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Nov 9, 2006

Wendy’s: Five Consecutive Months of Increases in...

Wendy'''s Restaurant Chain (NYSE:WEN) recently announced positive monthly same-store sales for the October period ending Sunday, November 5, 2006. Preliminary October same-store sales at Wendy's...

Nov 7, 2006

CENTURY 21 Expands Presence in Ontario

CENTURY 21 Canada is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Delhi, Ontario, the new location will be owned by Leslie Lee. “The powerful brand that is recognized world wide attracted me...

Nov 4, 2006

7-Eleven Trialing Cell Phone Payment Technology

7-Eleven and MasterCard announced they are partnering on a pilot program in the Dallas Texas area that will let about 500 consumers use their cell phone to make purchases. Nokia phones will act as...

Nov 2, 2006

McDonald`s Chooses New Agency to Head Global...

McDonald`srecently announced that AKQA, a leading interactive marketing agency, is joining its marketing roster to help lead McDonald''s global digital marketing initiatives. A recognized leader and...

Nov 2, 2006

T.G.I. Friday`s Features ''Top Chef' Winning Dish

T.G.I. Friday'''s restaurants announced it will debut the winning entrée, (the Tuscan Portobello Melt with Fire-Roasted Red Pepper Soup) from last night's "Top Chef" episode on Bravo TV. Stephen...

Nov 1, 2006

Introducing Figaro’s Italian Pizza to Canada

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Introducing Figaro’s Italian Pizza to Canada Figaro’s brings quality pizza with choice of “we bake-you bake” options to Canada New Brunswick, Canada – November 01, 2006 –...

Oct 31, 2006

MFV Expositions – 2007 Franchising Series Will...

Like a hit TV show, the world''s leading producer of franchise expos is expanding into new cities. Beginning in 2007, MFV Miami joins MFV D.C. and MFV Los Angeles, providing coast-to-coast (and...

Oct 30, 2006

KFC Announces Switch to Zero Trans Fat Cooking Oil...

KFC Corporation announced it is going through the process of converting all of its 5,500 restaurants in the U.S to a 0 grams trans fat cooking oil. The new oil is a low linolenic soybean oil that will...

Oct 29, 2006

The Hole Story: A Toronto Sun Feature on Tim...

In July there was news of a critical supply shortage facing Canadian troops stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Sure, there were plenty of bullets and other armaments, and the mess tent was well...

Oct 27, 2006

Strong Q3 Results Posted for Denny’s

Denny’s (NASDAQ: DENN) has posted its results for its third quarter that ended September 27, 2006. Q3 Summary: • Company unit same-store sales increased 4.2% • Franchised unit same-store sales...

Oct 26, 2006

McDonalds getting a digital age facelift

“After 30 years without a major design overhaul, the 51-year-old fast-food giant is adopting a hip new look. The world''s largest hamburger chain is redesigning its 30,000 eateries around the globe in...

Oct 25, 2006

IHOP Reports Q3 2006 Financial Results

IHOP (NYSE:IHP) announced today its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006. The company raised its fiscal 2006 earnings guidance to $2.35 to $2.40 per diluted...

Oct 23, 2006

20 New IHOP Restaurants Scheduled to be Developed

The Canadian division of IHOP Corp. (NYSE:IHP) announced today that it has landed additional Multi-Store and Single-Store Development Agreements during Q3 2006 for its franchisees to build twenty new...

Oct 21, 2006

Profits Up by 15% at McDonald''s

(NYSE:MCD) McDonald''s Corporation announced a 15 percent rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday, meeting a better-than-expected forecast provided last week, as the hamburger chain benefited from...

Oct 21, 2006

WSI President Interviewed by Franchise Options...

Ireland’s only website wholly dedicated to franchising FranchiseOptions.ie, recently had Paul Golden interview Toronto based WSI Internet Consulting & Education’s (WSI) President, Ron McArthur. The...

Oct 20, 2006

WEED MAN CREATES GREEN, HEALTHY LAWNS “ACROSS THE...

Toronto, ON; Turf Management Systems Inc., owner and Franchisor for the Weed Man brand, has just announced another expansion into the international marketplace, sealing a deal appointing a “Master...

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