More than 90 percent of the locations are franchised, and McDonald's has long maintained it should not be liable for how employees in franchised restaurants behave.
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At the end of 2017, McDonald's was 92 percent franchised.
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Unlike many of JAB's acquisitions, Dunkin' is nearly entirely franchised.
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It's not a replica, it's not a franchised chain, you know?
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All the complaints pertained to franchised locations that are independently operated.
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That will bring its global franchised percentage to about 23 percent.
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That will bring its global franchised percentage to about 93 percent.
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The liquidation will not impact its franchised or Latin American stores.
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Unlike other automakers, Tesla does not sell vehicles through franchised dealers.
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Papa John's has more than 5,000 locations worldwide, mostly franchised restaurants.
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Those same deals helped establish the first formally franchised esports leagues.
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With a franchised structure like the Overwatch League, all teams are permanent.
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Wendy's has 5,144 franchised restaurants in the country, spokesman Bob Bertini said.
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Same-restaurant sales topped estimates for both company-owned and franchised locations.
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Before becoming a franchised sandwich chain, Potbelly started as an antique shop.
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But the liquidation did not impact its franchised or Latin American stores.
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In the United States the vast majority of Yum stores are franchised.
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The Wendy's chain includes around 6,500 company-owned and franchised restaurants worldwide.
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Like Aja, I'd welcome more franchised expansions of the Harry Potter universe.
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McDonald's operates 14,000 restaurants in the U.S., 90 percent of which are franchised.
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America's franchised auto dealers urge House Members to vote "Yes" on S.J. Res.
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The respondents were from private chains and franchised locations of publicly traded companies.
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Riot Games runs multiple concurrent franchised leagues across the globe for several regions.
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I heard they even franchised it in one of the neighborhoods of Juárez.
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By the end of 2018, it expects to grow to 98 percent franchised.
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McDonald's is now 22019 percent franchised, up from 231 percent three years ago.
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Even, national chains are often franchised, with the owner having just one establishment.
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"And ten years later we franchised and became 1-800-Got-JUNK?" he added.
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Most of the parks are franchised, and total revenues last year were $240 million.
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The company aims to be least 98 percent franchised by the end of 2018.
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They argued that the mandated $15 pay unfairly lumps franchised businesses with large employers.
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The liquidation will not impact its franchised or Latin American stores, the spokesperson said.
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Tens of thousands of these businesses are franchised locations operated by small business owners.
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The representative added that it has not franchised its operations to a third party.
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Instead of trying to hold it all for myself, I should have franchised earlier.
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Had Denver not had Miller, Jackson would've been a strong candidate to be franchised.
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Pollsters are skeptical that the newly franchised population will make a difference in Alabama.
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Mr. Matsumoto hopes that franchised stores will close, too, in an expression of solidarity.
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The company also reported a 2.4 percent decline in same-store sales among franchised restaurants.
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ISS did say that there were some positive aspects of a largely franchised restaurant company.
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Entering this frightful franchised haunt forces visitors to come face-to-face with bad luck.
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In the next five years, they franchised their business to 2350 locations across 2000 states.
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"Our assessment is that the franchised taxi scheme won't get through Legco," one source said.
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The Overwatch League is in its third year of competition and has 20193 franchised teams.
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The swank dog hotel is part of a franchised operation with locations across the country.
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Large gyms and franchised studios are messaging members to try to calm panic about germs.
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This incident took place at a franchised restaurant and the owner is looking into the matter.
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Tesla, which sells direct to consumers rather than through franchised dealers, prides itself on pricing transparency.
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The company has plans to expand its franchised outlets across UK over the coming year. ind.
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Texas Roadhouse saw comparable-store sales beat forecasts for both company-owned locations and franchised restaurants.
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House of Fraser also has two stores in China and a franchised store in Abu Dhabi.
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It's Caliburger, a fast-casual chain that's been franchised across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
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Compare that to Into the Spider-Verse, which embraces the artful spectrum of a franchised past.
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Because Domino's business is 97 percent franchised, the firm said it would keep its positive outlook.
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Tesla operates its own stores but does not use franchised dealers or traditional advertising and marketing.
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Yum said that at the end of 2017 it was able to become 97 percent franchised.
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The rest are franchised or they are locations where OYO leases the hotel from the owner.
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The team has enjoyed enough success that it has been franchised in both Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta.
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The expected increase in the number of franchised establishments nationwide is 1.5%, the slowest pace since 2016.
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Same-store sales decreased 1.8 percent at company-owned restaurants and fell 1.6 percent at franchised locations.
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As of the end of the fiscal second-quarter, Popeyes operated and franchised more than 2,500 restaurants.
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In addition to the stores it operates with Sprint, roughly 8903 franchised RadioShack stores still remain open.
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The restaurant chain's revenue also beat as did same-restaurant sales at company-owned and franchised locations.
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Today it is home to franchised boutiques and faux-French bistros, a by-word for bloodless gentrification.
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Systemwide sales include sales from company-owned and franchised locations, but not any royalties or franchising fees.
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GameStop locations aren't franchised — the main company pays for each location, and that's a ton of overhead.
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P.F. Chang's currently operates 214 locations in the U.S. and has franchised 93 stores in 24 countries.
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Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch League, the first franchised esports league, kicked off its inaugural season earlier this year.
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And subsequent international tours and franchised productions on four continents have made the National a global brand.
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Some Supercuts are part of Regis Corporation -- others are franchised -- and the managers under the Regis Corp.
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Harland Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders, was 62 when he franchised Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1952.
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The combined company currently is 77 percent franchised, in part because Yum China owns most of its restaurants.
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The network recently finalized a deal to air League of Legends' franchised league play on its subscription service.
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McDonald's intends to continue optimizing its ownership mix with the goal of moving to 95% franchised longer term.
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She touted GM's extensive franchised dealer network as a key advantage over Tesla's much smaller, corporate-owned network.
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While McCloughan was away from the team, Washington franchised quarterback Kirk Cousins, and extended head coach Jay Gruden.
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Comparable-restaurant sales were higher by 4.9 percent at company-owned restaurants and 3.9 percent at franchised locations.
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Comparable restaurant sales were higher by 4.9 percent at company-owned restaurants and 3.9 percent at franchised locations.
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Founded in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1964, Blimpie is a franchised sandwich chain known for its large subs.
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Dunkin' sold off its remaining company-operated stores during the fourth quarter and is now 100 percent franchised.
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Currently, Michigan law states consumers can only purchase vehicles through franchised dealerships and not directly from an automaker.
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Activision Blizzard operates a pair of franchised esports organizations, the Overwatch League and the Call of Duty League.
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Three franchised operators would run the premium service, charging fares up to 50 per cent more than regular taxis.
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Specifically, through Carwow you can research, select and configure new cars before receiving and offers from U.K. franchised dealers.
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Many fast-food chains let franchisees decide whether to offer the benefit to employees who work in franchised locations.
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Puzder is the chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, which owns primarily franchised restaurants including Carl's Jr. and Hardee's.
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By having more franchised locations, Denny's will make more royalty revenue and save on costs associated with running individual restaurants.
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Conviviality is Britain's largest franchised off-licence and convenience chain, operating stores under the Bargain Booze and Wine Rack brands.
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Earlier analysts had expected Zabka, which has 4,500 franchised shops, to be worth up to 1.5 billion euros ($1.58 billion).
