I used to go to a awesome restaurant in Georgia, and I found out they closed out of know where. It was called Up the creek in McDonough.

I’m thinking of reopening it, and I contacted the corporation.
But one of my questions is could I be able to reopen a franchised restaurant like Up the creek? I know I have to do lots of cleaning up, and stuff.

I don’t know how long its been closed, it might have been 2 or 3 years.
But is there a reason that the windows on the front doors are boarded up? There’s no other windows boarded up, just the front window on the door.
Note: I’ve been asking myself why it closed for the past year.

A few years back, Ayubia was only a small town with an amusement park, a shoe
store, a small restaurant, and a grocery store. Now the small town has transformed
into an international tourist attraction, attracting thousands of tourists who are
inspired by the lifestyle of Ayubians.
Ali and Ahmad, having grown up within the Ayubians’ faith, decided to take
advantage of their town’s popularity and their woodworking skills. Their shop
“Stylish Wood” began with a small display of handmade hickory rocking chairs, Ali
and Ahmad’s specialty. But within a few months, the display at Stylish Wood
included picnic tables, flower boxes, and small handmade novelty items. No other
shop offers the same.
Ali and Ahmad decorated the shop’s display room with authentic Ayubians
décor and eventually hired three Ayubians friends to sew and embroider napkins
and other textiles as per customer request. Ali and Ahmed are ready to assist in
every phase of the locate-compare-select process. In addition, two women from the
Ayubians community took permission from Ali and Ahmad to display home-cooked
traditional food items on Saturday and Sunday, the town’s busiest tourist days,
when Ayubia attracted group of visitors to its flea market on the south edge of town.
Ali and Ahmad stated, “Ayubia is full of specialty shops, people don’t come here
to buy things made in China or Taiwan. They want real Ayubians -made goods.”
1. Stylish Wood is doing which type of business?
a. Franchising
b. Retailing
c. Brokering
d. Wholesaling
2. Which one of the following levels of service is being provided by the Stylish
Wood?
a. Self-service
b. Full-service
c. Limited-service
d. Self-selection
3. Products like picnic tables, flower boxes and small handmade hickory rocking
chairs offered by the Stylish Wood fall in which of the following consumer products?
a. Convenience products
b. Unsought products
c. Shopping products
d. Specialty products
4. Which of the following growth strategies is being adopted by the Stylish Wood?
a. Market penetration
b. Market development
c. Diversification
d. Product development
5. Which of the following can be viewed by Stylish Wood while assessing sales
volume effectiveness?
a. Percentage of visitors those entering and who buy
b. Percentage of visitors who enter the shop
c. Average amount spent per sale
d. All of the given the options
6. All of the following can be the grounds on which Stylish Wood positioned itself,
EXCEPT:
a. By focusing Ayubia’s tourists
b. By offering unique products not offered by other shop
c. By hiring persons having creative skills
d. By helping people to buy imported items
7. Do you think that location played a critical part in the Stylish Wood’s success?
a. Strongly agree
b. Partially agree
c. Not agree
d. None of the given option
8. Which one of the following decisions is considered as a crucial that must be
decided in relation to its target market, its product assortment, and its competition?
a. Segmentation decision
b. Price decision
c. Product decision
d. Positioning decision
9. Stylish Wood can be categorized as which of the following stores?
a. Department store
b. Convenience store
c. Specialty store
d. Discount store
10. Stylish Wood is doing the business by which of the following ways?
a. Wholesaling
b. Personal selling
c. Retailing through catalogs
d. Retailing through store
4. Which of the following growth strategies is being adopted by the Stylish Wood?
a. Market penetration
b. Market development
c. Diversification
d. Product development
5. Which of the following can be viewed by Stylish Wood while assessing sales
volume effectiveness?
a. Percentage of visitors those entering and who buy
b. Percentage of visitors who enter the shop
c. Average amount spent per sale
d. All of the given the options
6. All of the following can be the grounds on which Stylish Wood positioned itself,
EXCEPT:
a. By focusing Ayubia’s tourists
b. By offering unique products not offered by other shop
c. By hiring persons having creative skills
d. By helping people to buy imported items
7. Do you think that location played a critical part in the Stylish Wood’s success?
a. Strongly agree
b. Partially agree
c. Not agree
d. None of the given option
8. Which one of the following decisions is considered as a crucial that must be
decided in relation to its target market, its product assortment, and its competition?
a. Segmentation decision
b. Price decision
c. Product decision
d. Positioning decision
9. Stylish Wood can be categorized as which of the following stores?
a. Department store
b. Convenience store
c. Specialty store
d. Discount store
10. Stylish Wood is doing the business by which of the following ways?
a. Wholesaling
b. Personal selling
c. Retailing through catalogs
d. Retailing through store
11. Until Stylish Wood define and profile its _____________, it cannot make
consistent decisions about produc

