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Century 21 Founder Dies Aged 76

January 7, 2010

Art Bartlett, the founder of real estate franchise Century 21, died in California on December 31 at the age of 76 years old.
Bartlett had battled Alzheimer’s disease as well as other illnesses and died at his Coronado home in San Diego County on New Year’s Eve, his daughter Stacy [...]

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RFG Purchases Brumbies Master Franchises

January 7, 2010

Retail Food Group Ltd has repurchased the Brumbies Bakery master franchises for Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
This deal, in addition the acquisition of the North Queensland and New Zealand Master Franchises, takes the Retail Food Group’s (RFG) acquired territories to 4 this financial year.
RFG’s CEO, Tony Alford said the [...]

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KFC Targeted For ‘Racial’ Cricket Advertisement

January 6, 2010

An advertisement by KFC Australia in it’s ‘Cricket Survival Guide’ series has been slammed as racist by US Viewers.

The ad depicting ‘Mick’, a white Australian at a cricket match surrounded by West Indies fans has been gaining a lot of flack for being racist, with the above Youtube video already [...]

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Nothing beats a great barbeque on Australia Day

January 6, 2010

With Australia Day just around the corner, Barbeques Galore ambassador (and world famous celebrity chef), Ben O’Donoghue says:
“Nothing beats a great barbeque on Australia Day”. “Everyone loves to get outside in Summer, and turning your space into an outdoor oasis is as easy as visiting a Barbeques Galore store”.
However you [...]

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Woman Punches Store Window Due To Lack Of McNuggets

January 4, 2010

An Ohio woman has been charged with felony vandalism for flying into a fit of rage after being told that the McDonalds franchise she was at, had run out of chicken McNuggets.
The Toleda Blade newspaper reported that, Melody Dushane (24) punched the drive-thru window out at her local Toleda document.write(”);McDonalds [...]

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Is Franchising For You?

January 1, 2010

Are you considering purchasing a franchise? How do you know if you are suited to franchising or how to find the right one?
DynamicBusiness just posted a fantastic article Titled: Is Franchising For You?
In the article, author Robert Pace tackles the following 2 questions:

Why Does Franchising Work?
How Do You Select The [...]

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Domino’s Pizza To Takeover Europe

December 31, 2009

Australian based, publicly listed pizza franchise, Domino’s Pizza plans aggressive attack on the billion dollar European pizza delivery market in 2010.
With the planned takeover of a Belgium based pizza chain, Pizza Company – which includes 15 stores in Belgium, Domino’s will take it’s Belgian store count to 31. These stores, [...]

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Snap-On Tools Franchisees Supports Movember – Raises Over $30,000

December 26, 2009

Fifty franchisees of tool franchise, Snap On Tools, raised over $30,000 in support of the Movember charity campaign this year.
In support of Beyond Blue and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Movember is a month long campaign that not only focuses on raising money, but also to raise awareness and promote early [...]

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Eagles Boys Serves Up 1000 New Jobs

December 2, 2009

With most companies minimising staff in the midst of the current financial crisis the second largest pizza make in Australia is looking for 1,000 new employees to fill new vacancies across it’s Australia wide network of Pizza franchises.
With the holiday period being the busiest time for the pizza franchise, most [...]

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Pizza Capers Aims For 100th Store in 2010

December 2, 2009

Gourmet pizza franchise, Pizza Capers has its sights set on 40 new franchised stores by the eod of the 09/10 financial year.
This means that they have just 7 month to reach their target of 100 Pizza Capers stores in Australia. A bold target by the pizza franchise that only launched [...]

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