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Assuming the group is right, that means the year will finish with 795,932 franchised businesses operating in the United States.
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His introduction to the concept came about in the late 1990s when he also owned four franchised Blockbuster video stores.
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It is estimated that there are 194,22008 franchised quick-service restaurants in the U.S, up from 260,2229 a decade ago.
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Puzder is the chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants Inc, which owns primarily franchised restaurants including Carl's Jr. and Hardee's.
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Conviviality was Britain's largest franchised off-licence and convenience chain, operating stores under the Bargain Booze and Wine Rack brands.
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MultiQSR operates 187 units of Pizza Hut and 62 units of KFC in Brazil as proprietary and sub-franchised restaurants.
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And nearly 90 percent of franchised hotels said they would raise room rates, compared with 70 percent of nonfranchised hotels.
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The liquidation will not impact its franchised or Latin American stores, where it is the region's largest specialty footwear retailer.
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Despite the roadblocks, Didi Chuxing said it was looking into the possibility of becoming one of the new franchised operators.
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It sells cars directly to customers without franchised dealers, a practice that has led to legal battles in several states.
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Likewise, when it became a franchised restaurant in 1955, McDonald's offered a simple selection, focusing on hamburgers and french fries.
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It proposed a new regulation that will enable franchised companies to improve and standardize workplace safety and sexual harassment policies.
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The franchise model in hotels dates to the 270s, when the Howard Johnson chain franchised a motor lodge in Georgia.
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The Call of Duty League is Activision's second regionally franchised esports league, following its success with the format for Overwatch.
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Successful stores, restaurants, and other businesses can be expanded or franchised to other metropolitan areas, allowing good ideas to spread quickly.
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Used vehicle sales at franchised dealers are expected to increase by nearly 9% in the first half, according to the consultancies.
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Most analysts approve of his plan to lift the share of restaurants that are franchised even higher, from 83% to 95%.
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In Indonesia, where it entered the market in 2002, Ford has a staff of 35 and sells through 44 franchised dealerships.
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He was also the chairman of the company that franchised Minnie Pearl Fried Chicken, named for the Grand Ole Opry comedian.
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The firm provides franchised bus services on Lantau Island and private-hire services involving 300 cars for hotels and tour agencies.
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Under that designation, the company would also not be required to bargain with restaurant workers at franchised locations if they unionized.
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Franchised teams are entitled to a 32.5% share of the league's revenue, while players are entitled to 35% of the revenue.
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The league kicked off in January this year, following the success of Activision's first regionally franchised league, the Overwatch League (OWL).
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Both brands are 100% franchised and all 3,700 restaurants nationwide are owned and operated by entrepreneurs dedicated to serving their communities.
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With four existing clubs in Dallas and Kansas City, the company plans to open 150 franchised locations over the next five years.
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Automakers also allow their franchised dealers to take first pick of vehicles just coming off a lease before they go to auction.
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Except at three franchised clubs in Omaha, Des Moines and Lansing, the bunnies are as extinct in the U.S. as the dodo.
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Its system stores sales, comprising retail sales in both its corporate and franchised stores, rose by 29 percent to 398.5 million lira.
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Scalina's lingerie, swimwear, pyjamas and hosiery are sold in 100 Scala brand franchised stores which are present in shopping malls throughout Brazil.
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"Except for Applebee's, no other casual dining restaurant chain with similar operational complexity has over 90 percent of units franchised, " ISS said.
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Around two-thirds of McDonald's restaurants in China and Hong Kong will now be re-franchised to cater to the Asian market.
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There are now more than 1,750 franchised restaurants across the U.S., with 85 to 100 new restaurants planning to open in 2018.
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The company said below-expected margin gains in the second half from its franchised dealerships and used car businesses will hit profits.
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Founded by Glen Bell in 1962, Taco Bell's first location was in Downey, California, and its first franchised location opened in 1964.
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Those three franchised businesses accounted for a significant chunk of the $304 million in total revenue that he brought in last year.
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At franchised restaurants like Outback, it could be vacuumed up by parent organizations, and used to make business decisions in the future.
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Leagues such as Riot's League of Legends and Overwatch, for example, are made of permanent franchised teams to which players are recruited.
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) said in an email that its franchised stores in Saudi Arabia were transferred to Al-Futtaim Group in 2018.
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Last year, the fast-food company collected over $6.1 billion in rent from its more than 31,000 franchised restaurants, according to regulatory filings.
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Analysts had anticipated same-store sales to be down 4.53 percent for both company and franchised chains during the quarter, according to FactSet.
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Dunkin' sold off its remaining company-operated stores during the fourth quarter and is now 100 percent franchised, boosting revenue for the quarter.
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Today, ISIS has many more options for rebirth -- operating directly or in franchised form in 18 countries across the Middle East and Africa.
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NIIT, a computer-training company, has 22003 wholly owned centres and more than 226,21998 franchised operations, and is expanding to America and Britain.
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Sometimes the company makes government irrelevant; sometimes the company is a government, as in the million franchised states of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.
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That's when he suggested they check out Penn Station, the franchised chain of quick-service, freshly made subs and sandwiches that he enjoyed.
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Melissa Kersey, McDonald's U.S. chief people officer, said that franchised locations typically mirror those patterns, but she could not provide the specific data.
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Workers from a number of CKE's franchised locations have also complained of wage and hour concerns and other labor conditions in recent weeks.
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Sales at U.S. company-owned and franchised restaurants open at least a year rose 6.4 percent in the first quarter ended March 27.
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Today, OYO claims to have over 10,000 franchised or leased hotels in its network, which it says spans 350 cities across five countries.
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They/ThemOntario, Canada I work at a pet food store franchised by a family consisting of two sisters and one of their partners.
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McDonald's had said in 2015 that it would refranchise 4,000 restaurants worldwide by the end of next year to become 95 percent franchised.
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Grasons's biggest rivals are Caring Transitions of Cincinnati and Blue Moon Estate Sales near Raleigh, N.C., which both operate franchised estate sale companies.
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The fast-food company last year collected over $6.1 billion in rent from its more than 31,000 franchised restaurants, according to regulatory filings.
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Beginning with a flashy Zurich boutique that opened in December 2000, Omega has steadily opened 137 corporate stores worldwide, plus 150 franchised ones.
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Magic had tremendous success as a businessman, launching his own line of movie theaters and franchised a number of Starbucks and TGI Friday's.
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The actions seen in the video at a franchised Dunkin' Donuts restaurant are absolutely inconsistent with our strict food safety standards and requirements.
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In 21, about 2100 percent of the nearly 2150,2000 hotels in the United States were franchised, according to the market research firm Frandata.
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In 1952, Kentucky Fried Chicken started when then-62-year-old Sanders franchised his recipe to a friend in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Comparable-store sales were up 5.7 percent at company-owned locations and up 3.9 percent at franchised restaurants, both short of analyst estimates.
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Its revenue and full-year guidance fell short of estimates, as well, as same-store sales dropped at both company-owned and franchised locations.
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For China Lodging, around one-quarter of its hotels are operated via a lease and ownership model with the rest franchised or managed franchises.
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Same-store sales in the latest period came up short, falling 2.1 percent at company-owned restaurants and slipping 2.6 percent at franchised restaurants.
