BELLINGHAM, Mass. (Blue MauMau) -  The DD Independent Franchise Owners, Inc. (DDIFO), which represents the largest association of Dunkin' Donuts franchisees in the U.S., has officially announced its creation of a new board of directors, for the first time comprised of non-franchisees.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Blue MauMau) - On 06 May 2008 the South Australian Parliament released their final report into their Inquiry in Franchising.

ATLANTA (Blue MauMau) - Norman Black, spokesperson for UPS, said in an interview today that it is clearly and unequivocally wrong that two franchisee shareholders were denied access to last week's UPS shareholder meeting unfairly.

I have just returned from an ‘Internet free’ few days away following the AAFD Annual Conference and have discovered that the Blue MauMau blogs have been actively ‘on top’ of the Cuppy’s Coffee presence at our conference.

One of the major, and I mean major, problems faced by people thinking about buying a franchise is that they think any lawyer, especially if s/he says he is a 'business' lawyer, can competen

Typically when a prospective franchisee buys a franchise, they rely upon a number of things: the sales material, what the sales pitch was at discovery day, some stories from hand picked franchisees

McDonald's is launching major initiatives such as health insurance, 401(k) plans and life-skill training programs to keep employees.

After months of talks, a reluctant Circuit City is finally allowing Blockbuster and its activist shareholder Carl Icahn to look at its books.

90 year-old Irvine Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins, died last Monday, May 5, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California.

Mr. Robert Purvin, chair of the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers, has spent two decades building an organization to change the dynamics of franchising.