Archive for April, 2008

Make & Take Gourmet: Meal Prep Franchisor Takes Failures in Stride

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Sean over at FranchisePick gives a little insight into the churn and burn mentality of this industry. It doesn’t really matter if you close and go out of business, they’ll just find someone else to replace you. Apparently taking some management queues from Stephanie.

(FranchisePick.Com) Some new franchisors might be alarmed when two of their first […]

MealMakers Faces Lawsuit

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Although the details are not readily available a lawsuit has been filed against meal assembly franchise Meal Makers for “Torts-Property-Other Fraud – Diversity Fraud” according to papers filed in the Ohio Northern District Court.
The papers were filed on April 8, 2008 so it looks like another group of franchise owners feel they were sold a […]

Arby’s owner buying Wendy’s for $2.34 billion stock deal

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Clearly there is money in burgers, but strangely, the “Wendy’s” family doesn’t seem all that enthusiastic about the new deal.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ After two past rejections, the owner of Arby’s shaved roast beef sandwich restaurants is buying Wendy’s, the fast-food chain famous for its made-to-order square hamburgers and chocolate Frosty dessert, for around […]

Food & Beverage - Smaller Portions or Higher Prices?

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

I guess these are the times we’re facing - smaller portions at the same price or is it better to raise prices. The trend has already started and considering the cost of goods will continue to rise as the cost of oil continues to rise this could be just the start of things to come. […]

The Ghost of Meal Assembly Past, Present and Future

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

As we finish up the first four months of the year where has meal assembly taken us? We started off by noting that store closings don’t seem to be on the decline and as we continue to hear from current owners, who find themselves in less than desirable financial circumstances, that number may hit an […]