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Our franchised gyms are independently owned and operated, and our franchisees are able to make their own decisions regarding additional offerings at their gyms.
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The 2628,28503 plus franchised small businesses in the U.S. account for 22019% of all retail sales and provide jobs for some 8 million people.
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"Our distribution centers are getting ready for the hype this time," an employee in a franchised California Popeyes location told Business Insider in September.
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The stakes are high considering the scope of CKE, which has 3,800 franchised or company-operated restaurants in 44 states and 41 foreign countries.
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Systemwide sales at Burger King's restaurants - which include company-owned, franchised and licensed outlets - rose 11 percent in the latest quarter ended June 30.
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In February, Activision Blizzard launched the third season of the Overwatch League, an esports competition with 20 franchised teams representing cities around the world.
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Dr. Koller expanded his work to Oregon in the 1980s and franchised a series of Companion Pet Clinics, offering lower-cost services than competitors.
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After studying the potential of a video-store business for a friend, he realized that a well-franchised chain could grow to 1,500 units.
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Systemwide sales at Burger King's restaurants — which include company-owned, franchised and licensed outlets - rose 11 percent in the latest quarter ended June 30.
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MTRC maintained a dominant market share of Hong Kong's franchised public transport market, as its network covers Hong Kong's key commercial and residential locations.
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Its system stores sales, comprising those from its corporate and franchised stores, rose to 859.8 million Turkish lira ($227.02 million) from 647.4 million lira.
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"Yum's outlook for 4 percent unit growth in 2018 and expectations of acceleration screens poorly versus the rest of the highly franchised coverage," Holthouse said.
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The company saw same-store sales fall 4 percent in the fourth quarter at its company-owned chains and 3.9 percent at its franchised restaurants.
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The parent company has more than 130 franchised stores, locally owned and operated, that specialize in toys that combine fun with an opportunity to learn.
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Next, which trades from about 540 shops in Britain and Ireland, from franchised stores overseas and online, said that over the 13 weeks to Oct.
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Applebee's, owned by DineEquity, became 100 percent franchised in 2015, and saw its share price and operating performance flatten during and after its refranchising efforts.
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"America's franchised auto dealers strongly believe that every customer deserves to be treated fairly," Peter Welch, president of the lobby group, said in a statement.
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Carmakers do not allow CarMax to perform recall repairs, so customers are "best positioned" to get repairs at franchised dealers after purchase, the company says.
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Combining Starwood with Marriott will create the biggest hotel company in the world, with more than 5,500 owned or franchised hotels and 1.1 million rooms.
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Dunkin' Brands Group: The coffee chain is a natural fit for JAB and it has struggled to maintain price consistency across its many franchised locations.
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Combining Marriott and Starwood would create the biggest hotel company in the world, with more than 5,500 owned or franchised hotels and 1.1 million rooms.
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Refranchising benefits are weighed against any challenges with the newly franchised bottlers maintaining a consistent and unified long-term vision particularly around future investment requirements.
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Within three years, they had a $15-million-a-year enterprise, including a nationally franchised fleet of trucks, an online delivery service, and a restaurant.
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Of these, 210% are small businesses with fewer than 25 employees, NRA says, a figure that includes franchised chain stores, which are usually independently owned.
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More than 90 percent of the hotels in the U.S. are franchised, and these owners say their business has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The company was expected to see flat same-store sales in its company-owned stores and growth of about 2127 percent in its franchised locations.
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There are only a handful of franchised esports leagues in America, but the salaries and health benefits they provide players have helped stabilize the industry.
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Those other organizations are sophisticated global syndicates with several different illegal revenue streams crossing borders; MS-13 is more of an internationally franchised street gang.
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Its franchised locations, however, fared better than expectations, posting same-store sales that were down 8.6 percent, better than the 10.5 percent drop that was forecast.
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Overwatch League would be the world's first esports venture to follow the North American sports model: franchised teams in major cities, live spectator events, salaried athletes.
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It has over 400,000 members with over 150 corporate-owned and franchised locations (Crunch Essential) in cities throughout the U.S. and in Australia and Puerto Rico.
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Today about 80 percent of the company's stores are now franchised, and Brown said she plans to continue expanding concentrically out of the South and Midwest.
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If executed properly, a more highly franchised business model would bring Buffalo Wild Wings' stock to the $400 to $450 range over the next four years.
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At the end of June, the Beijing-based company was operating 80 kindergartens and had franchised an additional 175 covering 130 cities and towns in China.
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Zotye is setting up a U.S. sales and distribution arm in Lake Forest, California, and plans to sell vehicles in the United States through franchised dealers.
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The International Franchise Association and five Seattle franchisees quickly sued Seattle, which like New York City has moved to treat smaller franchised businesses like larger companies.
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Activist investor Marcato had pushed Buffalo Wild Wings to move away from its strategy of mostly owning its restaurants to a more capital-light franchised model.
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"If McDonald's is involved in determining working conditions at its franchised operations, it is responsible for what happens to workers subject to those conditions," Rucker said.
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In April, the Labor Department proposed new limits on the ability of workers at franchised businesses, such as McDonald's restaurants, to pursue claims against the franchiser.
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The company has been selling off some of its company-owned stores to franchisees over the last few years to bolster the number of franchised locations.
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Hoffmann says Dunkin' is currently "studying straws," but noting that the company is 100-percent franchised and major changes can take longer to bring to fruition.
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Its biggest unit - franchised UK motor - incurred underlying operating losses of 7.7 million pounds, compared with an operating profit of 31.8 million pounds a year ago.
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Prior to the bankruptcy filing, Cosi said it closed 29 of its 74 company-owned restaurants, but its 31 franchised locations were unaffected by the bankruptcy process.
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The case will help determine whether McDonald's is a joint employer and whether it therefore shares responsibility for alleged labor violations at some of its franchised stores.
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Panera was expected to post same-store sales growth of 2.8 percent, with company stores rising 3.7 percent and franchised stores up 113 percent, according to StreetAccount.
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Although competitors have popped up, Massage Envy still holds a 67% share of the franchised day-spa market, according to a 2016 study by research firm IBISWorld.
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It now includes managed private homes and, in India, wedding venues, holiday packages and co-working — while its hotel supply is a mixture of franchised and leased.
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Shanghai's 0-13 slump finally ended with their first win of the Overwatch League, Blizzard's franchised competitive gaming league that's now two weeks into its second season.
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"There's no way you can stay in business," said Meyer, whose company employs 1,000 workers at about two dozen franchised Wendy's and TGI Friday's in New York.
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It has franchised out its Ultimate Fighter series, doing seasons based in Brazil, Latin America, and the UK, with more far-flung locales planned for the future.
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Harry Potter has ballooned into a sprawling, scripted, franchised, beast that would be right at home in Newt Scamander's volume — except this beast doesn't feel so magical.
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For example, Alfamart's franchised stores only made up 27% of its total stores at end-2016; insufficient to meet the minimum 40% ratio required by October 2017.
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So to spread the gospel of Bikram yoga, Choudhury franchised: Teachers paid for training that was something like benediction, then opened official Bikram outposts across the land.
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McDonald's disclosed over 200,000 employees at the time of its last annual report (2018), including company-owned and operated restaurants, but 9803% of its locations are franchised.
