The Franchise King's Weekend Round-Up, October 24th, 2010

Some of my more pro-active royal subjects have been scouring the www for interesting and informative stories all week, and here's what they came up with;

A union is possible. Don't freak out. According to the cutting-edge franchise PR firm of Sanderson PR, some employees at many of Jimmy John's franchise’s in Minneapolis have been sporting T-shirts that say “Wages So Low You’ll Freak. " Read about the possible unionizing of them, over at the Daily Franchise News.

Would you like to make your business a little more profitable? My friend Barry Moltz, a Chicago entrepreneur, and all-around nice guy, has a few ways for you to do so in 2001. Read what Barry Moltz and some of his readers have to say.

Finally, over at Earth911.com, they're talking Holiday shopping. Here's some of the gadgets that will be hot this year. There's also a few things that won't fit in your stockings. Before you clean out your closets to make room for some new stuff, you may want to read the post at Earth911.com

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They're "Tossing" Out The Old Look

A new look!

Once in awhile, every small business-franchise or not, needs a little makeover.

Tossed, the Fort Lauderdale-based upscale salad chain recently unveiled a new logo
and look designed by Good Studio and JBI Interiors, respectively. The
goal of the overall look and feel of the restaurant is to display a
more urban design, accomplished though the use of modern colors,
furniture and construction materials.

You'll find that new look over at The Daily Franchise News. Dot Com.

Nashville Is Hot For Tasti-D-Lite

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Nashville, Tennessee is welcoming the Tasti-D-Lite franchise with open arms, these days….

The opening of Nashville's first local store this week comes roughly a year
after Tasti D-Lite moved its headquarters there and reached a deal with
franchisees to open at least 16 stores in Middle Tennessee.

Read more about the expansion of this franchise

The Daily Franchise News Going Under

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The Daily Franchise News has gone underground to get the scoop on a franchise that I of course knew about, but didn't have the courage to report on. Sometimes, the lack of intelligence in some of the inventors of certain franchise concept's astounds me to the point of utter paralysis. In the case, morbid paralysis. I almost did a short post on this franchise a couple of weeks ago, but as I said, just didn't have the courage.

Halloween is my favorite holiday, and Alexis Mattera, a hilarious gal who writes at The Daily Franchise News, has scooped me for the 1st time ever, so in the Halloween spirit {Get it..spirit…hehehe} I am refraining from putting a hex on her and the entire staff over at Sanderson PR for doing this.

Here is the story. Scary Stuff…

West Coast Franchise Expo Coming Soon! Read About The Exhibitors

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November 7th is the 1st day of this huge Franchise Show that takes place in LA. This show attracts potential franchise owners who wish to look around and spend some time with those concepts that interest them.

If you are planning to go, one way to hone in on some choices is to check out The Daily Franchise News Blog. Those feisty Chicago gals run a dog-gone good blog, and they have hooked up with MFV Expositions to present a "Meet The Exhibitor" series all this month. Check out The Daily Franchise News Blog frequently for tidbits about some of the Franchise Expo exhibitors. Here is the link to the 1st franchise concept being featured…

THIS Franchisee Loves Helping Others

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The fine folks at Sanderson PR shared an uplifting story today about a franchisee of Express Employment Professionals, the re-branded name of Express Personnel, out of Oklahoma. This is a great week for Express. I just mentioned some positive stuff about Express’s CEO, Bob Funk, on my weekly AllBusiness.com article. He stepped up big time, and wrote a $50k check last December to the American Red Cross after the ice storms in Oklahoma.

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In Sanderson’s Daily Franchise News Blog, they profile Palbinder Badesha, a California franchise owner of express Employment Professionals, who says “There is no better thrill than helping someone get a job – it really
does change their life,.”Badesha opened her Express
Employment Professionals office in March 2006 in Corona, California

Read the rest of the article on the Daily Franchise News, here…

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Rita's Ice, The PR Store, And Maui Wowi, Win Big!

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The winners of The Coolest Franchise Website Contest were announced on Monday, and there is now a page set up just for them…Please take a look, and help congratulate them. {And their web designers, of course!}

Rita’s Ice, The PR Store, and Maui Wowi really have some tremendous looking, and really appealing websites. Because of them, I am feeling:

1. Hungry for some Italian Ice

2. Energized with anything related to PR and Marketing

3. Ready to ride some waves, and drink a fruit smoothie

The Winners Page!

Franchise Announcement! Winner Of The Coolest Franchise Website Contest

The results are in for the "Coolest Franchise Website Contest! The contest ran from May 19th through June 9th, and 25+ franchise concepts entered the contest.
The winner{s} will be receiving..

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A Franchise Opportunity-Pet Funerals

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The Pet industry
is a multi-billion dollar one, with many different opportunities for the franchise industry to move in, and try to dominate things in different niches. It’s actually neeshes, according to my friend, Jim Kukral. Some other friends of mine, the gals over at Sanderson PR, are reporting that there is a new franchise coming to a city near you. Read

{If Sean Kelly, my friend over at IdeaFarm gets wind of this, a few paragraphs from him on his blog, could cause us some serious belly laughter…}

A Franchise PR Firm's Take On Papa John's 23 Cent Pizza Apology

Chicago based Sanderson PR, the public relations agency for everything franchise, says that the DC franchisee who imprinted the infamous "Crybaby" T-Shirts for the Wizards-Cavs basketball playoff game was a bad boy. But…..finish reading Sanderson’s take