Monthly archives: July, 2006

No Fuss Food Franchise Expands

Mr. Food No Fuss meals announces franchise locations. Howard Rosenthal, CEO and director of Franchise Operations for Mr. Food no-fuss Meals, the popular meal assembly retail concept, today announced the company is franchising stores across the country. Mr. Food no-fuss Meals franchise locations are scheduled to open this fall in Boca Raton and Wellington, and …

Franchise Gets Extra Spaced Out

Extra Space Storage franchise announces one-year anniversary of storage USA acquisition. Extra Space Storage Inc. today celebrates the one-year anniversary of its acquisition of Storage USA from GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business financial services unit of the General Electric Corporation. The transaction, for approximately $2.3 billion in cash, made the Company the second largest self-storage …

Taco Bell Trumps Subway on Top Franchisee List

Subway may be the world’s largest franchise system, but not among the 200 largest multi-unit franchisees in the U.S. According to the Monitor 200 rankings, released by the Restaurant Finance Monitor, Taco Bell, Burger King and Applebee’s were the most popular concepts with multi-unit franchisees. The Monitor’s annual ranking of the top franchisees, sponsored by …

Feelgoods Franchise Has American Beauty Franchises

The Feelgoods International, Inc. to Attend 4th Annual International Beauty Industry Show. Presenting the health franchises to estimated 20,000 industry professionals International, Inc. is pleased to announce that Company executives will be attending the 4th Annual Cosmoprof North America professional business-to-business beauty industry show. The Cosmoprof North America show will take place from July 16-18, 2006 …

New Director For Skincare Franchise

Dermacare franchise names Abraham J. Sayegh, M.D. Corporate Medical Director. Dermacare Laser & Skin Care Clinics®, the nation’s only physician-based laser aesthetic skin-care franchiser, appointed Abraham J. Sayegh, M.D. as the company’s corporate medical director. He is responsible for all safety-related aspects of Dermacare franchises nationwide. Dr. Sayegh will advise Dermacare’s CEO, Carl Mudd, on …

Bio Solutions Franchise Value Boosted

Bio-Solutions Manufacturing, Inc. looks forward to Bio-Diesel venture. Bio-Solutions Manufacturing, Inc. today announced its commencement of its new bio-diesel venture by combining the recently acquired Bio-Extraction Services, Inc., (provider of the technology for extracting oil and grease from food service facilities’ grease traps (interceptors) and municipal collection systems), with the proposed acquisition of Bioremediation Services, …

Franchising For The Retiring? Don’t Be Shy

Franchising For The Retiring

As boomers plan retirement, start-up expert Jeff Williams offers critical advice. Aspiring 50+ entrepreneurs need to be clear on what they do and don’t want when selecting a retirement business. Business start-up expert offers seven criteria for selecting a retirement business. The recently released Yahoo Small Business Survey revealed that 55% of the Boomers surveyed …

Swisher Franchise Switches Up A Gear

Swisher franchise reaps awards in 2006. Taking stock of 2006, Swisher has reported a highly successful and eventful year. Not only was the company a finalist in the Franchisor of the Year Award 2006, Swisher also came runner up in the Best Advertisement Award and won the award for the Best Franchise Recruitment Team at …

Choice Hotels Franchise Pop 12 Percent Income Growth

Choice Hotels reports record results for second quarter 2006 – net income up 12% over prior year. “We continue to focus on brand enhancements and are seeing strong growth in occupancy, average daily rate and RevPAR,” said Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr., president and chief executive officer. “We are pleased with the substantial increase in year-to-date …