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Analysts had expected company-owned stores to grow 3.5 percent, franchised stores to grow 2017 percent and system-wide sales to be up 2.1 percent, according to StreetAccount.
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Dunkin' said total sales fell 1.3 percent to $207.1 million, partly due to a decline in sales at company-operated restaurants as the company is now fully franchised.
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The company predicts that it will be opening of three to four new company-owned restaurants and three to five new franchised restaurants in the 2019 fiscal year.
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Total revenue, including both U.S. and overseas operations, was largely flat at $5.34 billion, as the company moves to franchised from owned restaurants, which replaces sales with royalties.
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Patanjali now has 13 factories at the campus that make more than 800 products that are sold at around 20,000 franchised outlets around the country, company officials said.
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French Connection sold goods from 328 branded locations as of the end of January — a mixture of its own stores, spaces in concessions and licensed and franchised premises.
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Operating a retail chain marks a new challenge for 2400-year-old Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, which mostly sells soft drink concentrates to a network of franchised bottlers.
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"The beauty of not being franchised, or not being public is you have control," said Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant industry analyst for The NPD Group's food-service division.
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Yanolja - meaning "Hey, let's play" - sought to dispel any stigma with its bright, modern franchised budget hotels, targeting millennial couples but also budget tourists seeking short-term accommodation.
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Among the demands are paid sick leave for all workers, across both corporate and franchised locations, and payment for any missed shifts if a restaurant has to close.
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In the 12 months through November, company-owned Fridays locations in the U.S. saw same-store sales shrink 6.7%, while domestic franchised locations' same-store sales declined 8.1%.
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"We are not aware that any of our franchised hotels, all of which are independently owned and operated, are being asked to serve as detention facilities," the statement reads.
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The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company said a net 212 Domino's outlets were opened outside the United States in the three months ended June 2547.3, all of them franchised.
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He will defend the franchise model that has allowed Carl's Jr., Popeyes and many other franchised brands to flourish and provide meaningful ownership and career opportunities for all Americans.
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"Further, we note Mr. Niccol has less experience with cost management, given Taco Bell is a primarily franchised brand compared to Chipotle's 100 percent company-operated model," Charles said.
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The announcement of these franchised NALCS teams comes ahead of the start of Blizzard's Overwatch League, which has city-based team franchises and will be starting up in December.
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"We still believe that the franchised dealer model is by far the best way to sell, distribute and service new vehicles," National Automotive Dealers Association spokesman Jared Allen said.
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However, Wong also agreed that the introduction of franchised taxis would not help resolve the existing problems of the taxi trade such as rude cabbies, overcharging and refusing hires.
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The National Franchised Dealers Association said its members take rigorous steps to comply with consumer credit rules, and it urged consumers to visit reputable retailers and to shop around.
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An employee in a franchised California Popeyes told Business Insider that his distribution center was preparing for the hype of the chicken sandwich relaunch as far back as September.
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The deal with Marriott would create the world's largest hotel company, with more than 5,500 owned or franchised hotels, for a total of 1.1 million rooms around the world.
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The move marks the first foray into CS:GO for c0ntact, which owns Paris Legion in the franchised Call of Duty World League and Paris Eternal in the Overwatch League.
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Under his leadership, the brand increased its percentage of franchised stores, successfully launched promotions like All-Day Breakfast and bolstered its tech and delivery initiatives to reach lapsed customers.
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They complained loudly of the slim margins they earned off of the discounted 'wich; and according to Haynes, the company, whose restaurants are 210% franchised, listened to the gripes.
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The company operated 525 Haagen-Dazs ice cream parlors and franchised 365 more outside of the United States and Canada, as of May 4043, according to a regulatory filing.
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Even widely-watched and well-established games that don't currently boast a franchised esports league – such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO for short) — maintain leagues of some kind.
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The company signaled its intention to sell about 75 of its franchised restaurants in different markets as the firm has been trying to move towards a higher-margin franchise system.
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As movies become more heavily franchised, it's inevitable that more sequels, spinoffs, and homages will require more knowledge of other movies — not just for viewers' enjoyment, but for their comprehension.
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In the company's quarterly release, El Pollo Loco plans to enter the Dallas market this year, and expects to open 17-20 company-operated restaurants and 10-15 franchised restaurants.
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Since then, it has opened 18 more individually owned-and-franchised locations across the United States, and prides itself on its continued involvement with the LGBT community and its causes.
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The rise of Amazon, the decline of independent bookshops, and public indifference to non-franchised, non-serialized books have seen publishers becoming more risk-averse and conservative in their commissioning.
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Texas Roadhouse saw comparable store sales beat forecasts for both company-owned locations and franchised restaurants, and the company also said food costs were dropping while labor costs were rising.
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According to the spokespeople, McDonald's workers have filed more than 50 complaints in the last three years alleging a variety of illegal conduct in corporate-owned and franchised McDonald's restaurants.
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An employee in a franchised California Popeyes location told Business Insider that his distribution center was preparing for the hype of the chicken sandwich relaunch as far back as September.
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RYB provides early education services in China and at the end of June was operating 80 kindergartens and had franchised an additional 175, covering 130 cities and towns in China.
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Papa John'sPapa John's said it has temporarily closed 50 franchised stores in China as a result of the coronavirus and reported a decline in same-store sales for the year.
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Anchal Lamba, 27, owns eight Gong Cha bubble tea shops in New York City and has franchised others elsewhere in New York State and in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Texas.
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In addition, Buffalo Wild Wings saw same-store sales of its company-owned restaurants fall 4.553 percent and same-store sales at franchised locations drop 24.55 percent in the quarter.
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InterContinental Hotels Group Plc said last month 1,200 of its franchised hotels in the United States, including Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, were victims of a three-month cyber attack.
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Wuerfel expanded and franchised the business over the past few years to eight other locations (so far) around central Indiana and now partners with Flat12 Bierwerks to produce his beer.
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These licensed stores — not quite franchised locations (Starbucks does not franchise) and not quite company-owned — are usually those found within grocery stores, hotels, airports or college campuses, the rep explained.
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Established players outsource their manufacturing and sell through shops owned by third parties; Patanjali has its own plants and has built a network of thousands of exclusive, franchised stores across India.
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Khasbulatov said he hopes to increase the share of franchised branches, which currently account for only 15 percent of outlets in Russia compared to the global McDonald's norm of 80 percent.
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One thing that I love about Johnny is that he's not selfish—he could've easily went and franchised the shit out it because people were steadily asking us to do that.
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Last week, workers at franchised locations of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, which are part of CKE's restaurant portfolio, filed a range of complaints, alleging wage theft and harassment, among other things.
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"Our more heavily franchised structure will continue to drive shareholder value by providing a more stable revenue and income stream with higher returns on invested capital," Ozan said in a statement.
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Total sales fell 22 percent to $382.7 million as the company franchised more outlets, but beat the average analysts' estimate of $367.6 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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Total sales fell 22 percent to $382.7 million as the company franchised more outlets, but beat the average analysts' estimate of $2.43 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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Last month, workers at franchised locations of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, which are part of CKE's restaurant portfolio, filed a range of complaints, alleging wage theft and harassment, among other things.
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But Anna Jonsson, Associate Professor at Lund University, said the restructuring could accelerate growth by making it easier for Inter IKEA to recruit partners to run franchised stores in new markets.
