facilities opening, there can't be enough qualified trainers to teach these kinds of intense workouts; they argue that some of these exercises are being misused under CrossFit's emphasis on doing as many reps as possible and / or racing the clock; they wonder whether all these people flocking to CrossFit understand that it's not like going to Starbucks, that this is not a
franchise but rather a disparate
group of 10,000 gyms.
Kapoor founded Genesis Luxury in 2008 as the international arm of Genesis Colors, becoming the first to introduce
franchise opportunities for luxury brands in the Indian market and in 2009 the
group expanded into joint ventures
with Burberry and luxury Italian men's brand Canali.
After revealing his origins in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and exploring his struggle to keep the peace in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the Apes
franchise returns this summer
with War for the Planet of the Apes, which finds Caesar fighting for the survival of his species against a
group of humans led by Woody Harrelson's Colonel.
Singer, Storm and Mystique temporarily join Charles» gang - now properly bald, incase you hadn't noticed - for this
group shot, mixing newbies Smit - McPhee, Tye Sheridan, Turner and Shipp
with franchise veterans Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, McAvoy and Evan Peters.
The intentions of the various
groups serve in stark contrast to a Facebook
group, «Down
with Disney's Treatment of
Franchises and its Fanboys,» who have attempted to alter Black Panther's Rotten Tomatoes score because, «minorities... should stay that way.»
Lionsgate Motion Picture
Group Co-Chairs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger add «We're delighted to continue our successful collaboration
with IMAX,
with whom we have already partnered on the global blockbuster «The Hunger Games» and «Twilight Saga»
franchises, and we're especially pleased that we can introduce our newest young adult
franchise, «Divergent,» to the movie going public in the premium IMAX format that celebrates its status as a special and memorable event.»
Digging up an old
franchise, this ancient mummy (Sofia Boutella) comes to life in the modern world
with intention of settle old grudges on a new
group of people.
What's the Fuss: In this third installment of the popular dance
franchise, a tight - knit
group of street dancers, including Luke (Rick Malambri) and Natalie (Sharni Vinson), team up
with NYU freshman Moose (Adam G. Sevani) only to find themselves pitted against the world's best breakdancers in a high - stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Even so, and despite Black's bland presence, the third Fast and the Furious film offers the first glimpse of something truly engaging
with this material, allowing Lin's friend and collaborator Sung Kang to walk away
with the film without much effort and hammering home the
franchise's broader themes of noble outlaw codes by transplanting them to an entirely separate
group of people from the previous casts.
This February's «The Lego Movie,» an animated film about Emmet Brickowski («Guardians of the Galaxy» star Chris Pratt) and his adventures
with a
group of superheroes and
franchise characters, was the fourth - highest grossing movie of 2014, according to the website Box Office Mojo.
The third installment in the popular comedy
franchise about an all - female vocal
group begins
with an explosion aboard a yacht, as Beca and Fat Amy (Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson) are shown running for their lives while flames threaten — as if the duo were stuck in an off - brand 1980s cable action flick.
The
group, dubbed «Down
With Disney's Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys,» had set up an event — «Give Black Panther a Rotten Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes» — with nearly 4,000 members ready to trash «Black Panther» sight uns
With Disney's Treatment of
Franchises and its Fanboys,» had set up an event — «Give Black Panther a Rotten Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes» —
with nearly 4,000 members ready to trash «Black Panther» sight uns
with nearly 4,000 members ready to trash «Black Panther» sight unseen.
After two films worth of narrative building, this third entry in the heavily criticized
franchise culminates in a large scale battle
with an army of vampires and a
group of werewolves.