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Archive for the ‘MAKE & TAKE GOURMET’ Category

May 12th, 2008

Doug’s Fish Fry Franchise vs. Make and Take Gourmet Franchise: a Tale of 2 Franchisors

(FranchisePick.Com) Also read: Make & Take Gourmet: Meal Prep Franchisor Takes Failures in Stride, Patrons of Failed Franchise Blast Make and Take Gourmet Franchisor Bellso, Why is the Meal Prep / Meal Assembly Kitchen Franchise Failing? Part 1, Why is the Meal Prep / Meal Assembly Kitchen Franchise Failing? Part 2,Meal Prep Franchising; […]

By sean -- 3 comments

May 5th, 2008

Patrons of Failed Franchise Blast Make and Take Gourmet Franchisor Bellso

Also read:  Why the Meal Prep / Meal Assembly Kitchen Franchises are Failing. Part 3
(FranchisePick.Com)  Comments made in a recent article on the closing of two Make and Take Gourmet franchises and in a blast email to customers have prompted an outraged backlash against the meal prep franchise chain founder Michele Bellso.  Bellso’s publicly […]

By sean -- 2 comments

April 30th, 2008

Why the Meal Prep / Meal Assembly Kitchen Franchises are Failing. Part 3

(FranchisePick.Com)
Why are the meal assembly kitchen franchises failing?
One reason: Self-Delusion.
In a recent post, I wrote about an article on Michele Bellso, the cheery franchisor of 14-unit Make & Take Gourmet, whose enthusiasm for selling more franchises appeared unaffected by the fact that 3 of her first franchisees […]

By sean -- 18 comments

April 28th, 2008

Make & Take Gourmet: Meal Prep Franchisor Takes Failures in Stride

(FranchisePick.Com) Some new franchisors might be alarmed when two three of their first franchises fail and their franchisees lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. But for Make & Take Gourmet founder Michele Bellso, franchise failures seem to be no big deal.
According to Bob Niedt’s initial story and a followup piece this […]

By sean -- 85 comments