In This Issue: September/October 2018
Editorial: A&W B Espresso Bar Bank of Montreal Big Smoke Burger BioPed Boston Pizza Café Depot/Coffee Depot Café Van Houtte Canada Bread Cinnaholic Clever Cupcakes...
Category : September/October 2018
Giving Back: BioPed
It’s not often that a national organization can say their charitable contributions tie in perfectly with their business goals. So, when BioPed Footcare Centres partnered...
Q: Will a franchisor provide me with earnings projections?
Throughout the evolution of franchise disclosure legislation and case law in Canada, the disclosure of financial performance representations and earnings projections to franchisees has been...
Franchise Fun: Bobbi Sullivan, Mr. Rooter
Passionate and deliberate is how Bobbi Sullivan describes herself. Sullivan, a Franchise Consultant for Dwyer Group, also describes herself as “saucy” (a nod to her...
Iconic Brand: M&M Food Market
With a unique offering of easy-to-prepare meals coupled with personalized customer service, the M&M brand has been a welcome guest at dinner tables across Canada...
Leadership Profile: Ken Leblanc, Propertyguys.com
As a young student, Ken LeBlanc had a pretty good idea of what he wanted to do once he completed his business degree at his...
Day in the Life: Side Order of Poutine
At Smoke’s Poutinerie, you could say that being Weird, Wild and Wacky is a prerequisite for opening your own franchise. The unique Canadian brand, which...
The First Year: Success on the St. Lawrence
Alain Simard doesn’t sugarcoat things when talking about those first few months as a franchisee. It can be tough. “Like a very, very heavy storm,”...
Millenials in Franchising: Fresh Obsessed
After graduating from Guelph–Humber University, where she majored in marketing, Stephanie Tieu partnered with her uncle to open a Thai restaurant in Aurora, Ontario. “This...
Home-Grown and Locally-Owned: Big Smoke Burger, Mr. Sub, & Ledgers Canada
You have to start somewhere. These three Canadian franchises all began with one location each. Two of them started in Toronto and the third began...