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August 12th, 2008

"Leading" Meal Assembly Franchisor Make & Take Gourmet Closing Company Store

(FranchisePick.com Franchise Blog) Related stories: Make & Take Gourmet: Meal Prep Franchisor Takes Failures in Stride, Patrons of Failed Franchise Blast Make and Take Gourmet Franchisor Bellso, Meal Prep Franchisor Blames Franchisees…
What a difference two months makes!
Back in June, Make & Take Gourmet franchise founder Michele Bellso was claiming that the tiny […]

By sean -- 4 comments

June 13th, 2008

Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 2)

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 -- 7 comments

June 13th, 2008

Can Botox Parties Save the Meal Prep Franchises? (Part 1)

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 -- 8 comments

June 4th, 2008

There’s Truth Within the Franchise Spin. Here’s How to Find It.

There are franchise opportunities that enable thousands to live the American dream of business ownership and financial independence. There are others that entrap would-be entrepreneurs into their worst nightmares, costing them their savings, homes, reputations, marriages, and more. How can you tell the difference?

By sean -- 6 comments

February 24th, 2008

Cena Meal Prep Franchise by the Numbers

(FranchisePick.Com) Related Articles: Cena Meal Prep Franchise by the Numbers, Cena Meal Prep Franchise Boasts Slump-Defying Sales Model, Cena Meal Prep Franchise by the Numbers
Cena, a growing meal prep (”Meal Assembly Kitchen”) franchise opportunity was founded by foreign language teacher Tammy Badinger, who opened her first unit in 2005 and began offering franchises within less […]

By sean -- 25 comments

February 24th, 2008

Cena Meal Prep Franchise Boasts Slump-Defying Sales Model

(FranchisePick.Com) Related Articles: Cena Meal Prep Franchise by the Numbers, Cena Meal Prep Franchise Boasts Slump-Defying Sales Model, Cena Meal Prep Franchise by the Numbers
When other “meal prep” or “meal assembly kitchen” franchises seem concerned with holding on to what they’ve got, meal prep franchise Cena is planning to increase corporate revenue by 20% in […]

By sean -- 3 comments

February 24th, 2008

Cena Meal Prep Franchise Claims Business is Booming

(FranchisePick.Com) Related Articles: Cena Meal Prep Franchise by the Numbers, Cena Meal Prep Franchise Boasts Slump-Defying Sales Model, Cena Meal Prep Franchise by the Numbers
Despite reports of slowing sales, franchisees in distress and the cooling of the “meal assembly kitchen” franchise before it finished preheating, the founders of meal prep franchise Cena are bullish […]

By sean -- 4 comments

February 20th, 2008

NYT on the Meal Prep Franchise: Hot Concept Gone Cold?

(FranchisePick.Com)  See related story:  Is Super Suppers for Stupid Suckers? And Other Meal Prep Franchise ???s
A common new business pitfall is the entrepreneurial tendency to become enamored so with a “solution” that one forgets to make sure it’s preceded by an actual need… and a need great enough to support multiple competitors who are also enamored with said solution.
Case […]

By sean -- 5 comments

February 20th, 2008

Is Super Suppers for Stupid Suckers? And Other Meal Prep Franchise ???s

(FranchisePick.Com)  Read related story:  NYT on the Meal Prep Franchise: Hot Concept Gone Cold?.  Get franchise information and review franchise opportunities at FranBest.com.
Do franchisees of Super Suppers feel like Stupid Suckers?  Has Dream Dinners become the Nightmare on Elm Street?  Will My Girlfriend soon be getting back her Kitchen?  Has time run out for Supper Thyme […]

By sean -- 98 comments