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JOIN
THE HUDDLE
H2O Hospitality
, the
largest franchisee of Huddle
House
restaurants, is nearly doubling the number
of units it operates. Huddle
House is
a chain of 24-hour, full-service family
restaurants that features “Big
House” breakfast
platters, lunchtime salads and USDA Choice
steak dinners. At Huddle
House, you never have to wait
for the right time to have your pancakes
or your steak for the restaurant is famous
for its “any meal, any time” menus. H2O has
committed to opening five new restaurant
franchises
a year for the next four years bringing
its grand total of Huddle House
locations to 50. Huddle
House restaurants
have
recently undergone
significant face-lifts in an effort to
make them look like classic diners with
lots of polished chrome trim, green-and-white
checkerboard tile, red cushioned counter
stool seating and mahogany wood table
booths.
Company
execs say the updated, retro
look is
helping franchisees see 25 percent
to 45 percent increases in their
sales. Huddle House is
rapidly expanding throughout the
Southeastern and Midwestern states.
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HAVE
YOUR PIZZA AND EAT IT TOO
If you think the current low-carb/no-carb
diet craze must be crushing the pizza
franchise industry, think again. Several
pizza chains are serving up reduced carbohydrate
options that actually taste just like
good, old-fashioned doughy pizza. Papa
Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake
Pizza, a rapidly growing
chain of take-and-bake pizza shops, has
introduced the Thin Crust deLITE. This
is a reduced carbohydrate and reduced
calorie pizza that retains the flavor
and freshness of regular pizza and, for
those of you tallying points and carbs,
a slice of Thin Crust deLITE has between
13 and 15 grams of carbs and between 3
and 5 Weight Watcher's points. Papa
Murphy’s is the sixth largest
pizza franchise chain in the U.S. and
is a pioneer in the take-and-bake Italian
food market. Menu items range from the
Thin Crust deLITE and specialty lines
of pizzas to calzones, lasagnas, cheesy
bread and chocolate chip cookie dough.
The company already has agreements to
open another 80 franchises this year.
GOT
A BIG APPETITE FOR RIBS?
If barbequed ribs are something you think
about morning, noon and night, then Ragin’
Ribs might just be the franchise
you’re looking for. Ragin’
Ribs is one of the latest entries
in the fast-casual restaurant category and
the stores also offer take-out and home-delivery
services in addition to their dine-in options.
Ragin' Ribs' menu includes
ribs (slathered in Ragin’
Ribs’ own secret sauces),
roast chicken (marinated in citrus juices),
burgers, wings, sandwiches, salads and vegetables.
There's not, however, an ounce of fried
food to be found at Ragin’
Ribs. To be a Ragin’
Ribs franchisee you’ve got
to be serious about ribs and franchising.
Tampa-based Ragin’ Ribs
sells exclusive territories with a minimum
of five restaurants to be opened by the
franchisee within a certain amount of time.
The first restaurant must be "up and
running" within six months following
the signing of the territory franchise agreement.
Territory franchising is now available in
certain states and in Canada.
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