Archive for the ‘Dream Dinners’ Category

Dream Dinners struggles to make ends meet

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

The financial troubles at Dream Dinners continue and we now see that some at the top have taken on other jobs to try and keep the business afloat. Catering, building new business relationships or creating a new marketing strategy would seem likely choices, but that’s not how DD operates. They have chosen to sell antiques […]

Franchises offer alternative options to fast food

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

While a great deal of this article is filled with Dream Dinners worship there are still a few nuggets that are worth reading. An interesting point is the actual admission that store growth is flat. There is also an interesting point on the idea of grab and go versus customers purchasing a full month […]

Dream Dinners resorting to bullying to make money?

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

It’s no surprise that no one is buying into the concept of meal assembly anymore and the royalty stream is drying up. Because of that franchisors need to come up with new outlets for revenue. So what do you do? Generate better product? Cut waste and increase profits? Streamline to save time and labor?
Oh good […]

Dream Dinners recipe contest - $500 gift certicate

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

It’s interesting to note that this contest isn’t actually listed on the Dream Dinners website; at least not that I can find.
Dream Dinners based in Snohomish is offering $500 gift certificates for guests whose favorite recipes are selected for a March 2009 menu. It’s the second year the company, which has customers assemble the ingredients […]

Meal Prep Dominos

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

As predicted the meal assembly franchisors are now facing the same problems that have been plaguing the local store owners. The once mighty franchisors that sold territories like hotcakes are now struggling just to stay afloat. Seems nobody’s buying what they’re selling any more (in more ways than one). And in many cases their lifeboat […]