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FRANCHISE News, Mar 23, 2012


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2 Companies Building Franchises To Buy On Any Short-Term Weakness
Seeking Alpha
Stocks floated by companies with glaring weaknesses and absolutely zero competitive, strategic and cost-related leverage going forward. In this article, I present two companies, both with name recognition and brand power similar to Netflix, ...
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Luby's Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results
Sacramento Bee
During the second quarter, two new franchises opened, one in Omaha, Nebraska and the second in Del Rio, Texas. Our 2012 expansion plans are on track and we still plan to open at least three company-owned Fuddruckers before the end of the fiscal year.
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Sonic Reports Improved Sales and Operating Income
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“Despite commodity cost pressure, we were able to improve drive-in level margins reflecting leverage from improved sales. From a capital perspective, we expect to generate $50 million to $55 million in free cash flow 1 during the current fiscal year.
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Thiel: NintendoBall, Part II — After Ichiro, what?
Sportspress Northwest
In 2004, Yamauchi turned over ownership of the Mariners to his company's US unit, Nintendo of America (NOA) in Redmond, wisely avoiding inheritance issues that sometimes have plagued sports franchises handed off between generations.
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Digital Signage Entices Taste Buds
Sacramento Bee
SUBWAY® TV & RADIO, comprised of NEXCOM's fanless NDiS 161 media player and Real Digital Media's NEOCAST® digital signage platform, serves as a powerful communication medium for helping SUBWAY® franchisees better inform customers of available options ...
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Banco Santander's Emilio Botín takes on the world
Fortune (blog)
You can see the bank's championship 18-hole golf course, a nursery for 550 children, and a grove of 1000-year-old olive trees transplanted from Sicily at a reported cost of $50000 a pop. Given all that opulence, you'd never guess that Emilio Botín, ...
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Fortune (blog)
Claire's Stores, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
Sacramento Bee
The increase was attributable to new store sales and an increase in same store sales, partially offset by closed stores, decreases in shipments tofranchisees and foreign currency translation effect of our foreign locations' sales.
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Planet Fitness to Raise Big Money for Breast Cancer Research
Sacramento Bee
Memberships will cost just $10 down, and then $10 a month. In the past two years, Planet Fitness gyms nationwide have donated $592522 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation through the springtime promotion. "We're very excited to be able to help such ...
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Massive evasion of ST, FED by some beverage makers unearthed
Business Recorder (blog)
The multinational giants have been involved in manufacturing and sale of concentrate to different bottling franchises in Pakistan. In the light of Central Excise General Order, 53 of 1967, aforesaid business is liable to FED at ad Valorem basis on ...
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Jackson Hewitt Tax Service® Named Supplier of the Year by Walmart Financial ...
Sacramento Bee
I thank all of our franchisees and employees for their dedication and commitment to continual enhancement of our Walmart partnership. I also thank Walmart Financial Services for their demonstrated spirit of teamwork and collaboration to make our ...
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Darden Restaurants' CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
About 80% of that unfavorability was expected based on the inflationary foodcost environment and our decision to price below inflation. For the third quarter, restaurant labor expenses were approximately 100 basis points lower than last year on a ...
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Alon Holdings Blue Square - Israel Ltd. Announces Financial Results for the ...
Sacramento Bee
The decrease in revenues was mainly due to a decrease in sales tofranchises stemming in the home and leisure sectors from increased competition in the sector and was partly offset by increase in sales of home textile. Real estate segment - increase in ...
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Darden Restaurants Reports Third Quarter Diluted Net Earnings Per Share of ...
Sacramento Bee
With our sales strength and deceleration in year-over-year food cost inflation, we were able to generate solid earnings growth even though food cost inflation remained elevated on an absolute basis," said Clarence Otis, Chairman and Chief Executive ...
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Nike's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Converse is a great example, very strategic in how we combine franchises like Chuck Taylor, with ways for consumers to customize their products in store. A great Q3 for Converse, delivering another quarter of double-digit revenue growth.
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Contractors may replace mailrooms
The Ranger
According to the minute order, the district would pay FEJICO, LLC, and Two Step, LCC, franchisees of Mail Boxes Etc. Inc., about $76625 for fiscal year 2012 and $306500 each year for fiscal years 2013-15 to receive and sort incoming mail to each ...
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