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"It is McDonald's core belief that diversity and an inclusive and respectful workplace makes us stronger, and as a franchised business, the success of our organization depends on all franchisees succeeding."
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It is McDonald's core belief that diversity and an inclusive and respectful workplace makes us stronger, and as a franchised business, the success of our organization depends on all franchisees succeeding.
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The decision found that a sanitation company called Browning-Ferris Industries and its subcontractor are joint employers of workers, meaning they are both liable for things like labor violations at franchised locations.
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Coming from businesses both franchised and locally owned, often with vague-geographic-destination names like Planet Smoothie, they were the sippable staples that once felt so chic to order as a teen.
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This low level results from the buyout transaction, the acquisition of 18 Yvrai franchised stores, and a one-off high working capital outflow resulting from the time shift in summer regulated sales.
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When it makes sense — and it often does, Mr. Geisler said — he encourages studio owners to open in geo-bulk if they've bought several brands, or near other brands franchised by others.
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Viewership increased by about 16% during the Overwatch League's second season and Activision's success led to the creation of the company's second franchised esports initiative in 2020, the Call of Duty League.
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Hilton is a 100-year-old organization (it went public in 2013) that employs more than 420,000 people globally across its corporate offices as well as its owned, managed, and franchised properties.
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Deliveroo said its partnership with BP petrol stations would enable customers to order about 60 products from 120 M&S franchised stores on forecourts for delivery within 30 minutes via its app.
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It had been owned since 2005 by private equity firm Bunker Hill Capital, and most recently had 178 company-owned and franchised locations, with around 3,000 employees (700 of whom were full-time).
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"He believes that all franchised Chick-fil-A Operators and their Restaurant employees should have an opportunity to rest, spend time with family and friends, and worship if they choose to do so."
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The McDonald brothers wanted the design of their franchised restaurants to be eye-catching and highlight their "Speedee Service System," a predecessor of the drive-through model and fast food as a whole.
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The group pushing to stop Care by Volvo is the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA), which represents more than 1,000 franchised car and truck dealers across the state, according to the filing.
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"You made the choice to have a franchised locations [sic] & now you have to live with it," sneered one Twitter user, after being told that the DC and Virginia restaurants were not affiliated.
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The Italian disposal will be finalised following approval from the Italian competition authority, and the sale does not apply to the 33 non-franchised supermarkets located in Sicily or the 50 Lillapois drugstores.
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The owner of Orlando-based Tim's Wine Market, which has several other franchised locations throughout the state, said through Thursday afternoon he was up 21 percent week-over-week from last year's sales.
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AmRest has expanded its network of restaurants and franchised stores by 25 percent to 1,705 within the last 12 months and its portfolio of brands includes KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King and Starbucks.
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And three, the company doesn't have franchised dealerships — when you want to buy a Model S or X (or soon, a Model 3), you buy it from Tesla directly, not a third party.
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OYO claims to have more than 10,000 franchised or leased hotels in its network, which it says spans 350 cities across five countries, although most of that is concentrated in India and China.
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The proposal is a long shot, but it could mark a big change in the board dynamic at McDonald's and other heavily franchised U.S. restaurant chains if adopted, restaurant analysts and consultants said.
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" Asked for comment, National Automobile Dealers Association spokesman Jared Allen responded that "the number of battery electric vehicles stocked on franchised dealership lots is literally a function of supply and demand nothing else.
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"MCD's ongoing shift to a less capital intensive, higher franchised model should generate a more predictable earnings stream and accelerated free cash flow that warrant a higher multiple for the shares," he wrote.
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Comparable sales at its more drink-led managed pubs and franchised pubs also grew by 2.7 percent, with pub retail sales rising above 3 million pounds on Christmas Day for the first time.
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Loblaw Companies Ltd, which has more than 2,300 corporate, franchised and associate-owned grocery stores and pharmacies across Canada, ended down 3.6 percent at C$72.79, after falling as much as 8.63 percent.
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It may not have mattered that the German, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish governments owned the companies franchised to run Britain's transit system when London was an integral player in the European Union.
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Pendragon, which operates the Evans Halshaw, Stratstone, Quickco and Car Store brands, said its largest division, the franchised UK motor business, had been hurt by "a challenging consumer environment" in the final quarter.
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Franchised esports leagues, like the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) and Activision Blizzard's Overwatch League have similar business models to their traditional counterparts and have quietly begun drawing just as many viewers.
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"Based on our conversations with U.S. Wendy's franchisees, we believe domestic franchised same-store sales are up 2.0-2.5% to date in 1Q18," analyst Alton Stump wrote in a note to clients Thursday.
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Some people might blame Dunkin' Donuts' failure to live up to its promise to transition away from Styrofoam on its franchise structure, but McDonald's—which is largely franchised—managed to switch to paper cups.
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Burger chain Wendy's said some customers' payment card data, including card numbers and other crucial information, was stolen in the malware attack that affected about 1,025 of its franchised restaurants in the United States.
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Founded in 103, the original iteration of Sónar happens each year in Barcelona, but in recent years, the festival has been franchised out to other cities including Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Hong Kong, and Bogota .
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McDonald's is also facing a class-action lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco by 800 workers at several franchised restaurants who say they are owed overtime pay and were forced to skip breaks.
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Consumers will be able to browse a collection of about 30,000 vehicles, which GM said will all have fewer than 37,000 miles on their odometers, and then arrange to buy them from franchised dealers.
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The investment will give U.S.-based Airbnb access to a variety of franchised or leased hotels, helping it lure travelers who have shied away from the risks and quirks of renting a stranger's home.
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Since more than 90 percent of its restaurants are franchised, the company has maintained, it cannot set wage rates, bargain collectively with unions or be responsible for the behavior of employees in its franchises.
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As more fitness owners around the nation wade into spin, Pryor said that independent studios and franchised CycleBars around the US are starting to have a competitive advantage over places like SoulCycle and Flywheel.
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Profit at M&S's overseas business, which contributes about 7 percent to the group total, slumped 40 percent in the 2015-13 fiscal year, mainly due to losses at its own - rather than franchised - stores.
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Started by boyhood friends Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley in 1990 as a single restaurant in Statesboro, Georgia, Zaxby's has since grown to more than 700 franchised locations in 16 states, mostly in the South.
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Starbucks said it will sell 83 company-owned stores in the Netherlands and France to Mexican restaurant operator Alsea, while taking control of 177 franchised stores in the four countries, a company spokeswoman told Reuters.
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A third group, including Xingsheng Youxuan, Songshu Pinpin and Dailubo, works with local franchised partners and allows users to order or make group purchases in WeChat mini-programs for next-day delivery or pick up.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss watchmakers Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille are snapping up stakes in their franchised shops, seeking to tighten their grip on the sales network as a growing number of top brands ditch wholesalers.
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Uber drivers have to figure out how to operate what is essentially a small franchised business, except without the typical intensive training and in-person conferences provided to small business owners by their parent company.
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The group, which operates the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn brands among others, said last month that it was looking to buy one or two small luxury brands and launch a new franchised upmarket brand.
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"As we begin the second full year of our transformation journey, I'm pleased with our progress towards becoming a more focused, more franchised and more efficient company," CEO Greg Creed said in a statement Wednesday.
