Restaurant Franchise Specialist

Voting Question: What was the worst restaurant experience you had and what did you do about it?

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:03:41 +0000

I ask this question because I recently visited a Jimmy Johns franchise here in Chicago. Two hours after eating I got incredible sick. Fever vomiting and you know what comes after that. Anyway I contacted the manger at the store. He basically tried to play it off like it wasn’t them it had to be something I ate before consuming their food. I was pissed, so…I contacted my friend that works at the health department and they will being getting an inspection in a few days. That’s what you get for not taking care of your customer. HA!

New Katy Restaurant Has 100+ Jobs To Fill

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:03:21 +0000

MyFox Houston:
Business Name: Cowboy Fred, a franchisee of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
Job Title: Different positions
Job Locations: Katy, Texas
Job Description:
Cowboy Red, a franchisee of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (Red Robin), is hiring more than 100 new team members for its Katy, Texas restaurant scheduled to open on Monday, Dec. 14.
Celebrating its 40th [...]

Coney Beach Opens First Franchised Restaurant Chain Leader: Beautiful Brands International (BBI), parent company to…
tumble & tea café – New Family Restaurant Concept Franchising Nationwide PR.com: tumble & tea café is a posh, family…
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The Five-Dollar Sweet Spot For Fast Food Chains

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:03:01 +0000

Pitch Weekly:
It turns out that $5 bills are like pennies in the jar, adding up to big business for the fast-food franchise Subway. A recent Business Week article discusses how Stuart Frankel, a franchisee in Florida, turned a simple idea for a weekend promotion into $3.8 billion in sales for the chain, according to [...]

Atlanta Fast-Food Chains Make Inroads In Middle East TMCnet: While a recession has slowed overall U.S. restaurant…
Franchise Makes Fast Food Healthy Asbury Park Press: Fast food and eating healthy do…
Fast Food Restaurants Looking To Hire WISH: While the nation continues in a recession with…

Voting Question: Do I have a legit case to sue my former employer for wrongful termination?

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:03:41 +0000

This is a long story so please bare with me, I just want to put it all out there so my situation can be best answered.

I was a waitress at a franchise restaurant until this last Monday. I had 4 managers consisting of the GM and an assistant in which I got along very well with both, the other two assistants I got along with until their ego’s got into the way but even at that I tried to set my personal thoughts aside. It all began with this one manager in particular, we will call him Jon. A couple of weeks ago I was standing at the host stand minding my own business (really) when my manager finished his convo with the other employees around the corner 3 feet away. Jon then approaches me making foolish and unnecessary remarks about an issue not involving him and was resolved between the immediate parties. I explained to him that the situation was already taken care of and he had no need for concern. He then got very upset and demanded me to go outside with him for a private conversation. I refused to do so unless the other manager who was a female attended the conversation. Jon got irate and sent me home forcing me to transfer a nearly completed table and tip to another server. I did as I was told and when I came to work the following scheduled shift I considered it a thing of the past. Four days later the same manager began his same tricks and to be short sent me home for not presenting a survey to him after waiting 5 minutes for him and my table wondering where their check was (attached to the survey). Jon, once again, got irate, belittled me into a teary mess and sent me home again. My managers know I suffer from BiPolar d/o and know I take many things to heart and become emotional. Well, the line was crossed and I hit rock bottom with my depression and I attempted suicide when I left (dumb idea I know now). After being hospitalized for 3 days I was finally able to use the telephone to contact my employer. The GM was incredibly heartless and terminated me for not showing up to work the day before even though he knew I was being hospitalized. I was hospitalized for another 3 days and here I am without a job. Is what they did legal? And if not how can I make this situation right?

Sidenote: If a court case were to come about, I have a couple people in mind that were victims of sexual harassment from the GM to prove the creditability of this establishment.

Furniture Medic Franchise – Thinking About Having Your Own Biz?

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:03:21 +0000

The Franchise Magazine:
Do you have good diy skills? Have you an upholstery or polishing background?
Furniture Medic is the largest nationally organised network of professionally trained onsite restoration experts. Their franchise owners are trained to repair wood, laminate, upholstery, leather, marble etc. With hundreds of customers and thousands of instructions a Furniture Medic franchise owner [...]

One Hundred Thousand Pieces Of Gently-Used Furniture And Counting… PR Web: The Missing Piece, an award-winning furniture consignment…
Family Firm Furniture Clinic Goes From Garage To Global In Four Years Gov Monitor: A father and son leather care business…
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Mathnasium Learning Centers To Offer US Military Veterans With Franchise Fee Discount

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:03:01 +0000

Franchise Wire:
Mathnasium Learning Centers announced today that it is participating in the International Franchise Association’s VetFran program for men and women who have served in the U.S. Military. The company will offer a $2,500 discount off its franchise fee as an incentive to help former military personnel become franchise owners.
VetFran is a voluntary effort [...]

ColorTyme Offers Franchise Fee Discounts To Military Veterans Franchising.com: ColorTyme, Inc. today announced a new incentive program…
Military Veterans, Here’s How To Start A Career As An Entrepreneur PR Web: Franchise Direct is proud to announce the…
Sylvan Learning Plans Expansion For Chicago With More Than 18 New Centers Projected In The Region By 2011 Franchising.com: Sylvan Learning, Inc., North America’s most recognized provider…

Franchising Biz In Botswana Operates In Vacuum

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:03:41 +0000

The Bostwana Gazette:
Franchising is a form of business undertaking where the franchisor (proprietor) of a product or service grants exclusive rights to the franchisee (client) to sell or distribute his/her company products/services in a particular area under the same brand/name where operational procedures are standard.
This form of businesss has been in existence in Botswana for [...]

Families In Franchising The Franchise Magazine: Family business is big business in…
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SBDC To Offer Franchising Course And More News-Journal.com: The Kilgore College Small Business Development Center has…

The Medical Marijuana Biz Matures

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:03:21 +0000

HispanicBusiness.com
The U.S. Justice Dept., at the direction of the Obama Administration, last month announced that it would no longer direct federal investigative resources to pursue criminal charges against medical marijuana clinics, providing they are operating lawfully. The policy represents a major shift in tactics from the Bush Administration, which had federal agents raiding medical marijuana [...]

Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab Offers Franchise And Licensing Opportunities; TeleMedExperts Selected For Healthcare Relationships, Electronic Medical Health Record And Tele-Medicine Technology Business Wire: Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab is pleased…
Johari Digital To Foray Into Retail And Medical Spa Space indiaretailing.com: Medical devices manufacturer Johari Digital Healthcare Ltd is…
World’s First Medical Identification Franchise Launches Nationally PR Newswire: eMed-ID, the world’s first medical identification franchise,…

He Became An Entrepreneur With Just Rs 5000

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:03:01 +0000

Rediff:
A chartered accountant selling papad (a thin crispy wafer) and ice-cream? Well, that’s what Robin Moses loved doing. Not just that, he also dabbled in selling merchant acquisition terminals, credit cards before he was bitten by the entrepreneurship bug.
Four years later, he gave up his first love, ’selling’ to do something more concrete. He decided [...]

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Coaching Career Opportunities Abound In North Carolina Franchising.com: With many believing that the small-and-medium-size businesses will…
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Refranchising: Should You Buy In?

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:03:41 +0000

Entrepreneur.com:
Lately, more and more franchise companies are converting a significant number of their company-owned units by selling them to franchisees. This trend, commonly referred to as refranchising or retro-franchising, can be driven by any number of motivations on the part of the company, and it may represent a wonderful opportunity for a careful buyer if [...]

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