Miami Herald On the prowl for a profitable service business to buy, Steven Berrard’s Fort Lauderdale company came upon smoothie chain Jamba Juice at an unlikely place: a Las Vegas convention for a company that cleans restrooms across the country. Berrard and Fort Lauderdale billionaire H. Wayne... More

Biz.Yahoo One of the biggest issues facing individuals as well as businesses of all sizes are the double-edge sword of privacy and identity theft. Recognizing the growing need for professional, secure document destruction, two local entrepreneurs have brought Proshred Security® to the greater Philadelphia... More

A surge in mobile phone ownership in Australia has seen pizza lovers across the country embrace Domino’s Pizza’s unique mobile phone ordering system, with mobile calls now comprising 22% of all orders. The Australian-first mobile phone ordering system was implemented around 12 months ago. Through... More

The Age Yum! Brands will open more Pizza Hut stores throughout Australia after Restaurant Brands New Zealand Ltd made an early exit from its Pizza Hut franchise in the Victorian market. Yum!, the world’s largest food franchise, said it had agreed to let the New Zealand company exit its contract... More

Stuff It was an advertising campaign that was just too much of a sin for hundreds of people. Now the Advertising Standards Authority has agreed Hell Pizza’s ‘Lust meat-lovers’ pizza promotion breached the advertising code of ethics. The authority received hundreds of complaints after... More

Nation Local restaurant franchise GFA Corp (Thailand) has added two new brands to its stable – The Donut Baker and Golden Pretzel. The company spent Bt15 million building production facilities, its chairman and chief executive officer Fred Mouawad said yesterday. The Donut Baker makes donuts and... More

Rediff Moods Hospitality Ltd, which runs the Chinese fast food chain Yo China, plans to invest Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) by 2010-11 to open 200 more outlets across the country. Matrix Partners India, a $150 million venture capital fund dedicated to consumer services businesses, has invested Rs 25... More

LA Times I’m interested in starting a business that provides advice and research to potential franchise buyers. Are there any franchises I could purchase that use this business model? Can I start one? Answer: There are several existing franchise brokerages — some independent and some franchise... More

Kansas Walk the aisles of any franchising expo and you’ll hear managers from an array of industries proclaim franchising as one of the surest paths to success. Long a mainstay of fast-food restaurants and dry cleaners, franchise opportunities continue to attract more investors, entrepreneurs and rank-and-file... More

Flicko’s Video Workshop, a franchise video company based in Louisville, KY, announced it is opening a corporate owned retail store in Indianapolis. Projected opening of the new workshop, to be located at 8413 Castleton Corner Drive in Indianapolis, is the week of December 4. This will be Flicko’s... More

Biz.Yahoo Casa Latino Real Estate, the first nationally recognized Latino real estate brand, launched its franchise model to realtors across the country. The company unveiled its system earlier this month at the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) annual convention in... More

News ICE cream maker Allied Brands Ltd, which oversees the Baskin-Robbins franchise across Australia, remains focussed on acquisitions despite missing out on buying Wendy’s Ice Cream. Allied Brands, which reported a $2.52 million net loss for 2005/06, partly driven by the write-off of costs from... More