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Investigative News

Engaged Franchisees Key to CKE Success

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Feb 7 | food, franchising, manage
Andrew Puzder
CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder/CKE photo

CARPINTERIA, Calif. –  Andrew F. Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants Inc. and the recipient of numerous leadership awards, speaks with Blue MauMau on the art of leading franchise owners.

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Franchisees Should Be Equal to Franchisors

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Jan 25 | franchising, manage
Aziz Hashim
Multi-unit franchisee Aziz Hashim

ATLANTA —Franchisee Aziz Hashim, a recipient of franchise awards and a well-known leader in the industry, speaks about what a good franchisor leader looks like from the vantage point of a franchise owner.

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CEO Says Autocratic Leadership Inefficient

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Jan 16 | franchising, manage
Patrick Doyle at Domino's Conference
Domino's CEO Doyle at a franchisee convention. Photo/Domino's Pizza

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Patrick Doyle, president and chief executive officer of Domino's Pizza Inc. (NYSE:DPZ), speaks with Blue MauMau about why he pays so much attention to franchise owners and what style works best in leading them.

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Obama Asks for Leaner Govt, Promotes SBA Head

Reporter | BMM | Jan 14 | franchising, legal
In East Room, Obama asks Congress to give him authority to consolidate federal government agencies
photo: Lawrence Jackson, White House Photographer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama announced yesterday an initiative to merge commerce-related departments of the federal government into one entity and to promote the Small Business Administration head to Cabinet member. Franchisor and franchisee advocates are generally positive about the move.

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Domino’s CEO: Laying Groundwork for Change

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Jan 13 | food, franchising, manage
Ribbon Cutting at Domino's 9000th store, which happened to be opened in India
CEO Doyle in India for Domino's 9000th store, photo/Domino's

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Patrick Doyle, president and chief executive officer of Domino's Pizza Inc. (NYSE:DPZ), speaks with Blue MauMau about building consensus in order to make a major change in the brand. The CEO says that the recent change in its menu items was probably the most significant since the founding of the chain.

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Shannon Liss-Riordan: Petite Sledgehammer

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Dec 31 | franchising, legal, people, trends

BOSTON — An attorney in a boutique Boston law firm, Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC, has gone after giants and won.

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Neal Aronson: The Private Equity Investor

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Dec 31 | buy, franchising, people, trends

The years 2005-2008 were notable for a wave of private equity acquisitions. The 2010-2011 period will go down as the second wave.

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Rod Sims: The Regulator

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Dec 31 | franchising, legal, people, trends

CANBERRA, Australia — Whether it's Canada's new franchise law that kicked in at the beginning of 2011 in New Brunswick on its way to Manitoba, or America's new Business Opportu

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Chandrakant Patel: Person of the Year

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Dec 30 | franchising, people, trends

ATLANTA — 2011 saw major inroads from franchisees who used their associations to collectively obtain better transparency and even to manage national marketing and supply chains to ensure t

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Darren Rovell: The Reporter

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Dec 30 | buy, franchising, people

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Seldom do television's mainstream media report on franchising in its truest form.

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Headlines from the 'Net

F1 Hoverpod Ltd Exciting Start Of The New Year.

Member | F1 Hoverpod Racing | Jan 20 | franchising

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Franchise Disaster Guided by Conventional Wisdom

Reporter | Don Sniegowski | Jan 19 | buy, franchising

Bill Burris' wife had passed away a year earlier. The widower found himself with the need to be close to his children while providing an income. A franchise seemed the natural answer.

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Franchise Council of Australia Calls For Government Guaranteed Loans

Member | Ray Borradale | Jan 18 | franchising

The FCA has begun a lobbying effort to have Australian government guaranteed loans introduced.  Once again we see FCA stretching the truth.

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F1 Hoverpod Ltd

Member | F1 Hoverpod Racing | Jan 16 | franchising

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The New Year @ F1 Hoverpod Ltd

Member | F1 Hoverpod Racing | Dec 29 | franchising

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Another Allied Brands Casualty in Australia

Member | KimKash | Dec 24 | franchising

A few months prior to the Allied Brands - Baskin Robbins collapse in Australia, an ex-basketballer casino greeter named Shane Heal was sold a "master franchisor" agreement by Allied fo

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Poolwerx Talks Up Entry To US

Member | Ray Borradale | Dec 22 | franchising

Knee high to a grasshopper, John O'rien, Poolwerx CEOAnother Australian export set to bedazzle the US market is the infamous Poolwerx brand.  Since Brad Sugars of Action Couch infamy showed Australia just how many willing US investors don’t perform due diligence many Aussie franchisors have contemplated the land of opportunity.

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Over-the-Top Fast Food Creations of 2011

Member | Pualani Kaai | Dec 13 | food, franchising

The Huffington Post lists some of the most delicious-looking additions to our 2011 national fast food menus as "Worst Fast Food Creations of 2011." They look calorie rich and delicious

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Pay Less for Franchising Companies

Kahuna | Mr. Blue MauMau | Dec 7 | franchising

Mad Money's investment guru and founder of The Street, Jim Cramer, says: "Generally, we pay less for companies that rely on franchises to drive growth because franchising can really limit your upside."

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Franchisor Group Speaks on Black Friday Deals

Reporter | BMM | Nov 29 | franchising
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Expert Advice

Establishing Franchisee Expectations

Expert | Jeff Johnson | Feb 1 | franchising
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One of the responsibilities of a franchisor (and its development team) is to establish realistic franchisee expectations.  Of course, this includes an accurate disclosure of expected return on investment, but it needs to go beyond “the numbers.”

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Franchise Expo South a Forecasting Tool?

Expert | Jeff Johnson | Jan 24 | franchising
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After attending the Franchise Expo South in Miami last weekend, a couple of trends seemed to be prevalent.

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Too Big to Fail

Expert | Jeff Johnson | Jan 23 | buy, franchising
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As the founder of the Franchise Research Institute, I am sometimes asked why mega-franchises like McDonalds and Subway don't seem to rely on franchisee satisfaction surveys to market their franchise opportunities, when it proves to be such a valuable tool for other franchisors, not only for marketing purposes but also for key internal decisions.

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