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 UNITED STATES FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : July 2005
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Wendy's to sell part of Tim Hortons chain. Wendy's
International said Friday that it plans to sell a portion of its Tim
Hortons business, weeks after a major shareholder sent a letter urging
a spinoff of the profitable doughnut and coffee chain. .... [more]
29/7/05
New pizza company plans regional expansion. The Hot
Restaurant Group of Rochester, N.Y. is rolling out an expansion plan
designed to put 100 Great Northern Pizza Kitchens in New York state
and the surrounding states over the next five years. .... [more]
29/7/05
Ronald McDonald picks ogre over mouse. McDonald's Corp.
said Wednesday it has signed a two-year, non-exclusive deal to promote
DreamWorks Animation SKG films beginning with the release of "Shrek
3" in 2007. .... [more]
27/7/05
Burger King's Coq Roq Site Stirs Pot. Just when the
hoopla and angst by the taste police over Carl's Jr.'s Paris Hilton
online video was starting to abate, Burger King managed to stir debate
with the latest online ploy. .... [more]
27/7/05
StateFranchises.com Launched to Promote Local Franchise and
Business Ownership. Franchise Solutions, Inc. has expanded
its array of online franchise research offerings with the launch of
StateFranchises.com. .... [more]
26/7/05
Krispy Kreme must supply all stores, even troubled ones.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is appealing an Illinois judge's ruling that
the doughnut maker must continue supplying stores in Chicago and St.
Louis despite the franchisee's inability to pay. .... [more]
26/7/05
Nemos Seafood Follows Own Recipe for Franchise Success.
In serving up small business opportunities to African-Americans, Nemos
Seafood has carved out a niche for itself in the fiercely competitive
franchise market. .... [more]
26/7/05
7-Eleven 2Q Profit Jumps on Higher Sales. 7-Eleven Inc.,
the world's largest convenience-store operator, said Tuesday that
its second-quarter profit jumped 22 percent as a result of higher
sales and cost controls. .... [more]
26/7/05
Ethnic coffee place aims for franchises. Panaderia Taza
is a coffeehouse targeted specifically at Hispanics, a market growing
so rapidly here and elsewhere in the United States that its owners
plan to franchise it soon. .... [more]
25/7/05
Value Place Franchisees Plan 86 More 'Short-Term Residential
Properties' in Seven States. Four Kansas holding companies
have signed separate agreements with Value Place to build 86 properties
in the Midwest and South. .... [more]
25/7/05
IHOP trips. International House of Pancakes is still
having trouble breaking out of its breakfast-menu ways. .... [more]
24/7/05
Lenny's Sub Shops to open 80 local stores. Lenny's Sub
Shops has announced an agreement to open 80 new restaurants in Montgomery,
Harris and Fort Bend counties. .... [more]
24/7/05
KFC Still Guards Colonel's Secret Recipe. The handwritten
recipe that launched a fast-food dynasty and made Colonel Harland
Sanders world famous is locked away at KFC headquarters - its contents
so concealed that not even the chain's top executive knows the ingredients.
.... [more]
22/7/05
McDonald's to stay in hospital's food court. The McDonald's
restaurant in the Cleveland Clinic hospital, the nation's No. 1 heart
center, has agreed to bring in healthy foods not available at other
locations. .... [more]
22/7/05
ProSource announces 13 new franchises. ProSource Wholesale
Floorcoverings recently announced 13 new franchise agreements to meet
the growing demand for flooring products. .... [more]
22/7/05
Choice Hotels Provides Value Added Services for Minority Franchisees.
Choice Hotels International, Inc. reinforces its commitment to increasing
minority hotel ownership with the launch of new alliances for African
American and Hispanic franchisees. .... [more]
20/7/05
Orbit Drop Releases New Websites for eBay Drop-off Franchise
Business. Orbit Drop, Inc. recently released two new websites
for its eBay drop-off business. .... [more]
20/7/05
Personal training franchise opens second location. Operators
of the Fitness Together personal training franchise in Kirkland plan
to open their second location in Redmond Aug. 1. .... [more]
19/7/05
Caribou Coffee plans IPO. The gourmet coffee shop franchise
filed a registration statement today with the SEC for a proposed initial
public offering that could be worth up to $90 million. .... [more]
19/7/05
Critter Control Unveils New Web Site. Critter Control,
Inc. announced today the introduction of a completely new web site
for use by residential, business and municipal customers. .... [more]
19/7/05
Quiznos looking to add stores in Triad. The popular
sandwich chain Quiznos is looking at nearly doubling its Triad presence
over the next few years, with plans to add about 15 stores throughout
the region. .... [more]
18/7/05
Factual Data-Missouri bought by franchisor. A company
that provides mortgage credit reports to customers in the St. Louis
area was acquired by its franchisor, the companies said Monday. ....
