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John "JD" Draper simply looks like a leader. Maybe it's his dapper attire, mile-wide smile, and booming voice. Or maybe it's his decades long command of operating franchises.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 9,823 Reads 2 Shares
Online shopping has changed how consumers purchase airline tickets, shoes, music, and more. Now, according to a survey from EMN8, consumers want more of the same technology choices when it comes to ordering fast food.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,602 Reads 1 Shares
What you don't know, you can't measure. And what you can't measure, you can't improve!
  • Steve Olson
  • 3,655 Reads 94 Shares
Little has changed in health-related brands since last year's report. FRANdata still tracks 11 sectors across four industries: child-related, health and fitness, QSR, and retail food.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 9,247 Reads 206 Shares
When Cold Stone Creamery first showed up on his radar, Lloyd Sugarman knew it had great franchise potential years before the couple who started it were ready to grow.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 14,928 Reads 3 Shares
Lloyd Sugarman--Sugie, to his friends--is something of a "franchise whisperer." He sniffed out Coldstone Creamery as a concept with great franchise potential years before the couple who started it were ready to grow.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,414 Reads 1 Shares
Resiliency and optimism permeated the air at this year's Multi-Unit Franchising Conference, held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas March 27-29.
  • Kerry Pipes and Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,985 Reads 1,014 Shares
The primary concern most fast food business and franchise owners encounter is the balance of front of the house demands and back of the house operations.
  • Layne Davlin
  • 6,718 Reads
Peter Holt received an early Christmas present late last year when Tasti D-Lite CEO Jim Amos announced he was stepping down and that Holt had been selected to take the reins of the 25-year-old brand.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,256 Reads 1 Shares
If President Obama decided to name an Ambassador of Franchising, John "JD" Draper, with his dapper attire, mile-wide smile, and booming voice would surely make the "short list" of top candidates.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,303 Reads 1 Shares
When Brandon Jones was in the third grade, his teacher asked the class to write about what they wanted to be when they grew up.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 11,870 Reads 21 Shares
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Kelly Saxton remembers his very first job flipping burgers at his grandfather's diner in South Hutchinson, Kansas.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 14,960 Reads 1,022 Shares
Does recent history give us a good basis for what to expect for franchise development in 2013? Certainly there is some guidance that can be taken from the past few years.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 6,006 Reads 297 Shares
Different types of international franchises are being granted today for U.S.-based education, food and beverage, retail, and service franchises.
  • William G. Edwards
  • 3,106 Reads 59 Shares
When one brand just won't do, growth-hungry franchisees add new ones. And why not?
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,432 Reads 44 Shares
As of 2012, there were about 1,300 franchised food brands operating in the U.S.; roughly two thirds started offering franchises in 2000 or later.
  • FRANdata
  • 14,525 Reads 1 Shares
Just a couple of years ago Tom McDonald was a Burger King franchisee worried about the brand's need to keep up with the times. But he felt like no one was listening to his concerns.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,092 Reads 140 Shares
On a smarter planet, we've seen how predictive analytics can help transform everything from how we fight crime to how we improve things like healthcare, food safety, and utility grids.
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,743 Reads 272 Shares
Operating a successful franchise business is challenging enough. Add in family members and things can get really interesting.
  • Michele Chandler
  • 8,195 Reads
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop has been named one of Technomic's Top 100 Sandwich Chains and received Sandelman's Award of Excellence for Customer Service.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 7,160 Reads 1,023 Shares
As founder and executive chairman of The Saxton Group in Dallas, Kelly Saxton has taken a family approach to building a business that has opened and operated more than 100 restaurants in his 30-year career.
  • Helen Bond
  • 7,864 Reads 252 Shares
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When Burger King set out to revamp its menu, it made sense that Tom McDonald would have some input.
  • Helen Bond
  • 11,141 Reads 2 Shares
You can't improve what you don't measure, the old saying goes... which is one reason so many in franchising eagerly anticipate the release of the Annual Franchise Development Report (AFDR) at Franchise Update Media Group's annual Leadership & Development Conference.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,659 Reads 117 Shares
At least six times a year, Don Copus gathers his Hungry Howie's employees for a corporate outing where you may find the Berkley, Mich.-based franchisee batting for one softball team, pitching for the other, or manning the grill.
  • Helen Bond
  • 10,352 Reads 5 Shares
Franchising is big. And so are some of its franchisees. Just take a look at our "Mega 99" list (page 54) and you'll see what we mean!
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,417 Reads 1,023 Shares
Marketers have a lot to do these days, both despite and because of technology - as well as their expanding role in the enterprise.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 2,974 Reads 154 Shares
It was a late night of channel surfing that gave this former surfer-turned-franchisee a life-changing idea to feed the hungry.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,238 Reads 50 Shares
For William Bruce, chief operating officer at Abundant Brands in American Fork, Utah, a late night of channel surfing turned into a life-altering idea to feed the hungry.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,958 Reads 97 Shares
CMOs must adapt or die in today's social media-driven marketing world, according to strategic marketing consultant Lisa Nirell, president of Energize Growth.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,011 Reads 13 Shares
Edwin Sarkissian escaped the oppression of his native Iran with his family in 1996.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 108,461 Reads 834 Shares
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