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Papa Murphy's is the Papa of All Pizza Chains

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Article Overview: It might not make the most net profit total, but Papa Murphy's business is booming.

Papa Murphy's is the Papa of All Pizza Chains

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Re: Top Franchises For 2007 - [quote="Evan":3anvjxpw]Entrepreneur came out with a list of the top franchises for 2007. They are: 1. Subway 2. Dunkin' Donuts 3. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service 4. 7-Eleven Inc. 5. UPS Store, The/Mail Boxes Etc. 6. Domino's Pizza LLC 7. Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc. 8. Sonic Drive In Restaurants 9. McDonald's 10. Papa John's Int'l. Inc. It still seems to be dominated by food companies (70% of the list!) Can non-food companies make it as a successful franchise?[/quote:3anvjxpw] Could be the convenience factor. I live in a reasonably small town, yet we have an unreal number of restaurants and there are so many restaurant franchises. All the food businesses shown in the top 10 are fast food and with Domino's and Papa John's, they even bring dinner to your door. Everyone eats - and more people seem to eat out all the time. Shri
Top Franchises For 2007 - Entrepreneur came out with a list of the top franchises for 2007. They are: 1. Subway 2. Dunkin' Donuts 3. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service 4. 7-Eleven Inc. 5. UPS Store, The/Mail Boxes Etc. 6. Domino's Pizza LLC 7. Jiffy Lube Int'l. Inc. 8. Sonic Drive In Restaurants 9. McDonald's 10. Papa John's Int'l. Inc. It still seems to be dominated by food companies (70% of the list!) Can non-food companies make it as a successful franchise?
Re: Any franchising horror story? - [quote="Boola":3v4xydbm]Myself, and a dozen other Pizza Pizza franchisees lost their shops this year and can not afford a lawyer. In my case, after 1 year I requested to have the shop sold because what they sold us on paper clearly wasn't what was reality. After the 2 year mark was over (the out limit according to Ontario Law), I started receiving demand letters 2 termination notices. 6 months ago they took the shop and I'm still in limbo.. out almost 200K, my time, my wife's time and am receiving social assistance. Technically, I still own the business and the equipment but they will not "buy it back" from me nor will they budge until they find a new owner. They will also not allow me to refinance the collateral at a better interest rate and free up the equity so that we can get on with our lives. Totally disappointed, depressed and we're at risk of loosing our home because we can't make the payments anymore. A company full of broken promises.[/quote:3v4xydbm] Hi Boola, I'm very sorry to hear about your misfortune but can I ask how you lost your Pizza Pizza shop?
Re: Franchising? Why pay franchise fees? - [quote="Kevin":2mozv38x] In addition, a good franchise in the proper location can translate into a license to print money... so why not?[/quote:2mozv38x] I've seen franchise stores in great locations that failed - I don't know that I'd call it a license to print money. People should have a better chance of making it, but its still not guaranteed. Even with the established formula, there are people who won't make it. Much to consider before starting any business - a franchise or a business from the ground up. I was just thinking about something that I've discussed with people before - what about the potential pitfalls of being linked with other stores with a mega franchise. Say that one Papa John's gave lousy service or served a lousy pizza - there are plenty of people who don't realize different people own and run different stores and some of these will assume that all of the stores have lousy pizza. There are many reasons why different stores can use the same ingredients and the same portioning charts and still turn out a very different product. We dealt with this in the college town I worked in - actually all 3 stores I worked in served some college campus and that means you are dealing with people who have dealt with a wide variety of stores - all under the same company name. The other side of the college issue - is whether they are more likely to order from a store with a familiar name or not. Lots of variables and possibilities to consider. Shri
Re: Franchising 'where to advertise?' - [quote="theFranchiseMarket":2qrdcxpd]I don't know if there is an actual term (multi-unit advertising maybe?) but I understand it is becoming very standard with some franchises (especially fast food). Two or three or how ever many franchisees will run ads or advertising together to benefit the local market. Together they can make their advertising dollar stretch a bit farther and they acknowledge that each has customers who share one-anothers local markets. By doing so it also looks like a larger franchise-wide advertisement (although it might be only for, here's that great term "participating restaurants" etc.) I understand that there are even times when some franchisors actually like local, distinct advertising. I remember reading a very not-franchise friendly article about a small town getting its first Subway. Even though the author seemed rather anti "big-city" - they did mention how they appreciated the franchisee reaching out to the town by seeing if a larger portion of the vending might come from local suppliers (requesting this of the franchisor). Almost ironically it turned out to nearly backfire as most of the Subway's customers were visiting tourists anyway, most of whom were there simply because of brand recognition.[/quote:2qrdcxpd] We have some of that here - but its usually different types of fast food although Papa Johns, Domino's and Little Caesar's seem to trade spots from week to week. In this area, being involved with the local community and being locally owned, is a huge boost for the franchisee. I've seen it done both ways here and "local" involvement and local ownership worked great and especially when establishing a new franchise store. Shri


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