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Nov 28, 2006

Wendy's Completes the Sale of Baja Fresh

Wendy's (NYSE:WEN) announced the completion of its previously announced sale of Baja Fresh Mexican Grill today. The chain operates about 300 restaurant locations in the United States and sold for...

Nov 25, 2006

Premium Brands Purchases Creekside Custom Foods

"Meat processor and specialty food provider Premium Brands Income Fund has agreed to pay $4-million for Creekside Custom Foods Inc., owned by Spectra Group of Great Restaurants Inc. Vancouver-based...

Nov 24, 2006

Sweet Beginnings opening new Franchise Location...

Sweet Beginnings™ is a Vancouver, Canada-based Wedding Consulting and Event Planning firm, dedicated to delivering the highest quality of service. They provide professional and knowledgeable...

Nov 23, 2006

2006 Top Franchise Operators Named by Denny’s

The leading family dining chain, Denny’s, announced the winners of the company's 2006 Operator of the Year awards today. The awards were presented at Denny's tenth Franchisee Association convention...

Nov 22, 2006

The Utility Company™ A New Member of the Canadian...

"We are excited about our quick acceptance into the CFA," stated Janice Siddons, VP and GM of The Utility Company. "Our goal in 2006 is to bring aboard entrepreneurial franchisees who are interested...

Nov 22, 2006

Red Robin Completes the Purchase of Federal Way...

Federal Way restaurant, and the Puyallup restaurant location, were the two remaining Red Robin restaurants to be acquired by Great Western Dining. The Company has operated these two restaurants under...

Nov 20, 2006

PEI Updates Franchise Law

The Prince Edward Island Franchises Act (the "PEI Act") comes fully in force in the East Coast province effective January 1, 2007. The PEI Act closely resembles the Franchises Act for both Ontario and...

Nov 19, 2006

Trend Watch: Say Good Bye to Trans Fat

McDonald'''s Speeds Up Franchise Conversion, But No New Oil Yet CEO of McDonald’s, Jim Skinner, said the chain plans to quicken the transfer of corporate stores to franchisees. He also stated that...

Nov 17, 2006

Taco Bell Eliminates Trans Fat by Canola Oil...

Taco Bell released today that it will be converting all of its more than 4,200 single brand US restaurants to a new zero grams trans fat canola oil for frying from a partially hydrogenated soybean...

Nov 16, 2006

CENTURY 21 Opens new Toronto office

CENTURY 21 Canada is pleased to announce the opening of CENTURY 21 Your Number One Realty Inc. in Toronto, Ontario. The office currently has staff of eight sales associates that owner, Kevin Najafi,...

Nov 15, 2006

The colonel can now be spotted from space

KFC, with the launch of a new marketing ploy, has become the world'''s first brand to be visible from outer space. The purveyor of "finger-licking good" fried chicken has built an 87,500 square foot...

Nov 14, 2006

Wendy`s Franchisee Community Voices Support for...

The heads of Wendy`s franchisee community recently voiced their support for Kerrii Anderson, who was named president and chief executive officer of Wendy''s International last week. Ms. Anderson,...

Nov 14, 2006

Baskin-Robbins Market Share Melting

MARINA STRAUSS RETAILING REPORTER It'''s a brand that's deliciously familiar to baby boomers. Too bad their kids don't seem to care. Baskin-Robbins, a long-time synonym for takeout ice...

Nov 13, 2006

Figaro’s Italian Pizza Franchise Comes to Canada

Figaro’s Italian Pizza franchise opened its first Canadian store in New Brunswick, Canada this past July. The take-and-bake and dine-in pizza chain currently has more than 100 stores throughout the...

Nov 13, 2006

Denny`s Pledges to Support the Salvation Army

Denny`s, the largest full-service family restaurant chain in the U.S, expects to collect over 200,000 Christmas gifts for kids this holiday season in a unique partnership with The Salvation Army. The...

Nov 10, 2006

Cutting Trans-Fat: The Latest Health Trend

KFC recently announced all its 5,500 U.S. fried-chicken restaurants would switch to a cooking oil with no trans fats by April 2007. More major fast-food franchise chains are now proposing to get lean...

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