A few years back, Ayubia was only a small town with an amusement park, a shoe
store, a small restaurant, and a grocery store. Now the small town has transformed
into an international tourist attraction, attracting thousands of tourists who are
inspired by the lifestyle of Ayubians.
Ali and Ahmad, having grown up within the Ayubians’ faith, decided to take
advantage of their town’s popularity and their woodworking skills. Their shop
“Stylish Wood” began with a small display of handmade hickory rocking chairs, Ali
and Ahmad’s specialty. But within a few months, the display at Stylish Wood
included picnic tables, flower boxes, and small handmade novelty items. No other
shop offers the same.
Ali and Ahmad decorated the shop’s display room with authentic Ayubians
décor and eventually hired three Ayubians friends to sew and embroider napkins
and other textiles as per customer request. Ali and Ahmed are ready to assist in
every phase of the locate-compare-select process. In addition, two women from the
Ayubians community took permission from Ali and Ahmad to display home-cooked
traditional food items on Saturday and Sunday, the town’s busiest tourist days,
when Ayubia attracted group of visitors to its flea market on the south edge of town.
Ali and Ahmad stated, “Ayubia is full of specialty shops, people don’t come here
to buy things made in China or Taiwan. They want real Ayubians -made goods.”
1. Stylish Wood is doing which type of business?
a. Franchising
b. Retailing
c. Brokering
d. Wholesaling
2. Which one of the following levels of service is being provided by the Stylish
Wood?
a. Self-service
b. Full-service
c. Limited-service
d. Self-selection
3. Products like picnic tables, flower boxes and small handmade hickory rocking
chairs offered by the Stylish Wood fall in which of the following consumer products?
a. Convenience products
b. Unsought products
c. Shopping products
d. Specialty products
4. Which of the following growth strategies is being adopted by the Stylish Wood?
a. Market penetration
b. Market development
c. Diversification
d. Product development
5. Which of the following can be viewed by Stylish Wood while assessing sales
volume effectiveness?
a. Percentage of visitors those entering and who buy
b. Percentage of visitors who enter the shop
c. Average amount spent per sale
d. All of the given the options
6. All of the following can be the grounds on which Stylish Wood positioned itself,
EXCEPT:
a. By focusing Ayubia’s tourists
b. By offering unique products not offered by other shop
c. By hiring persons having creative skills
d. By helping people to buy imported items
7. Do you think that location played a critical part in the Stylish Wood’s success?
a. Strongly agree
b. Partially agree
c. Not agree
d. None of the given option
8. Which one of the following decisions is considered as a crucial that must be
decided in relation to its target market, its product assortment, and its competition?
a. Segmentation decision
b. Price decision
c. Product decision
d. Positioning decision
9. Stylish Wood can be categorized as which of the following stores?
a. Department store
b. Convenience store
c. Specialty store
d. Discount store
10. Stylish Wood is doing the business by which of the following ways?
a. Wholesaling
b. Personal selling
c. Retailing through catalogs
d. Retailing through store
11. Until Stylish Wood define and profile its _____________, it cannot make
consistent decisions about product assortment, services, store décor, or any of the
other decisions that must support its position.
a. Target market
b. Competitors
c. Suppliers
d. Employees
12. Stylish Wood is adopting which of the following strategies?
a. Cost leadership
b. Differentiation
c. Penetration
d. Cost leadership and focus
13. Ayubia’s largest population attracted the visitors towards its:
a. Products
b. Restaurants
c. Lifestyle
d. Grocery stores
14. Stylish Wood hired three Ayubians friends to sew and embroider napkins and
other textiles as per customer request. This statement reflects which of the following
concepts?
a. Selling concept
b. Product concept
c. Production concept
d. Marketing concept
15. If Stylish Wood expanded beyond Ayubia, which of the following critical
function will be performed?
a. Selling and promoting
b. Transportation
c. Marketing information
d. All of the given options