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The year after 300 came out in theaters, equities trader Joe De Sena founded the wildly popular "Spartan Race," a series of fitness-based, team-building obstacle runs that has been franchised in 3003 countries.
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Teachers and academics, however, said that it was tough to stamp out abuse, especially at franchised, private-sector schools where competition was tough, requirements and checks on teachers were less strict and salaries were low.
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Culture has become a commodity that the audience is invited to purchase—and, given the way in which cultural objects are serialized, franchised, and spun off into expanded universes, the purchase is an ongoing investment.
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The company says those chains have 100,33 worldwide employees (not 70,000) in 3,750 worldwide restaurants (not 3,600), 95 percent of them franchised, with more than $4.3 billion (not just "more than $1.3 billion") in revenue.
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The company says those chains have 13,000 worldwide employees (not 70,000) in 23622,2212 worldwide restaurants (not 2556,28044), 21 percent of them franchised, with more than $2800 billion (not just "more than $8003 billion") in revenue.
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Starbucks mix of company-operated-to-licensed stores is roughly 21500/21000 with license partners being prominent retailers,, unlike traditional restaurant competitors such as McDonald's which plans to move toward 212000% franchised over the longer term.
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Several other global restaurant operators have switched to the so-called franchise model and McDonald's has also set a long-term aim of being 249.99 percent franchised, the company said in a statement on March 22702.
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Several other global restaurant operators have switched to the so-called franchise model and McDonald's has also set a long-term aim of being 220 percent franchised, the company said in a statement on March 31.
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This level remains weak compared to 'B' rated peers and reflects BUT's asset-light business model and increased share of directly owned stores following the acquisition of the previously franchised Yvrai stores on 1 September 2016.
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A combination of Marriott and Starwood, whose brands include Westin and Sheraton, would create the largest hotel company in the world, with more than 5,500 owned or franchised hotels and 1.1 million rooms around the world.
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On one hand, Tesla has one critical advantage over traditional automakers: It doesn't have franchised dealerships to worry about closing or curtailing service if state and federal government declare business restrictions, as has happened in Italy.
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"Lash extensions are a more recent trend which came to us from Asia about 7.43 years ago," said Heather Elrod, CEO of the Amazing Lash Studio, which provides lash extension services nationwide through its franchised locations.
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The strain, known as Campylobacter jejuni, is closely related to a 2016 outbreak that health officials said was most likely caused by contact with puppies sold at Petland stores, a nationwide chain of franchised pet stores.
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The strain, known as Campylobacter jejuni, is closely related to a 2016 outbreak that health officials said was most likely caused by contact with puppies sold at Petland stores, a nationwide chain of franchised pet stores.
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The company also said it would increase franchise restaurant ownership to 93 percent from 77 percent, at the time of the China business separation, aiming to be least 98 percent franchised by fiscal year ending 2018.
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What to watch: As electric AVs are more widely deployed, charging stations could be run by municipalities working directly with utilities or by private companies with franchised locations, on the model of gas stations and convenience stores.
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Since launching seven years ago, Smashburger, headquartered in Denver, CO, has opened 380 restaurants in 38 states and nine countries outside the U.S. Of those, 220 are owned and operated by Smashburger and the remaining are franchised.
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Papa John's – Papa John's was downgraded to "sell" from "hold" at Stifel Nicolaus, which points to sales declines at the pizza chain and the expectation that the company will need to continue to support its franchised operations.
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The company said the deal had an enterprise value of 559 million pounds, and included 138 directly-operated restaurants in the UK and the US and 58 franchised restaurants in Europe, the Middle East and New Zealand.
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The NLRB is pursuing litigation to establish that McDonald's Corp is a "joint employer" of workers at its franchised restaurants, a determination that could compel the company to bargain with unions representing employees of its independent franchisees.
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This level remains weak compared with 'B' rated peers and reflects BUT's asset-light business model and increased share of directly operated stores following the acquisition of the previously franchised 18 Yvrai stores on 1 September 2016.
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According to research by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), service and parts account for more than one-third of U.S. gross profit at franchised auto dealerships, even though they typically only comprise about 12% of sales.
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While most of the complaints were filed on behalf of employees at franchised restaurants that McDonald's Corp does not own, all of them say the company is responsible for the harassment because it controls working conditions there.
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She was at 9 percent in the last poll, three points behind second-placed Sean Gallagher, one of no less than three "investors" from the widely franchised TV reality show "Dragon's Den" to run in this election.
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Back in 2017, 12 teams paid $20 million to join Activision's first franchised esports competition, the Overwatch League, but the price to invest in Activision's newest esports initiative has gone up, according to Jacob Wolf of ESPN.
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The company said in an emailed statement that the ICE actions were taken at franchised stores, whose owners and not the company are responsible for making hiring decisions based on compliance with federal, state and local laws.
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OYO, which operates more than 13,000 franchised or leased hotels with 458,000 rooms in India, China, the United Kingdom, Dubai, Indonesia and Malaysia, raised $1 billion last year from investors, including SoftBank and ride-hailing firm Grab.
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The company intends to sell between 90 and 125 restaurants in order to bring its total franchised locations to between 95 and 97 percent, Mark Wolfinger, chief financial officer for Denny's, told analysts on an earnings call Tuesday.
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Through their Public Safety Foundation, they allow customers at each franchised restaurant to make donations that provide firefighters and first responders in the community with lifesaving equipment, such as defibrillators and dive equipment for search-and-rescue missions.
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The International Franchise Association's Franchise Business Economic Outlook for 2020 projects the number of franchised business in the U.S. will increase by 13% to a total of 785,316 — adding 232,000 jobs this year to reach 8.6 million employees.
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Where to watch: Netflix Show your family wants to watch: Any NCIS, CSI or Law & Order show Superior alternative: Scott and Bailey Why: If you've seen one episode of of these franchised crime dramas, you've seen them all.
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While major automakers except for Tesla Inc still rely on franchised dealers to deliver and provide warranty service for new vehicles, online shopping has cut down sharply the number of stores most customers visit before choosing a vehicle.
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Hypermarket operator Big C Supercenter Pcl has said it will expand its chain and also add 78 smaller-sized outlets in urban locations, while CP All aims to open 700 new franchised 7-Eleven convenience stores this year.
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Burger chain Wendy's Co reported in July that some customers' payment card data, including card numbers and other key information, was stolen in a malware attack that affected about 1,025 of its franchised outlets in the United States.
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Papa John's shares tumbled more than 20183% Wednesday after the company said it has temporarily closed 50 franchised stores in China as a result of the coronavirus and reported a decline in same-store sales for the year.
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With more than 650 restaurants open in 35 states, Marco's Pizza has carved out a leading spot in the franchised pizza world by offering handmade pies that use fresh, not frozen, cheeses and dough made daily in the stores.
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This trend was more pronounced in the fast food and hotel sectors — more than 80 percent of franchised fast food owners said they would be more likely to reduce hiring, versus 58 percent of non-fast-food restaurant owners.
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What it does: Franchised budget hotelsFounded: 2013Most recent valuation: $5 billionSoftBank's total investment: $1.4 billionSeptember 2018 — Led $1 billion roundSeptember 2017 — Led $250 million roundAugust 2016 — Led $50 million roundAugust 2015 — Invested $100 millionTotal funding raised: $1.6 billion (PitchBook)
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But when it comes to franchised hotels or those more loosely bound to Marriott, such as the Art Ovation Hotel, the company says it can only suggest training and make the tools available to franchisees rather than require it.
