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At this time of the year we see fireworks stands that appear seemingly out of nowhere. Most of them are franchises. Fireworks stands pop-up everywhere like perennial flowers this time of year. They show up in the parking lots of your favorite businesses and are gone

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  Four franchisees recently formed a panel to discuss what they wish they had known before they bought their franchise. All agreed that staffing, managing and retaining employees was a key challenge. They also agreed that they didn’t regret their decision to buy a

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U.S. government policies and American demographics have had an important influence in encouraging fast food franchise ownership over other kinds of business ownership in poorer, ethnic neighborhoods, according to a new book, Supersizing Urban America: How Inner Cities

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A&W is revving up a major part of its growth through more convenience store locations. For the first time in more than 10 years, the chain, which was bought from Yum! Brands by a group of its franchisees back in 2011, is reporting positive unit growth. Five new

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John Betz, who does business in Atlantic City and the broader New Jersey-Pennsylvania area, once had 11 Auntie Anne’s franchise locations, which were all sold years ago. Now his company is one of less than a hundred Starbucks licensees in the U.S. The coffee

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Thirty-one franchise Jack in the Box restaurants in central and east Texas, owned by Bernie Morrissey of J&D Restaurant Group LLC, have temporarily closed. They will reopen by the end of the month as corporate-owned restaurants. The franchisee for the restaurants

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Pat Swisher founded Swisher Hygiene back in 1983, a company that specialized in hygiene for commercial restrooms. The franchise chain thrived, as did Swisher’s self-described big ego. But he was in for a fall, brought about by running afoul of the IRS. In 2002 he

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A&W units have been sliding in numbers in the U.S. since the recession, but this year marks a welcome turnaround. The chain has been franchisee-run since 2011. A&W Restaurants is quietly doing something it hasn’t done for a decade: Open new restaurants. The

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McDonald’s is determined to regain customers it has lost to rivals by banking on extensive changes, including expensive restaurant upgrades. To get its U.S. franchisees on board the costly program, it is sweetening the deal by telling them, in writing, it will

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