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You have found the best franchise for you and are really excited about its future and your new business. However, how are you going to pay for it? Many franchises require a significant investment and a large amount of liquid money that many individuals don’t have. Fortunately, there are a lot of financing options available to help you finance your franchise business opportunity.
NASHVILLE, TN. - Bar-B-Cutie® celebrates 5 years of promoting Smoke-Free Restaurants which has contributed to healthy growth for Bar-BCutie® and its restaurant goers.
In 2002, when Bar-B-Cutie® Franchise Systems was in its infant stages as a franchising company, Bar-B-Cutie®’s CEO, Ronnie McFarland made the decision to become a smoke-free company.
“Although my generation grew up on Luckys, we were never given the facts about the grave dangers of smoking. Knowing that 53,000 American non-smokers die from heart disease, cancer, and lung disease caused by their exposure to second hand smoke-more than die in care accidents, I had no other choice than to take a stand in my restaurants and make them smoke-free!” states McFarland.
Melt Gelato and Crepe Café announces over a million customers served
Laguna Hills, CA- Over a million customers have said goodbye to boring old ice cream and ‘ciao’ to Melt Gelato and Crepe Café (OTCBB: MLTC). The company has proudly announced that more than 1,750,000 customers have scooped up gelato at its corporate and franchise owned restaurants.
The landmark of such a large number of consumers speaks literally, in millions. The following of gelato fans has far surpassed Melt Gelato and Crepe Café’s expectations as they become the new face of the frozen dessert industry.
MEXICO CITY, - (AP) A group of businessmen in the northern Mexican City of Chihuahua broke a tasty record Friday, making a hunk of meat on a skewer big enough to serve 24,000 tacos.
In the Friday event dubbed as the "Tacoton," the meat for a pastor taco, a variety of the Mexican dish that consists of pork squashed onto a stake, weighed 3.9 tons and was 13 feet high, Mexican government news agency Notimex reported.
Officials from the Guinness Book of World Records recognized the hunk of meat as the world’s "largest skewer of kebab meat," Notimex reported.
Portions of the vast snack were sold with a drink for $1 a piece to hungry spectators. Chihuahua businessmen financed the mega taco and gave proceeds from sales to a home for abandoned children, Notimex said.
Austin is saying aloha to a Hawaiian retail store.
Maui Wowi Hawaiian has opened a franchise inside the HEB grocery store at 11521 N. FM 620, with plans to highlight the aloha spirit.
Local franchise partners Lance and Lourdes Moore opened the store, which sells authentic Hawaiian products including smoothies, coffee and other odds and ends.
"Maui Wowi Hawaiian and HEB have given us a terrific opportunity to share our Aloha Spirit and love of all things Hawaiian with HEB customers in Austin," Lance Moore says. "We’re excited to offer customers the opportunity to step out of the grocery store experience for a few minutes and escape to paradise, where they can experience Maui Wowi’s healthy smoothies and coffee beverages."
Local Owners Deliver ‘Aloha Spirit’ to Customers at the Edge
PHILADELPHIA- (BUSINESS WIRE) - Marguerite Barnett and Kristin Parris have opened a new franchise location of Maui Wowi® Hawaiian Coffees & Smoothies in Philadelphia, PA. The 895 square foot café will celebrate its grand opening beginning February 5. This is the first and only Maui Wowi Hawaiian store in the Philadelphia area.
Maui Wowi at The Edge is located at 1601 North 15th Street, Suite 3A, behind the Pearl Theater and nestled between Oxford Street and Cecil B. Moore Ave. Its location adjacent to the Temple University campus is perfectly positioned to offer university students, staff, and visitors as well as local commuters an authentic “taste of the Islands.” The new store is open every day from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and early risers will appreciate the variety of Kona-blend coffees and fresh-baked pastries. Known for its fresh-fruit smoothies, exclusive Hawaiian coffees, and unique Hawaiian merchandise, Maui Wowi Hawaiian is now importing top-selling items from Hawaiian farms and bakers — items that before now could only be purchased online or in Hawaii.
By Michele Chandler - Mercury News
It’s easy to figure out where the new Maui Wowi Hawaiian coffee and smoothie cafe is located in the Evergreen branch of the San Jose Public Library. Just walk past the children’s section, head for the information booth and follow the scent of toasting bagels and the whir of a blender.
Maui Wowi, part of a Colorado-based chain, opened Friday in the East San Jose library. The new cafe is riding the growing trend of San Jose public libraries offering full-service cafes, breakfast food and beverages along with books and free Internet access.
While not moneymakers today, library officials hope the privately-run cafes will make a bigger impact on the library system’s bottom line.
Dat Tong, an Evergreen library aide, picked up two coffees Friday, one for himself, the other for a colleague. Selling coffee and smoothies makes sense because libraries are now social hangouts, he said.
Farmingdale, NY - Long Island based Minuteman Press International, Inc., franchisor of 950+ International Minute Press and Minuteman Press Centers, through its franchising division, Ultra Franchising, Inc., has partnered with Chyten Educational Services, combining Chyten’s educational expertise with Minuteman’s franchising expertise to grow Chyten in North American markets.
Chyten currently owns & operates five tutoring centers in Massachusetts, and employs 7 people full-time and about 70 full and part-time tutors. Minuteman Press International of Farmingdale, LI, NY, will focus on franchising opportunities in eastern and central Massachusetts to start, noted Bob Titus, President of Minuteman Press International, Inc. “We will then expand the franchise throughout the Northeast, and subsequently, take it national. With the tutoring industry growing at such an exceptional rate, we envision Chyten growing into a nationally recognized franchise in a relatively short period of time” noted Titus.
National Outdoor Lighting Franchise NiteLites recently demonstrated their high quality architectural and landscape lighting products at the International Builders’ Show (IBS). The show was the most successful and well-attended annual convention of the National Association of Home Builders. A complete list of exhibitors is available online at http://www.buildersshow.com/Exhibitors/CurrentExhibitors.aspx.
NiteLites Franchise Systems, Inc. President and CEO, Thomas A. Frederick, explained that this was the first year NiteLites attended the IBS, and that their products were “very popular” with the builders, developers, landscape architects, and architects at the show. Mr. Frederick also said that the show was a success and that the company met with many business owners and project managers who expressed interest in their safe low voltage lighting outdoor lighting systems. Local franchise owners and operators David Thoma of Myrtle Beach, Randy White of Sarasota, and Trevor Rosendahl of Jacksonville also relayed that the contacts made with the national decision makers at this trade show were “highly beneficial.” Mr. Frederick explained that the show was so successful for his company, that “We are already making plans to attend next year because this is our ideal audience. These are business people who recognize the quality of our specification grade low voltage outdoor lighting fixtures and the value of our lighting design, installation, and full service maintenance. These business people also know the profitability and visibility NiteLites Outdoor Lighting can bring to their projects.”
Fort Walton Beach, FL, Cuppy’s Coffee & More announced today the release of a series of video skits that will be placed on YouTube.
The 30-60 second spoofs will feature Cuppy, a giant coffee cup, trying to find his place in the corporate office after taking a break from his usual job of “mascot dancing”. Much to the distaste of his co-workers, Cuppy has become part of the every day office culture.
The first skit in the series finds Cuppy trying to write a press release for the marketing department. His co-worker is fed up with Cuppy’s inability to type anything in a timely manner stating in a confessional, “Why can’t he just use spell check?”
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