The Franchise King Awards Coolest Website Honors to Rita’s

Rita’s Ice Website Earns Top Honors
A website designed by SilverTech for cold treat franchise Rita’s Ice won top honors as the “Coolest Franchise Website” in a contest hosted by Joel Libava’s The Franchise King, an industry leading consulting firm.
Featuring roll over flash animation and a clean, fun design that engages audiences of all ages, the [...]

Jamba Juice Launches Fruity Summer Promotion

New “Orange Refresher” Saves Consumers Coins and Calories
EMERYVILLE, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) — Jamba, the leading blender of fruit and other naturally healthy ingredients, has launched a $2.95 All Fruit Smoothie, for a limited time, in all Jamba Juice stores. Jamba is taking steps to educate the consumer of the benefits of Jamba smoothies, which [...]

German Franchise Marketing Study Released

The German brand and marketing agency, Icon Added Value, has published a new study called “Franchise 2008″. The study is based on the results of telephone interviews held with ten franchisors, 78 franchisees and 1,000 final consumers. The list of franchises looked at include well-known names such as McDonald’s, Ihr Platz, Das Futterhaus, Kieser-Training, Kamps [...]

7-11: Free Slurpee Day Promo

Source: The Franchise King

On 7-11 you can have a Slurpee on 7-Eleven. So, on July 11th, go into your nearby 7-Eleven, and slurp up a Free Slurpy*.
Where is the nearest 7-Eleven located, you may ask?
Look Here!
{I am accepting Slurpee deliveries between the hours of 7 and 11 only, at my office.}

*Are you a lifetime [...]

Franchise Owner Alleges UPS Destroyed Her Business

(FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Source: PR Newswire
Denver UPS/MBE Franchisee Blames UPS for Destroying Her Business Plan With Inferior Model
DENVER, March 25 /PRNewswire/ — Suzy Meadows had a plan. After a successful career in the oil and gas industry, Meadows and her husband, Joel, in 1991 chose Mail Boxes Etc. as their future, and over the [...]

Cold Stone Creamery: The Dissed’n Franchised

(FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Here’s a story about how disgruntled franchise owners are taking their grievances online; in this case a Cold Stone Creamery franchisee.
(FranchisePick.Com) In franchising, the Internet has changed everything. It used to be that angry franchise owners just went away quietly. Even those who sued the franchisor did not [...]

Mama Fu’s Franchisee Uses Its Noodle; Buys Franchisor

(FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Think you could run the chain better than your franchisor? Buy’m out. That’s what a franchisee of Mama Fu’s Noodle House did recently:
Source: BizJournals
Murphy Adams Restaurant Group, the largest franchisee of Mama Fu’s Noodle House, has bought the Mama Fu’s brand in the United States and Mexico for an [...]

Subway Franchisee Builds Florida Equity Empire

(FranchiseeMarketing.Com) Source: St. Petersburg Times
Subway franchisee builds an equity empire
Signs have been cropping up of late announcing shopping developments from European Equities.
It’s not the invasion of the strong euro buying up undervalued American real estate. It’s the outgrowth of a Subway franchisee’s quest to build a fully vertical enterprise.
David McComas is the man [...]

Big O Tires Franchisees Make a Difference

(FranchiseeMarketing.Com)  Source:  Reporter Times
Big O donates to pediatric cancer foundation
David Doyle, franchisee of the Big O Tires stores in Mooresville, Muncie and Plainfield, along with Big O Tires franchisees and the corporate office, have donated $50,000 to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation each of the past two years. The company and its franchises are committed to [...]