Due Diligence

Several Subshop franchisees brought these lease issues to my attention over the past 12 months. Read on.....

This is serious-proposal to make franchisees pay tax on Royalties.................

Amazing CBS-Subway PR coup....let's see how it plays out........

Yes, it is true in about 10 days Subway will surpass the 32,000 store mark....

I just received this e mail message.....read on

Many people write to me asking for the "basics of valuation" so I have made a concise list of items to consider for the average franchise buyer.......read on

Are you confused about which sandwich brand to get into? are you collecting data and perhaps getting nowhere? I have simplified some of the task here. I know there are many more Sandwich and Sub brands out there(Cousin's, Jimmy Johns, Mr Goodcents, Schlotsky's, Arby's etc).  Do you know what questions to ask when evaluating the franchise, and then how to compare them and rank them so you can concentrate on the ones you like or the ones that make sense to you? Do you have the discipline to do the right homework on your own? Just send me some details and an inquiry and I can advise accordingly, including matters of cash flow estimates and valuation.

Every once in a while a franchisor loses a small battle; here is one that is warm off the press.

For every franchisee story about a concept, there is a franchisor story about the operator. Industry experts have categorised and analysed them from both perspectives with some interesting results shown below. I could not help but add my own observations. Want to know what kind of Franchisee you are ? Read more

 Many franchises have chosen to go after International markets in the past decade, such as Quizno's, Subway, Domino's, Pizza Hut and many more.

Some of my international clients and readers have asked about franchising in international markets. So read on....