FRANCHISE News, Apr 06, 2012

Franchise

Tim Horton's Ruling may be a Cautionary Tale for Dunkin' Donuts Franchise Owners Blue MauMau A Canadian court ruling involving Tim Hortons may be a cautionary tale for Dunkin' Donuts franchisees. The case was brought by a group of Tim Horton's franchise owners after they were forced to sell items at below costand switch to more expensive ... See all stories on this topic »

Spring-Green Lawn Care Reinvests in Franchise Owners' Success Seattle Post Intelligencer The Flex Start program will be enhanced to include 12 weeks following commencement without royalty or advertising fund fees. The company's Marketing Reinvestment Program applies up to $10000 of the initial franchise fee for marketing programs during ... See all stories on this topic »

TEXT-Fitch revises Burger King Holdings outlook to positive Reuters In addition to achieving its general and administrative (G&A) cost reduction goals, Burger King is successfully refranchising lower-margin company stores, expanding outside of North America, and refining its brand image. For the year ended Dec. See all stories on this topic »

Ruby Tuesday's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha This is compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.25 for the prior year or $0.24 excluding the franchise partner accounting gain. Our earnings for the quarter, excluding the impairment cost and final purchase price adjustments, were primarily driven ... See all stories on this topic »

Cosi, Inc. Reports 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results MarketWatch (press release) The year over year fourth quarter increase in franchise fees and royaltieswas largely due to royalties associated with the additional week of sales in the 2011 fourth quarter, a 5.3% increase in comparable sales for the fourth quarter and a fee ... See all stories on this topic »

Ruby Tuesday Beats by a Penny Zacks.com Comparable store sales at domestic franchised restaurants also dropped 5.8%. However, to drive traffic, the company is now focusing more on marketing with increased television advertising. Restaurant level operating margin slipped 10 basis points (bps) ... See all stories on this topic »

1-800-DryClean begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            1-800-DryClean      end_of_the_skype_highlighting       Selected For "Top 500 Franchises" Sacramento Bee             1-800-DryClean begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            1-800-DryClean      end_of_the_skype_highlighting       franchise owners provide quality dry cleaning with free pickup and delivery.             1-800-DryClean begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            1-800-DryClean      end_of_the_skype_highlighting       is a low-cost, home-based franchise opportunity that requires no cold calling, builds equity quickly on repeat customers, offers owners a family ... See all stories on this topic »

BAB, Inc. Reports Profit for 1st Quarter FY 2012 MarketWatch (press release) CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS QUARTER ENDED 02/29/12 02/28/11 % Change REVENUES Royalty fees fromfranchised stores 442921 399220 10.9 % Net sales by company-owned stores 0 93733 N/M Franchise and area development fee revenue 5000 ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Open a Home Health Care Franchise? Staugnews For this assistance, the franchisee pays an initial franchise fee, ongoingroyalty fees, advertising fees and other fees to the franchiser; and thefranchisee needs to raise the money to start the franchise and must manage its ongoing operation. See all stories on this topic »

TEXT-S&P cuts Aptalis Pharma debt rating to 'B+' Reuters The stable outlook on Aptalis reflects our belief that the continued integration of Eurand NV will go smoothly and that realized cost savings, growing Zenpep sales, and continued steady sales of the company's core portfolio will enable Aptalis to ... See all stories on this topic »

Starting a Business Should be Simple: Green Cleaning Franchise Better Life ... Albany Times Union Green Clean Franchise Better Life Maids has developed a low cost franchiseoption they call "Simple Start". This option allows an aspiring entrepreneur to start a green cleaning franchise for much less than other options that are available. See all stories on this topic »

Smashburger Mysterious Trademark Settlement Blue MauMau She soon began franchising the stores to collect royalties. Eventually Compton sold the stores outright to franchisees, giving them “forever” contracts. The fledgling Colorado franchise company knew it had to come up with a quick resolution, ... See all stories on this topic »

Starting a Business Should be Simple: Green Cleaning Franchise Better Life ... Virtual-Strategy Magazine Green Clean Franchise Better Life Maids has developed a low cost franchiseoption they call "Simple Start". This option allows an aspiring entrepreneur to start a green cleaning franchise for much less than other options that are available. See all stories on this topic »

Israel's Channel 10 CEO warns his reporters against calling to renew social... Haaretz By Emilie Grunzweig Tags: Israel protest The CEO of Channel 10 has urged the station's journalists to refrain from calling to resume last summer's cost-of-living protests, warning that another round of protests "might be lethal" to the advertising ... See all stories on this topic » Haaretz

