A simple pain in the neck can become much more burdensome when physician referrals, weeks of waiting and phone calls to insurance providers become involved. One South Florida medical entrepreneur is hoping to literally ease the pain and reduce barriers to care in the mold of other franchised health providers upending the traditional healthcare model.
If good things come to those who wait, then Del Taco's long-sought deal with Levy Acquisition Corp. serves as proof. Chicago restaurant tycoon Larry Levy vetted the brand, gathered investors and then engineered a transaction that took the 550-unit Del Taco public and wiped out most of its debt. Del Taco's CEO Paul Murphy and his management team are happy to get growing again, and to capture Franchise Times' designation for Deal of the Year.
After investing marketing muscle and plenty of sweat and labor to get where they are, are service franchises in danger of being ‘uberized?' We find out, and share some tips on disrupting the disrupters.
With many franchisees looking for exits, Safeguard got busy and formed a division to buy units, upgrade them and then sell to new owners. The model is paying off, leading to opportunities for newcomers in the print business.
At Penn Station East Coast Subs, Lance Vaught was promoted to vice president of operations and Greg Goddard to director of development and franchising. Donette Beattie is the new vice president of supply chain at Toppers Pizza.
The red represents the blood of Turkey's soldiers. The star and crescent design appears on Ottoman flags beginning in the late 18th or early 19th century.
Everyone advises prospective franchisees to read the franchise disclosure documents carefully, but few tell them what to look for. Help is on the way, with advice from a veteran reporter who has learned the ropes.
Every reporter knows that only one group of people will actually pick up their phones just about any time someone calls: lawyers. When you're working on the clock for clients, it seems, you're available early, late and in between, and you have no problem providing a quote for a story on the side. This knowledge comes in handy on a Wednesday afternoon just before Thanksgiving, or a Friday afternoon in July, when a deadline looms.
Supply and demand has caught up to the oil industry, and the lowest prices seen since the early 2000s are wreaking havoc all across the macroeconomic landscape. In short, it's a bad time to be around oil.
There are few things more American than sitting in your car (or big truck) and barking your food order into the microphone at a drive-thru restaurant. More cheeseburgers, please! However quintessential the experience, many cities are outlawing the construction of new drive-thru businesses and other auto-oriented facilities in the name of urban development and pedestrian safety.