I have gotten a petition signed with over 3000 signatures of people in my town that would love to have an Olive Garden come into town! Now the question is, does anyone out there know how I would go about opening it and owning the one here in town. Do I have to buy into the franchise? do I just open it myself? There is already a restaurant here for sale available that is perfect size and located on main road. I want to buy it and open the Olive Garden!! We have Zero Italian restaurants here in town and all the other restaurants that are here are ALWAYS packed!! Sometimes with 2 hour wait on weekends!! So any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Considering this:
McDonald’s is one of the leading restaurant chains in the world, touching the lives of people everyday. The long journey of the burger brand started in 1940, when two brothers, Dick and Mac McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in San Bernardino, California. Initially, they owned a hotdog stand, but after establishing the restaurant they served around 25 items, which were mostly barbequed. It became a popular and profitable teen hangout. In 1948, the brothers closed and reopened the restaurant to sell only hamburgers, milkshakes and French fries.

As per the information of the McDonald’s history, the major revenue came from hamburgers, which were sold at a nominal price of 15 cents. The restaurant gradually became famous and the McDonald brothers begin franchising their restaurant in the year 1953. The first franchise was taken by Neil Fox and under it; the second Mc Donald’s restaurant was opened in Fresno, California. It was the first to introduce the Golden Arch design. The third and fourth restaurants were opened in Saginaw, Michigan and Downey, California, respectively.

So, considering it’s been around more than 50 years, why only 30 years of happiness?

Hi, it’s been a while since I lived here in socal and I’m trying to remember the name of a western themed restaurant my family used to go a few yrs ago when I was younger. It had wooden outside and the booths were wooden and they gave kids coloring books. I remember it was a saloon type of setting and they used to give you the brown rolls before dinner. I used to have a green T-shirt from there and it had a like a cartoon of an old cowboy on it.

My dad thinks it was a Ponderosa Steakhouse somewhere near San Diego/Miramar but I dont remember Ponderosa’s being western themed. He said it like the only one in the franchise to be completed decked out in western gear. Another that came up is the Lone Star, but that didn’t look familiar online.

Plz help me, it’s driving me nuts. thx.

Hi,

it’s been a while since I lived here in socal and I’m trying to remember the name of a western themed restaurant my family used to go a few yrs ago when I was younger. It had wooden outside and the booths were wooden and they gave kids coloring books. I remember it was a saloon type of setting and they used to give you the brown rolls before dinner. I used to have a green T-shirt from there and it had a like a cartoon of an old cowboy on it.

My dad thinks it was a Ponderosa Steakhouse somewhere near San Diego/Miramar but I dont remember Ponderosa’s being western themed. He said it like the only one in the franchise to be completed decked out in western gear. Another that came up is the Lone Star, but that didn’t look familiar online.

Plz help me, it’s driving me nuts. thx
YES!!!! It was ClaimJumper!!!! Thanks SOOO much Gremmie. You have no idea how excited I am now!! Thank a lot. I would totally send you a msg. but I dont have the right level or something. THanks again!!!!

