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NRN names 2009 Hot Concepts! winners Nation’s Restaurant News has selected five innovative young restaurant chains, including a tart frozen yogurt shop, an airport wine bar and an authentic Neapolitan pizza concept, as the winners of its 15th annual Hot Concepts! Awards.		Fuddruckers Opens New Location near Reno, Veteran Restaurateur Luther Mack Joins the Franchise AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fuddruckers, the home of the “World’s Greatest Hamburgers,” will open its 230th location with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, June 29, in Sparks, Nevada,		CONVENIENCE RULES: 7-Eleven, Others in Convenience Category Proving Resilient Through Recession The convenience store / gas station category have been an unsung hero in the current retail real estate landscape, proving to be more recession-resistant than most other retail property types, even continuing to expand and account for a significant amount...
Running the Numbers Are you ready to be a multi-unit franchise owner?		Uwajimaya to open fourth store on June 29 Uwajimaya spending $4 million on remodel of former Renton Village Thriftway.		Yum! Brands’ Environmentally-Friendly KFC and Taco Bell Restaurant Awarded LEED Gold Certification LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), the world’s largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has constructed the Company’s first building under the United
Taco Del Mar Named in Parents Magazine’s Top 10 Best Fast-Casual Family Restaurants SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taco Del Mar, a quick service Mexican restaurant chain featuring beach-style mondo burritos, made Parents magazine’s list of America’s “Top 10 Best Fast-Casual Family		Straw Hat Restaurants Celebrates 50th Anniversary in July with Plans to Double in Size by End of 2010 SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As Straw Hat Pizza Restaurants celebrates its 50th anniversary in July, it is announcing aggressive plans to double in size to more than 100 eateries by the end of 2010. Straw Hat,		Smashburger to Bring a Smashing Good Time and a Better Burger to Grand Junction, Colo. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Areios, LLC, a partnership of franchise and restaurant operators Ron Chaulk and Jim Cagle, is opening the first franchise location of Smashburger, a new innovative better burger
How to Research a Low-Cost Franchise Does that franchise concept really deliver? Here’s how to find out.		Zagat unveils winners of fast-food survey Zagat released the findings Monday for its latest survey on the nation's best fast food, and McDonald's topped the list in several categories.		McD’s global same-store sales up 5.1% in May McDonald's Corp. reported Monday a 5.1-percent increase in global same-store sales in May, which included a 2.8-percent bump in the United States.
Walgreens May Sales Increase 6.1 Percent DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreens (NYSE: WAG)(NASDAQ: WAG) had May sales of $5,370,200,000, an increase of 6.1 percent from $5,060,627,000 for the same month in 2008.		The 106 Best Franchises If you’re going to take the leap and invest in a franchise, you want to be part of one that’s big and strong, right?		Family Dollar Third Quarter Comparable Store Sales Increase 6.2% MATTHEWS, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) reported that net sales for the third quarter ended May 30, 2009, increased 8.2% to approximately $1.84 billion compared with $1.70 billion for
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