LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Blue MauMau) — United Parcel Service, the giant package delivering company and holding company of The UPS Store franchise chain, announced on Wednesday that it is sponsoring Big Brown for the 134th Kentucky Derby.

Great innovators are often called loco. 

They called Ray Kroc loco when he invented the HulaBurger.

They called the founder of Hello, I'm Jello loco when he franchised his all-jello products stores (General Mills had a different name:  trademark infringement).

As most of you know, I am always expanding my little consulting business, and this year the theme has been blogging/marketing.

Well in 2008, I have decided to get into franchise development, and have decided to franchise a concept I recently learned about.

Here is a short video about what I am embarking on....

Watch

Franpro
AKA
Joel Libava
Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio

As a non-fan of the Quiznos Franchise Development Dept. I really am opposed to giving that awesome franchise company free PR, but...
Coyote

I realize that I just opened a can of Coyote on this topic, and you are now allowed to post negative SH_ _ concerning the infamous Quiznos franchise.

Please allow 2 minutes to settle in with a new Quiznos sub, first.

The name: "Q's mystery sub of the day" 

Franpro-Freezin in Cleve

Blue MauMau's 2nd Annual Showcase of Superbowl Franchise Ads

There wouldn't be a Superbowl without franchising. After all, the two teams facing off, the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts, are sports franchises. Business format franchisers such as Pizza Hut are paying big bucks for their ads. And product distribution franchisers such as Budweiser will spend some $80,000 per second of run time to get watchers to consume their goods. Here are franchising's Superbowl XLI ads as soon as they are uploaded on the Net by iFilm (usually within a few minutes).

A simmering feud boiled over on the first day of the New Year between a fried-chicken restaurant owner and the doughnut shop next door. Both are independent shops and not franchisees. The owner of the fried chicken restaurant set fire to the donut store to retaliate for offering fried chicken. Tough world. Not only do independents have to compete with franchise systems muscling in but they are driven crazy by also other independents offering the same menu item.

DENVER  In what legal analysts are calling unprecedented in the history of litigation, Quiznos Corporation has sued itself, claiming that it has done “irreparable harm to the Quiznos brand” and has “consistently failed to promote in such a manner as will not detract from or do damage to the reputation of Quiznos in the markeplace and the goodwill associated with the Quiznos name and trademarks.”  The court filing included a request for an emegency injunction to prevent the Denver-based sandwich chain from “doing any more harm to itself and others.”

Following New York becoming the only American city to ban trans fat, here's a list of other things the city may contemplate banning.

• NY hot dogs with more than 20% pigeon content
• Red socks
• Mispronouncing "forget about it."
• Domino's new Brooklyn-style pizza, because the chain is from Michigan. (The Fudge 'em brownie bites stay though.)
• Fun

Read all top 10 things New York City may ban at Motley Fool.

Bomb Sniffing Dogs Discover Culprit

Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. Our franchisees in the travel industry will appreciate this story. An attack of flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.

Passengers said they smelled burning matches, which caused the plane to land (no struck matches or fire are allowed on planes). After all passengers and luggage were brought off the plane, sure enough, the bomb sniffing dogs found the spent matches on a passenger. The FBI questioned the passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal the smell of her flatulence in the confines of the cabin. She was not let back on the flight. Travel agents may want to teach travelers how to aim the airvents just right to blow unwanted bodily fumes far away to blend into a crowded plane -- or point to the other person and roll your eyes when someone looks from whence the fumes come. [via USATODAY]

See anything wrong with this sign?

Someone may get the wrong idea of what goes on inside, especially with a price of $254.

Can't even imagine what the premium price of $374 is for.

--

Photo by kowchow