[more]
18/7/05
Friendly's Celebrates 70th Anniversary. On July 18,
1935, in Springfield, Mass., two young brothers opened a modest neighborhood
ice cream shop selling double-dip cones for 5 cents. .... [more]
18/7/05
Pizza Magia to be dissolved by late summer. After failing
to execute several turnaround strategies, Pizza Magia International
Inc. executives have decided to throw in the towel and dissolve the
5-year-old company by the end of August. .... [more]
17/7/05
Home care provider makes foray into franchising. Options
for Senior America has signed its first franchise agreement, and if
things go well it could lead to more down the road. .... [more]
15/7/05
McDonald's profit leaves investors hungry for more. Shares
of McDonald's rose Friday after the world's top-selling fast food
company released second-quarter earnings guidance that was well ahead.
.... [more]
15/7/05
Lenny's franchisees opening new restaurants. The restaurant
chain that started in Bartlett and has spread like wildfire across
the South continues to grow with announcements of new locations in
three cities this month. .... [more]
14/7/05
Shareholder asks Wendy’s to spin off Tim Hortons. A
New York investment firm is asking Wendy's International to spin off
of its Tim Hortons bakery unit. .... [more]
13/7/05
IHOP Going for the Post-Breakfast Crowd. The restaurant
chain is revamping its menu and altering its decor in a bid to beef
up business. .... [more]
12/7/05
Franchise CEO dies. Richard D. Reese, who helped build
one restaurant into the nation's largest operator of Taco Bells, has
died. .... [more]
10/7/05
Krispy Kreme order given to stick with old terms. A
dispute between a subsidiary of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. and a
Texas franchisee has landed in court. .... [more]
9/7/05
Company plans six new delis in area. McAlister's Deli,
a casual restaurant chain, is coming to Wichita beginning next year.
.... [more]
9/7/05
Ruth's Chris Steaks Its Future on IPO. Ruth's Chris
Steak House Inc., the restaurant with the odd name, wants to add a
side of stock to its servings of steak. .... [more]
8/7/05
Orbit Drop Announces Strategic Growth and Expansion Plans.
Orbit Drop, Inc. recently appointed Alan A. Weinstein as Chief Executive
Officer to guide it successfully to the next level. .... [more]
8/7/05
7-Eleven to return to Manhattan. 7-Eleven Inc. has returned
to Manhattan after a long absence with a smaller, walk-up convenience
store that the chain pioneered in other big cities. .... [more]
7/7/05
McDonald's wants a hipper look on its workers. McDonald's
is seeking a high-profile fashion designer to give its 300,000 U.S.
restaurant workers a trendy, stylish new look. .... [more]
6/7/05
New shop fits shoes for better health. Foot Solutions,
a new franchise in Albuquerque, promises to make a science out of
fitting shoes. .... [more]
5/7/05
Subway Founder Must Pay Franchise Owners. The founder
of the Subway sandwich chain must pay two franchise owners $150,000
each because Connecticut doesn't have a well-defined law against excessive
punitive damage awards, the state Supreme Court ruled. .... [more]
5/7/05
Wine franchisers plan sexy, cool shop at The Summit.
Wine bar, restaurant and wine seller - all descriptions apply to the
young franchise known as The Grape, scheduled to open this summer
in phase IV of The Summit. .... [more]
4/7/05
Firehouse banking on Austin remaining hot market for sub sandwich
shops. Bill Krassner thinks he has a hot idea. He wants to
extinguish Central Texans' hunger one appetite at a time. .... [more]
4/7/05
Franchising key to O'Charley's nationwide goal. O'Charley's
Inc. expects to use franchising to blaze a trail through the upper
Midwest, Southwest and West. .... [more]
3/7/05
A World with 400 Hooters. On June 26th, Hooters, the
worldwide sensation, opened its 400th location - in Switzerland. ....
[more]
1/7/05
Dunkin' Donuts files lawsuit against Fitchburg business.
The owner of a small chain of doughnut shops in Fitchburg is being
sued by Dunkin' Donuts Inc., which claims that the orange and pink
color scheme of the Gourmet Donuts logo is an imitation of the famous
doughnut maker. .... [more]
1/7/05
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