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NEWS | May 11, 2012

Franchise Business Review Launches Search for Top Food Franchises

Franchise Business Review is looking for the best and brightest in food franchising as part of its 2012 Food Franchise Study and Awards. This national project looks at franchisee satisfaction at some of the country’s most popular franchise brands and honors the top franchisors with designation as a Franchise Business Review Top Food Franchise.
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SECTOR REPORT | April 26, 2012

Senior Care Franchise Report 2012

Franchise Business Review's special report Senior Care Franchises offers a high-level look at the senior care/home care franchising sector. We explore what services the sector provides, what’s involved from an investment standpoint, what the “typical” franchisee looks like, and how franchisee satisfaction in the sector has fared in the past year. We also identify the top senior care franchises based on our franchisee satisfaction research.
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ARTICLE | April 12, 2012

Honest-1 Brings New Blood to Auto Repair Business

The Honest-1 Auto Care franchise opportunity is a general service shop, offering primarily oil changes, brake checks, and other basic services — but two things distinguish the garage from competitors. The tastefully appointed lobby is comfortable and has a fully-stocked play area for children, a coffee maker with French vanilla capuccino and free wi-fi. Two weeks ago, Tom Dombrock and Fred Haynes debuted their latest venture with an Honest-1 Auto Care franchise — an eco-friendly auto repair shop that caters specifically to women.
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ASK FBR | March 19, 2012

How long have you been researching a franchise opportunity?

Franchise Business Review wants to know what you're doing in order to find that right "fit", and encourages all those interested in starting their own franchise to answer this simple question - how long have you been researching a franchise opportunity? (Click here to share) 
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Battery dealers charge ahead in high-tech age

by Mark Glover, The Sacramento Bee

Don Tollefson started out in the restaurant business in Southern California more than 30 years ago and subsequently moved on to oversee large-scale egg and hog farming operations in Minnesota.

Then he decided the battery business offered huge potential. The 60-year-old entrepreneur has since witnessed an explosion in battery use by U.S. consumers.

"In 1995, I was looking at a lot of businesses … businesses with franchises, and I came across Batteries Plus," Tollefson recalled. "I liked the business model and was convinced that this is a good industry. I thought it would work for me."

Back then, Batteries Plus had only had 34 outlets, and as Tollefson studied up on the company in the cold of Minnesota, he noticed something else: Batteries Plus had zero stores in Tollefson's native California, the most populous and technology-driven state in the union.

A year later, in 1996, he remedied that, opening California's first Batteries Plus outlet in Citrus Heights – Batteries Plus store No. 35.

 

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