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FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : Jan-Jun 2001
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Sobeys tries to put $49M software charge behind it.
Year-end results for Sobeys Inc. utter a cautionary tale - technology
does not always make a business more efficient. .... 28/6/01
Van Houtte Completes Another Acquisition in the US.
Van Houtte Inc. today announced the acquisition of the office coffee
service operations of US-based The Alexandria Group and Alexandria
Coffee Services LLC. .... 20/6/01
Richtree Wins Arbitration Hearing Over Movenpick. Richtree
Inc. announced today that it had succeeded in winning the first of
its legal disputes with Swiss-based master franchisor, Movenpick Holding,
by having a Board of Arbitration rule completely in Richtree's favour
in respect of the Company's U.S. Franchise Agreement. .... 20/6/01
Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Distribution
to Unitholders. Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust (Royal
Host) has declared its June 2001 distribution of $0.08 per unit payable
July 31, 2001 to unitholders of record as of June 29, 2001. .... 8/6/01
Aldo gears up to go global. Shoe merchant Aldo
Bensadoun, one of the few Canadian-based retailers to flourish south
of the border, is gearing up for a major global expansion of his Aldo
Group Inc. .... 7/6/01
Humpty's Releases First Quarter 2001 Results.
Humpty's Restaurants International Inc. today released fiscal first
quarter financial results for the 3 month period ending March 31,
2001. .... 30/5/01
Canadian Retailers to Explore the Changing Landscape
of Retail. Seven hundred retailers from across the country
will gather at Retail Council of Canada's 37th Annual Conference to
explore the "New Game, New Rules" of the retail business. Delegates
will gather at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building)
on June 18 & 19, 2001 to learn from Canadian and U.S. industry leaders
about ideas and strategies that are transforming the landscape of
retail in Canada. .... 29/5/01
Travelodge Offers Families Summer Fun with Hasbro Games.
Between May 28 and September 7, 2001, visitors who stay frequently
at any Travelodge or Thriftlodge location in Canada will receive their
choice of premium items offered through a partnership with Hasbro
Canada games. .... 24/5/01
Retailers see dollar-store payoff. In an era
of giant Wal-Marts, it's surprising to see dollar stores not only
holding their own but flourishing. Like coffee shops, dollar stores
seem to be sprouting on every corner. .... 19/5/01
My neighbours love to hate Starbucks. A Starbucks
has moved into my gritty downtown Toronto neighbourhood, a scenario
that reminds me of the Yuppie who wandered into the Bronx in Tom Wolfe's
Bonfire of the Vanities. .... 3/5/01
Cheap bean wins on Bay Street. There is only
one flavour of coffee and the cappuccino is made from a powder mix,
but Tim Hortons seems to be winning the coffee wars on Bay Street.
.... 21/4/01
Booksellers ordered to sell stores. Canada's Competition
Bureau has ruled Chapters Inc. and Indigo Books, Music & more Inc.
must sell eight of their book superstores in Ontario - the majority
of them in Toronto - and agree to refrain from opening new stores
for two years, if their merger is to gain approval. .... 19/4/01
McDonald's workers unionize without fight. Workers
at a McDonald's restaurant north of Montreal became unionized yesterday
without the legal battle that has accompanied previous such efforts.
.... 12/4/01
Jean Coutu profit beats forecasts. Jean Coutu
Group Inc., Canada's second-largest drug store operator, said on Tuesday
its third-quarter earnings climbed nearly 21 percent, beating analysts'
forecasts, as sales at its U.S. stores and Canadian franchises grew
14 percent. .... 10/4/01
Would you like change with that coffee? Drive-through
tipping: Bypassing change means chopping transaction time. .... 6/4/01
Expansion plan helps Forzani to improved earnings. An
aggressive expansion plan helped The Forzani Group Ltd. to improved
fourth-quarter earnings, the Canadian retailer said on Friday. ....
23/3/01
Travelodge Canada Appoints New Leader. Randy
Royer, President of Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust announced
today the appointment of Ms. Dorothy Dowling to the position of President
and COO of Travelodge Canada. .... 19/3/01
Big mac contained syringe tip, suit claims. In
a complaint filed in a New York court, Robert Orr alleged the incident
occurred when he stopped at a McDonald's in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on
Nov. 8, 1999, during a shopping trip with his daughter. .... 14/3/01
Town does not want fries with that.
Niagara-on-the-Lake fears McDonald's would 'change
this community forever'. .... 9/3/01
Niagara-on-the-Lake residents have beef with McDonald's.
Fast-food giant would 'change this community forever'. ....
9/3/01
Body Shop takes slow path to big-box stores. Body
Shop Canada, the country's pioneer of socially conscious retailing,
is making a strategic move into the big-box store format. .... 21/2/01
Krispy Kreme is a sweet success story - for now. Forget
about Alan Greenspan, collapsing consumer confidence, the plight of
the dollar, automotive woes, the Chapters saga and decimal trading
on the New York Stock Exchange. It's time to talk about something
Canadians really care about: doughnuts. .... 31/1/01
FRENCH immersion. Paul Delage Roberge set Quebec
abuzz by pampering his patrons at upscale fashion retailer Les Ailes
de la Mode. Will his sense of style translate in English Canada? ....
26/1/01
Franchise owners of Metro want to prevent sale of Quebec
company to outsider. A former premier of Quebec has been enlisted
to try to stop Metro Inc. from being sold to interests outside of
the province. Pierre Marc Johnson, now a practicing lawyer, is one
of seven people recruited for the board of the large food retailer
to represent the interests of franchise store owners who are also
shareholders. .... 10/1/01
A doughnut and a coffee. Roly Morris hopes to
apply his Starbucks success in Canada to expanding the Krispy Kreme
chain here, DANIEL McHARDIE writes. .... 8/1/01
Canadian stores outperform their southern rivals. Most
will meet sales targets, some upside surprises. .... 5/1/01
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