With a 100-year history behind it, Gallone’s Ice Cream Parlour comes with a rich heritage and brand story that can’t be replicated by newer businesses. After many years of ice cream vans, 2013 saw the husband and wife team open their very first parlour in Kingsthorpe, Northampton right next door to their factory. The success …
The art of turning love into franchise profit Many franchised businesses find their tills ringing by cashing in on extra valentine orders. For many franchised businesses Valentines day is a major sales booster. Whether your franchise specialises in bouquets, chocolates or beauty services, many of us are prepared to splash out to treat our partners. …
You could be like a kid in a sweet shop with a confectionery franchise. With a strong demand in the UK for sweet treats there are many types of retail confectionery based franchise opportunities. It has been reported that the average Brit gets through a whopping 11kg of chocolate each year. With chocolate being an …
One of America’s most popular snack food franchises is moving into the UK High Street with the launch of Auntie Anne’s hand rolled soft pretzel stores. The master franchise to market Auntie Anne’s throughout the UK and Ireland has been acquired by Robert Burton, former owner of the Thrifty Car Rental operation in the UK. …
There are a number of wine store franchise opportunities that could help people benefit from a growing demand for high-quality wines. Investing in a wine store franchise could be ideally suited to those who have developed a keen interest in a variety of different wines but now want to turn their hobby into more of …
Cardlinx Systems, a leading provider of stored value bank cards issued through member banks of MasterCard and Visa, today announced that it has signed an agreement to bring to market the OneBin Mastercard through its relationship with Transtar Systems and Stearns Payment Solutions. This agreement will provide OneBin customers an alternative payment method for its …
Huddersfield Finest Franchise Goes Arabian: The Al Tayer Group recently acquired the franchise rights for Mamas & Papas, a family-owned business founded in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. With the new partnership, Al Tayer will open three stores in multiple markets across the Middle East this year and nine more outlets by the end of …
Franchise Management International, Inc, a premier provider of public charter and transportation services, today announced that the company is entering the online travel market. Franchise Management was initially created to take advantage of business opportunities that were often too large for smaller companies to fund successfully. The company attempts to obtain the rights to these …
Moon Mans 4 million pound MoonEstates Franchise Francis Williams and his wife Sue claim to have raked in £4million in four years – by selling land on the moon. As well as offering lunar landscapes, the Williamses trade in plots on other planets, including Mars and Venus. Only this week astrophysicist Stephen Hawking warned that …
A steady stream of Post Office franchising stories have appeared this week. The latest is of plans to franchise Golders Green’s crown post office which have been delayed, after the company due to take on the franchise failed to reach a final agreement with Post Office Ltd, it was announced on Monday. Alex Galbinski reported …
GAP and Bananas Growing Franchise Al Tayer Group based in Dubai plans to open about 25 Gap and about 10 Banana Republic stores by 2010. The first Gap stores will open in the later part of 2006 and the Banana Republic stores are scheduled to open in 2007. “The Middle East, with its young and …
Cardsmart Set For Fathers Day Petter Etholm, President of Cardsmart, says Father’s Day is an American tradition tracing origins to Sonora Dodd in 1909 and helped along by three U.S. Presidents, Coolidge, Johnson and Nixon. Cardsmart stores are set for the last minute rush for greeting cards for Dads across America as children send messages …