Hi, it’s been a while since I lived here in socal and I’m trying to remember the name of a western themed restaurant my family used to go a few yrs ago when I was younger. It had wooden outside and the booths were wooden and they gave kids coloring books. I remember it was a saloon type of setting and they used to give you the brown rolls before dinner. I used to have a green T-shirt from there and it had a like a cartoon of an old cowboy on it.

My dad thinks it was a Ponderosa Steakhouse somewhere near San Diego/Miramar but I dont remember Ponderosa’s being western themed. He said it like the only one in the franchise to be completed decked out in western gear. Another that came up is the Lone Star, but that didn’t look familiar online.

Plz help me, it’s driving me nuts. thx.

I am planing to buy a fast food restaurant , Seller is OK with everything, I have the down payment, Bank is ready to loan the rest of the money. But i then I found out that its franchisor requirement that buyer should have 500k in liquid assets and 1 million in net worth including real estate and everything. BUt the problem is I don’t have all that money to show them. But I got everything i need to buy and run the restaurant. So my QUESTION is , is there any way that will make exception as i have everything to buy that but to show the 500k in liquid 1mil. They just want to know if i have it. Please help. Any idea ….any help is appreciated.

Selling price 700k—-down—240k—–bank loan—-460k

I answered a question. The question was a single mum who’s kid had just moved out. I said…Firstly, don’t trust those online things. Most of them are scams, and they aren’t reliable. You need to get your resume updated. There are usually ads in the newspaper for resume writers. Take some courses to make yourself more employable, such as bookkeeping, etc. My aunt, who has previously been a stay at home mum, has got a reception job by taking a few courses and looking. Think about your career dreams and what you really want to do. Write lists, think about what you want in a job. You could apply to be a front office receptionist at a fancy hotel, or a cleaning job. You could apply to a supermarket or other retail store, or factory. If you want to stay at home and work from home, or own your own business, to make the transition process to work then here are some options: -You could try telemarketing. You could do that from home. Call up telstra, optus, 3, and various companies, or look on their websites to see if they are currently hiring. -You could also start your own business making cakes, growing flowers and selling them, breeding dogs, making greeting cards, making soup, selling hand-sewn clothes, etc. and sell through a website, outside a store, through friends, etc. -You could also try taxi driving. Depending on your country, you may need a special licence or may not be old enough, but you could always try once you are eligible. My cousin used to drive taxis. A good place to pick up customers is in the city, at airports, hotels, restaurants, train stations and places like that. -If you are interested in skincare/makeup and/or cleaning produces and/or vitamins and health supplements then I suggest you try selling through pro-ma. Pro-ma works through independent distributors, and you get a competitive sales percentage. Unlike tupperware, your percentage increases the more you sell, and they have free training courses and books that you can buy. Here is their website: http://www.pro-masystems.com.au/ This is the income plan: http://www.pro-masystems.com.au/ You can also ask for help from an existing distributor. -If you have some money saved up, you could own a franchise such as dunkin’ donuts, subway, wendy’s, mcdonalds, gloria jeans, krispy kreme, etc. However, you may be required to work long hours and would most likely need to be on your feet a lot of the time. -You could also be a freelance artist, website designer, writer, etc. You get to make your own hours, and you can work from home. -You could also get into blogging. I know someone who gets their income by making blogs on various topics such as gardening, legal, makeup, cooking, computers, etc. You can buy articles, and you get paid to have advertisements. Or you can save money and write your own articles. -You could also try doing odd jobs such as moving, cleaning, etc for your neighbours. Or, you could do dog walking. Make fliers and send them all over the neighbourhood. The great thing about dog walking is that you get excercise and fresh air, you can work at your own hours, and you get to spend time with animals. You could try and be a house sitter, a sports coach, or volunteer if you can’t get a job. The great thing about volunteering is that it’s easy to get work, and although you don’t get paid, its something great that you can put on your resume. I hope that you find something. Keep looking, and consider being a sales rep for a pro-ma. I think it would be a good, flexible option, plus you could win an overseas holiday! Keep looking I did appeal, and it didn’t work.