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Often, manufacturers offer financial incentives to dealers and shoppers late in the year to help move last year's models off their lots, said Patrick Manzi, senior economist for the National Automobile Dealers Association, which represents franchised new-car dealerships.
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ESPN&aposs Jacob Wolf pointed out on Twitter that viewership for the "League of Legends" World Championship far surpassed the audience for the "Overwatch League," another franchised esports league with multimillion dollar teams, built around a much newer game.
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The move comes as fellow fast-food giant McDonald's is in the midst of selling off portions of its business in China, as part of a larger overhaul that will cut back on company-owned restaurants and increase franchised locations.
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Here is how the test, slated to launch later this year, will operate: Workers in UPS' 1.7 million-square-foot healthcare complex at Worldport will package and ship the vaccine to one of the more 4,700 franchised U.S. UPS stores.
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Mick McGuire of Marcato Capital Management reiterated his bullish call on Buffalo Wild Wings, telling the crowd at the Sohn San Francisco Investment Conference that the restaurant chain must transition to more of a franchised store model to unlock value.
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The government made provisions for people who had already bought or ordered cars but structured the transition program in such a way as to exclude Tesla, which does not use franchised dealerships - an "arbitrary" exclusion, Tesla claimed in the court documents.
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Here is how the test, slated to launch later this year, will operate: Workers in UPS' 1.7 million-square-foot healthcare complex at Worldport will package and ship the vaccine to one of the more 13,700 franchised U.S. UPS stores.
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One can be forgiven for getting the impression, despite the backing of the studio that regularly brings you Star Trek, that Arrival feels like an anomaly in our hyper-sold-out, everything-must-be-franchised era of popular motion picture entertainment.
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Tesla does all that (minus, strangely, the financing), but because Tesla doesn't use franchised dealers, it equally handles sales and service, and it supports a far-flung fast-recharging infrastructure, its Supercharger network (Ford, by contrast, doesn't operate any gas stations).
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When you have to take two busses just to get to a bank and a franchised coffee outlet, the realms of fabric and Plastic People (pour one on the ground) feel so intangible they may as well be chambers at Hogwarts.
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The company, which has around 1,500 managed, franchised and leased pubs, has also put Brexit contingency plans in place to prepare for Christmas and New Year, but said "current indications are that the risk of a disorderly Brexit have reduced".
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We provide resources and training to management and employees of our franchised hotels, including from the Department of Homeland Security and ECPAT, to help educate and arm them with the tools they need to help identify and stop human trafficking.
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The dealership, if it's franchised to sell major brands (Toyota, Ford, Cadillac, Mercedes, and so on), should have access to an automaker's captive-finance arm, as well as a bunch of banks that can make loans to buyers of varying creditworthiness.
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Premier Doug Ford's government, which came to power the previous month, made provisions for people who had already bought or ordered cars but structured the transition program in such a way as to exclude Tesla, which does not use franchised dealerships.
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Manning, who sold the last of his franchised locations in 2017, and a current franchisee said that there were nearly 50 black people in leadership positions director level and above — including in regional field offices — when Easterbrook started in 2015.
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While domestic same-store sales exceeded expectations, with company-owned stores posting growth of 53 percent against estimates of 25 percent and franchised locations growing same-store sales 23 percent versus forecasts of 26 percent, international same-store sales were lower than expected.
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The firm, which trades from over 500 shops in Britain and Ireland, some 200 mainly franchised stores overseas and online, said on Thursday it made a pretax profit of 342 million pounds ($452.8 million) in the six months to the end of July.
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"The company believes that malware, installed through the use of compromised third-party vendor credentials, affected one particular point of sale system at fewer than 300 of approximately 5,500 franchised North America Wendy's restaurants," the company said in its quarterly filing Wednesday.
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The firm, which trades from more than 500 shops in Britain and Ireland, some 200 mainly franchised stores overseas and online, said it made a pretax profit of 342 million pounds ($453 million) in the six months to the end of July.
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THE CORE YUM REMAIN CO. WILL BE AT 98% FRANCHISED ASSET LIGHT BUSINESS THAT WILL BE IN THE BUSINESS OF GROWING ITS BRAND AND PROVIDING ITS BRANDS TO ENTREPRENEURS WHO WANT TO PUT CAPITAL BEHIND THOSE BRANDS TO OPEN AND OPERATE RESTAURANTS.
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"Marriott International is committed to sourcing 100% of our eggs (shell, liquid, and egg products) from cage-free sources throughout our global operations for all owned, managed and franchised properties by the end of 2025," the company wrote in a press release.
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Mainland ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing and Hong Kong transport firms Kwoon Chung Bus and Sun Bus are seeking to enter the city's premium taxi market while the trade itself is boycotting the government's plan to start franchised services, according to sources.
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"Having watched closely as the ecosystem evolved and matured with the first few years of franchised leagues, we are confident in the long-term potential of what Activision Blizzard is building and in the esports industry as a whole," Wilf told CNBC.
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The company's share price is down 17.6 percent in the last 52 weeks at $161.33 at Tuesday's close, far short of the $458 Marcato said the company would be worth if it follows his plan to shift toward a more highly franchised model.
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The figures are far worse for franchised establishments, which now represent over 90 percent of all fast food outlets in the US. There, only 10 percent of franchisees offer any paid sick leave to their workers, according to our 2019 national survey.
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In another board decision, his appointees made it tougher for workers at fast-food restaurants and other franchised operations to unionize, although that "joint employer" ruling was vacated when a labor board member later recused himself because of a conflict of interest.
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Vaynerchuk said he&aposs been watching the esports industry grow for years, but the long-standing popularity of "Call of Duty," Activision Blizzard&aposs franchised business model, and his prior relationship with the Wilf family made investing in Minnesota Rokkr an ideal opportunity.
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" A statement from Choice Hotels said, "Choice Hotels condemns human trafficking and, as a signatory of ECPAT's Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct, we are committed to working with our independently owned and operated franchised hotels to combat this violation of human rights.
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It was one of 10 teams to join the newly franchised League of Legends Championship Series where it sat alongside entrenched e-sports organizations like Cloud9 and Team Liquid and others backed by NBA squads like the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors.
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In a broadside against labor secretary nominee Andy Puzder, the union-backed Fight for $15 campaign announced on Thursday that fast-food workers have filed a raft of labor law complaints with state and federal agencies against restaurants franchised by the company that Puzder runs.
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While Call of Duty has a long history of international esports events, Activision's decision to build a franchised league with a limited number of slots offers a higher value to investors who want to monetize esports in a similar fashion to traditional sports leagues.
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The "Call of Duty" franchise is a perennial best-seller with tens of millions of active players around the world, and publisher Activision Blizzard just launched a new professional esports league for "Call of Duty Modern Warfare" with 12 franchised teams in January 2020.
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Art Review LOS ANGELES — Next month is the official kickoff of Pacific Standard Time:LA/LA, a festival of exhibitions and events throughout Southern California that, even in this era of biennials duplicated across borders and fairs franchised across continents, takes the prize for sprawl.
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This is why I do think it's fair to say that the day you see a successful, fully functional and fully automated marquee franchised fast food restaurant—if that day ever comes—that day will indeed be a harbinger for the rest of the economy.
