Fw Business When Scott Berger and his father George launched SGO Designer Glass of Tarrant County three years ago, they not only forged a closer bond, but they also found themselves on the cutting edge of some current business trends, including franchising and pursuing a second career. Scott had built... More

zpizza, the Southern California based gourmet pizza chain, recently signed another multi-unit franchise agreement bringing three new stores to Virginia. Restaurant entrepreneurs Jose Gomez and Michael Borostovik will join ten multi-unit franchisees that are already developing zpizza’s throughout the... More

Vietnam Net VietNamNet Bridge – Legal reforms are needed in regulating franchising, said delegates at a seminar on intellectual property and trademark management held earlier this week. Delegates said current laws are insufficient and limit growth in the industry. A US commercial attaché in Vietnam,... More

Scotsman BAGUETTE Express, the Scottish sandwich franchise, has launched its first English operation. The new branch in Halifax takes the total number of shops in the fast-growing chain to 16 Baguette Express, which was launched last year by Billy and Robin Stenhouse, said the latest opening kept it... More

Biz Journals Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. said Thursday that it has hired Lehman Brothers to help its board of directors explore strategic alternatives for the firm. “We believe that through our highly profitable business model and unique retail-entertainment concept we will continue to grow total... More

Cs News TOKYO — Parent company to the U.S. 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores, Seven & I Holdings, based here, will invest approximately 300 billion yen ($2.4 billion U.S.) in the next four years to open 1,000 convenience stores in the U.S. and revamp 6,050 existing outlets there, The Nikkei,... More

Dine-in Pizza Hut restaurants are to become a thing of the past. Chairman Ted van Arkel has told the company’s annual general meeting they will progressively close down the 15 remaining Pizza Hut restaurants and move the business towards a takeaway and home delivery service. Six of the restaurants... More

Busrep Cape Town – Trade union representatives will today formally oppose a black economic empowerment (BEE) plan to franchise supermarkets in Pick ‘n Pay Stores’ loss making Score chain. The retailer said it intended to rebrand and franchise a significant number of outlets in the 127-store... More

Boston Herald It started with Rachael Ray. But Dunkin’ Donuts doesn’t look like it’s going to stop with just one big-name star. More recently, reports surfaced that volatile supermodel Naomi Campbell had filmed a commercial for Canton-based Dunkin’. And that the spot’s director is reportedly... More

Reuters WOLFRATSHAUSEN, In this German hamlet 15 miles south of Munich, McDonald’s Corp. is conducting an experiment that counters the fast-food, drive-through image of the world’s biggest restaurant company. The McDonald’s restaurant here has a fireplace, leather sofas, wooden floors,... More

Biz Journals Two Colorado companies were winners in a recent customer-service survey by the Corporate Research International market research firm. The Chipotle Mexican Grill and Quiznos Sub restaurant chains of Denver ranked second and third, respectively, in the survey’s fast-food restaurant category.... More

Inside Retailing Increasing competition and rising recruitment costs make it hard to recruit good franchisees in the current market. Once skilled franchisees are part of a performing network, then, it’s important to hang onto them. In addition to avoiding the direct costs of unwanted franchisee turnover;... More