Please let me know if you work with KFC, own a franchisee or know someone who does the same.

cheers!

The owners, or franchisees, have to purchase the rights to open a and operate a restaurant franchise, but i dont know how much that would cost! im trying to do this project for school.. The franchisee then has to pay royalties to the Franchisor, or head office. (and idk how much that would cost either) please help! i dont even know how much it would cost for a permit (im doing Fuddruckers as my franchise) in my city. . . where there is no Fuddruckers thanks

Quiznos, the franchisor of nearly 5,000 sandwich shops, is joining other franchisors in taking on the role of lender to help its franchisees expand their businesses despite the chilly credit market.

Heartland Food Corp. has purchased 20 Ontario restaurants from Burger King Corp.’s Canadian subsidiaries and acquired 14 other previously franchised Burger King units in Ontario.

Burger King franchisees are suing the parent company as well as The Coca-Cola Co. and Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc., claiming the franchisor is unlawfully diverting monies that once went directly to the franchisees for its own use.

Tasti D-Lite, the 50-unit frozen dessert chain, inked a deal Thursday with franchisee MM Ventures LLC to open 35 new stores in three northeastern states over the next 10 years.

McDonald’s Corp. would neither confirm nor deny on Tuesday the reported national introduction this summer of its long-tested Angus Third Pounder, a product rollout that sources say could spark some franchisee tension.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit this week against a Sonic Drive-In franchisee in New Iberia, La., claiming a job applicant was denied a job because of her speech impediment.

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Red Mango, the 45-unit frozen yogurt chain, has unveiled a program in which it will buy back a store for up to $275,000 if a franchisee is dissatisfied within six months of opening.

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Gone are the days of large corporate buyouts and billion-dollar transactions. Most merger-and-acquisition activity in 2008 was driven by deal making between franchisors and franchisees, as tight credit markets and weaker industry fundamentals reduced traditional buyout activity, according to new data from investment bank J.H. Chapman Group LLC.

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