IPL 5: Padding up for a tough fight ahead exchange4media.com In 2009, team costs were 30-33 per cent of revenues. Thecost pressure is only expected to rise, further affecting the IPL valuation. In the first auction in 2008, there was a cap of $5 million per franchisee on player bids. Today, it is $9 million. See all stories on this topic » exchange4media.com

KFC's Big Game of Chicken BusinessWeek But failing on the home front carries other costs, from frustrated franchiseeswho are skeptical about a promised turnaround to consumers who are choosing to eat chicken elsewhere. And it's all happening with a brand Ghanaians and millions of others ... See all stories on this topic »

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, ... See all stories on this topic »

TBC gaining Midas touch with acquisition valued at $310M Tire Business Franchising revenue during the year came to $54.2 million, but Midas put the combined sales potential of the franchise network at $1.5 billion annually. Midas charges a franchise fee of $30000 and takes a royalty fee of 10 percent of revenue, ... See all stories on this topic » Tire Business

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Improves Fleet Fuel Efficiency and Anticipates ... Sacramento Bee By Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. TULSA, Okla., April 2, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) today announced that it anticipates significant cost savings for its customers based on the improved fuel ... See all stories on this topic »

Leading schools, college systems: DGI&I IR to verify payment of FED by franchisers Business Recorder (blog) The franchise means as agreement by which a franchisee is granted representation rights to sell or manufacture goods or to provide service or to undertake any process identified with franchiser against an agreed fee or consideration including royalty, ... See all stories on this topic »

Sonic Reports Improved Sales and Operating Income MarketWatch (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. See all stories on this topic »

Cosi Misses, Loss Narrows Y/Y - Analyst Blog NASDAQ Total revenue, which comprises company-operated restaurant sales andfranchise fees and royalties, grew 3.3% year over year to $26.2 million on the increase in company-owned comps as well as one extra week of operation offset somewhat by a decline in ... See all stories on this topic »

Food franchises offer a recipe for success The Franchise Magazine "The only cons are that you pay an initial fee and a regular Management Service Fee but as franchise owners obtain so much value from the latter, they could not set the business up at a lesser cost." Once the potential franchise owner has decided that... See all stories on this topic » The Franchise Magazine

Special Report: Creative communication Nation's Restaurant News “National cable not only allows us to reach our target where they already are, but it is also a more efficient cost per point, with lower cost of entry.” Cable is an especially efficient buy in an election year, he added. See all stories on this topic »

Frisch's Reports Higher Sales and Earnings in Third Quarter of Fiscal 2012 MarketWatch (press release) Our gross profit margins continue to suffer from higher food costs, especially for beef. However despite rising gasoline prices, we remain cautiously optimistic for the remainder of fiscal 2012 as we introduce several new products in our Big Boy ... See all stories on this topic »

Franchise or Independent? Coffee Consultant Gives Tips for Choosing a Coffee ... Virtual-Strategy Magazine Have financial backing to cover franchise fees and royalties in addition to other start-up costs such as rent, purchase of equipment and supplies, and enough cash to cover the first few months of operation. Are willing to sign a long-term agreement ... See all stories on this topic »

Tips to help franchisors prepare for the 2012 renewal season International Law Office Examiners review franchise disclosure documents in the order received. With hundreds of applications being filed during that last week of March, delayed submissions could end up at the bottom of the pile. Registration delays cancost in terms of ... See all stories on this topic »

Country Blast 2012 KCCI Des Moines Each entrant waives the right to assert, as a cost of winning any prize, any and all costs of verification and redemption or travel to redeem a prize and any liability that might arise from redeeming or seeking to redeem a prize. See all stories on this topic »

Sacramento Kings' new arena may be in trouble, despite $200K NBA loan Yahoo! Sports (blog) It was one of relatively few good nights in the drama-filled relocation saga that has surrounded the franchise in recent years, and the Maloofs were eager to be lauded as benevolent rulers — when they took the floor to thank the fans for their support ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Syracuse-based Carrols to buy 278 Burger King restaurants Syracuse.com Carrols is the largest Burger King franchisee in the US It is buying restaurants in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia and will hold 575 of the company's restaurants when the deal is complete. See all stories on this topic » Syracuse.com

Domino's Pizza to Consumers: We're Saying 'No' for You! SYS-CON Media (press release) In 2011, Domino's was ranked #1 in Forbes Magazine's "Top 20 Franchisesfor the Money" list. Helped by the launch of its Domino's Smart Slice school lunch pizza in late 2010, Domino's is collaborating with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to ... See all stories on this topic »

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