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M&S, which earlier this month disappointed investors with its Christmas trading update, has also reassessed and reduced the opening program for its "Simply Food" stores, and now only plans to open a total of 36 owned or franchised stores over the next six months.
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Next, which trades from more than 500 shops in Britain and Ireland, about 200 mainly franchised stores overseas and its Directory catalogue and Internet business, said on Thursday it made a profit before tax of 821.3 million pounds ($1.2 billion)in the year to January 2016.
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Besides trying to persuade management to shift its strategy toward a more highly franchised business model, McGuire also has asked for management to overhaul how it allocates capital and has urged it to add people with relevant restaurant and finance experience to its management and board ranks.
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McGuire, who was previously a partner at Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management, met with experts specializing in mergers and acquisitions and refranchising efforts to discuss his vision for Buffalo Wild Wings — a move away from buying in franchisees and toward a more franchised business model.
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Last year Sainsbury's bought Argos-owner Home Retail for 1.1 billion pounds and has also held takeover talks with franchised convenience chain Nisa, while in January Tesco agreed on a 3.7 billion pound takeover of wholesaler Booker, a deal which is currently being investigated by competition regulators.
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The new chain, the product of conversations last year between President Donald Trump's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump about the lack of options in the midscale market, will be franchised and thus not directly operated by Trump Hotels, unlike most of the company's other properties.
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Small businesses are held to be the engine of job growth, including, for instance, the franchised organizations that have created double the rate of new businesses since the recession, provide nearly 7.6 million jobs to the economy, and create opportunities for the rewards of self-employment.
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Samuel Sa is the founder of High Road Auto Group, a privately backed business focused on consolidating and building franchised Meineke Car Care Centers in the US. Previously, he helped found and build Grand Mere Capital, a new private investment business focused on the restaurant franchise space.
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Major Free Agents: T Kelvin Beachum, G Ramon Foster, DB Brandon Boykin, DT Steve McLendon, S Will Allen Beachum has one year of great tackle play, and the torn ACL probably cost him a shot to have the biggest FA contract of the offseason (or get franchised).
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Senator Patty Murray, the ranking Democrat on the panel, said on Tuesday she was troubled by the delay and by stories from workers for CKE's primarily franchised fast-food restaurants who have come forward in recent weeks to complain about wage theft and other labor conditions.
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More than 57 percent of the vehicle loans at franchised used vehicle dealerships in the third quarter of 2016 were written to those with either prime or super prime credit scores, an increase of more than 2 percent compared with the same time last year, according to Experian.
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Benetton expanded rapidly, eventually selling apparel through 19903,000 franchised shops worldwide and building United Colors of Benetton brand recognition through unorthodox ad campaigns that used striking images: of a dying AIDS patent, of a priest and a nun kissing, of African immigrants being rescued at sea, and others.
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"While all the hotels in our system are independently owned and operated, we expect all franchised hotels to comply with brand standards to ensure each guest enjoys superior service and a great hotel stay," Alannah Don, project manager of public relations for Choice Hotels, said in an email.
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IDC predicts that the entry of newly franchised BlackBerry smartphones — the Canadian brand remains popular in Indonesia thanks to widespread adoption of its BBM messenger — Xiaomi's fresh line-up and Nokia, another old favorite being re-energized by HMD, will put even more pressure on the market, particularly for local brands.
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"Most Popeyes restaurants are franchised, so employment matters are handled directly by franchisees, but across the system our franchisees have worked really hard ... to be ready to serve our guests with fast and friendly service once the sandwich returns," Felipe Athayde, Popeyes' president for the Americas, told Business Insider on Monday.
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I hope that these simultaneous tributes will help Mr. Knight achieve his proper berth in history: not just as a creator of a character that is now arguably over-franchised, with subpar movie and television adaptations and cheesy tea parties, but as a champion fantasist, raconteur and observer of society.
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The group, which operates the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn brands as well, also announced plans to launch a franchised upscale brand this year, initially focused on Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, which analysts said would allow IHG to compete with Marriott's Renaissance and Hilton's Doubletree outside the United States.
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Potential catalysts include ongoing comp momentum, the company's October analyst day where unit growth (particularly internationally) is a likely focus and the ongoing re-rating of the multiple as we believe the valuation gap between WEN shares and its highly franchised peers can narrow following completed re-franchising efforts and ongoing remodel investments.
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"I don't want to have a hurricane every month, but it is interesting to see the response people have, and encouraging that people go into these things and think 'we will get through this, drink our sorrows away or celebrate surviving the hurricane,'" Varan said, adding that his franchised store in Windermere, Fla.
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AX * Deal's total purchase price represents an average Ebitda multiple of 3.2 based on clinic's earnings in 2016 financial year * Unit entered into contract to acquire a new clinic from its franchised clinic base * Settlement of acquisition is expected to be complete during Jan 2017 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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He holds a master's degree in business administration alongside one in art history, and he learned at the knee of Thomas Krens, the former Guggenheim director who franchised that New York museum to Bilbao, Berlin and Las Vegas and raised hackles for mounting shows of Giorgio Armani suits and Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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Indeed, the present moment in esports seems to resemble nothing so much as the kind of giddy excitement and curiosity that attended the launch of DirecTV's Championship Gaming Series, an odd attempt to turn Counter-Strike into a franchised sports league for broadcast TV. When CGS collapsed, the North American Counter-Strike community that had become so invested in it was practically collateral damage.
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"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" is already the best-selling video game of 2019 less than a month after its release,While Call of Duty has a long history of international esports events, Activision's decision to build a franchised league with a limited number of slots offers a higher value to investors who want to monetize esports in a similar fashion to traditional sports leagues.
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Announces first quarter earnings per share of $22016 * Q22016 revenue $26.10 million versus i/b/e/s view $6463 million * Sees fy 2646 earnings per share $2646 to $28780 * Q1 earnings per share $1.73 * Q1 earnings per share view $1.77 — Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S * Qtrly same - store sales decreased 1.7% at company * Qtrly Same Store sales decreased 1.7% at company - owned restaurants * Qtrly same - store sales decreased 6463% at franchised restaurants * Store sales decreased 2.4% at franchised restaurants * Buffalo wild wings inc sees 2016 capital expenditures of approximately $190 million * For 2016, company expects share repurchase activity of approximately $100 million * For 2016, company expects "improving same-store sales" * Expects to improve same-store sales in 2016 * Fy2016 earnings per share view $6.10 — Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Bengaluru Newsroom: +1-646-646-8780)
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Launched as a clothing stall at Cheltenham market in western England, Superdry owns a network of 139 stores across the UK and mainland Europe, and has a further 208 franchised and licensed stores, all but one outside the UK. Superdry said on Thursday its performance continued to be weak but that Dunkerton had already taken actions to increase the number of products sold online and raise stock levels in selected stores.
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Returning: WR Marlon Brown, OLB Chris Carter, DB Shareece Wright, K Justin Tucker (franchised), LB Albert McClellan New Additions: S Eric Weddle, WR Mike Wallace, TE Benjamin Watson Lost: OL Kelechi Osemele, QB Matt Schaub, ILB Daryl Smith, WR Chris Givens, S Will Hill (suspension/release) This team is counting on returns from injury to make up the gap between where they want to be and where they finished last season.
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