July 9th, 2008
(Unhappy Franchisee) If there were a Franchise Pun of the Week Award it would go to UnhappyFranchisee.com for recoining the farcical Meal Assembly Kitchen concept as the Meal Dissembly Kitchen* concept, and naming Take & Bake Gourmet (aka Fake & Take Gourmet) Diva Michele Bellso as Queen Dissembler.
Bellso, as you may recall, is the head […]
By Sean Kelly -- 2 comments
July 9th, 2008
(Franworst: Worst Franchise Ideas) MoneyPenny over at Digital Money World is running a creative contest: Design your ideal ePayment system. She’s calling it the eDream Payment System Design Contest at Digital Money World, I believe.
What’s Digital Money World? If you’ve haven’t experienced Digital Money World, you really should. It’s broader in […]
By Sean Kelly -- 5 comments
June 29th, 2008
Buns & Guns military themed restaurant, where you can eat a howitzer or a Claymore with a side of grenades to the sound of taped gunfire. Real or unreal? Vote at Franworst.com.
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By Sean Kelly -- 1 comment
June 23rd, 2008
(FranchisePick.com The franchise blog) George Carlin died yesterday at age 71. A world without George Carlin seems like a diminished world, indeed. I had barely recovered from the loss of Kurt Vonnegut, and now this… I’m depressed.
While George could not be called a fan of franchising, he did inspire a few of the traits that […]
By Sean Kelly -- 4 comments
June 17th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com Franchise Blog) Monsters & Critics reports the rather bizarre genesis of the Burger King product placement in the movie Iron Man.
One might think this is a bogus story to justify a paid product placement, except for the fact that Downey describes the Burger King burger as so “disgusting” it inspired him to […]
By Sean Kelly -- 1 comment
June 15th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com Franchise Blog) Are we not copyrighted? We are DEVO!
According to Australia’s National Nine, post-punk pioneers Devo say they are taking McDonald’s to court to Whip’m… Whip’em Good.
In April, McDonald’s released a series of American Idol Happy Meal toys based on a range of music genres, that included Disco Dave, Country Clay, […]
By Sean Kelly -- 15 comments
June 13th, 2008
Required reading:
Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 1)
Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 2)
(FranWorst.com) Never one to rest on his laurels when a few million dollars is to be made, Millionaire Richard Quick, Esq. has announced a new conversion opportunity to save the failing independent and franchised meal […]
By Sean Kelly -- 10 comments
June 13th, 2008
Required reading:
Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 1)
Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 3) (FranchisePick.Com) Related posts: Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 1), First Meal Assembly & Cosmetic Surgery Kitchen Franchise Debuts (FranWorst.com)
Attention ladies: You CAN have it all! That’s right: […]
By Sean Kelly -- 7 comments
June 13th, 2008
Required reading:
Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 2)
Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 3) (FranchisePick.Com) The pioneers of the Meal Assembly Kitchen (aka MAK, aka Meal Prep Kitchen) concept were perplexed.
They’d been certain that crowds of people would jump at the chance to spend several hundred dollars […]
By Sean Kelly -- 8 comments
June 11th, 2008
(FranchisePick.Com) Headline: Cork & Olive Franchise & Why I Love the Tampa Bay Tribune. Alternative headlines: Cork & Olive Franchise: Daze of Whine & Closes; Cork & Olive: ‘You should’ve seen the monkey trying to put the cork back in!”
Some call bloggers “Citizen Journalists,” a term that conjures up images of, say, a freckle-faced […]
By Sean Kelly -- 11 comments
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