http://www.franchise-update.com/?ref=rss Franchise Update provides franchisors with news and informational guides. en-us benjaminf@franchiseupdatemedia.com (Franchise Update) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:16:29 PDT Copyright 2009 Franchise Update Media Group. All rights reserved. http://www.franchise-update.com/images/at_rsslogo.gif http://www.franchise-update.com/?ref=rss 150 60 http://www.franchise-update.com/article/525/ It's all her son's fault! Twenty-eight years ago, says Alice Schleicher (pronounced "Slisher"), her then 16-year-old, Rick, came home and said, "'Mom and Dad, I saw a restaurant and I want to buy it.'" It was a KFC in Sellersburg, Indiana. "We kind of looked at each other and said, 'Okay, well, we'll buy it.'" She envisioned having four someday. So far, she's exceeded that by 50. http://www.franchise-update.com/article/525/ Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:00:00 PDT http://www.franchise-update.com/article/14/ Sometimes you get a notice from your franchisor that a potential franchisee wants to open a unit close to one of your own units. You're concerned about what might happen to sales. What can you do? http://www.franchise-update.com/article/14/ Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:00:00 PDT http://www.franchise-update.com/article/13/ Mary Carol McDaniel and her husband Frank own three (soon to be four) Pump It Up franchises in Alabama and Tennessee. But unlike most multiple unit franchisees, they didn't do a lot of research or planning or interviewing of franchisors to decide on a concept. It walked up to them. http://www.franchise-update.com/article/13/ Mon, 07 Mar 2005 08:00:00 PST