The Maine Franchise Owners Association held a “Lobster Bake” fundraiser for Camp Ketcha on Friday October 17th. The event raised over $3,000 net dollars for Camp Ketcha. Camp Ketcha is a year-round non-profit organization serving the southern Maine community with programs in child development, family enrichment and summer day camping. Camp Ketcha has 107 acres […]
Gov. Brown vetoes bill to protect franchisees
Patrick McGreevy of the Los Angeles Times reports that Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation to protect small-franchise owners against fast-food giants and convenience store chains, saying he needs more proof there is a problem before considering changes that would “significantly impact California’s vast franchise industry.” The measure by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) would have […]
RadioShack Loses CFO as It Grapples with Solvency – What about the Franchisees?
Don Sneigowski at BlueMauMau reorts that troubled RadioShack Corporation announced on Monday that its new chief financial officer John Feray had left the firm on Friday for “personal reasons” and that Holly F. Etlin would replace him. Feray had only been with the 4,485 store chain since February. He leaves amidst a frenzy of activity […]
Help SB610 become law in California!
On August 21st, the California state senate voted 23 – 9 in favor of SB 610, a bill that strengthens franchisor good faith relations with franchisees. In order the turn this important piece of legislation into law, it is crucial that all franchisees express their support of the bill and ask the Governor to allow […]
MFOA Lobster Bake in Support of Camp Ketcha, Scarborough, ME
Join Us For a Maine Lobster Bake Maine Franchise Owners Association Lobster Bake in Support of Camp Ketcha, Scarborough, ME Come enjoy the party in support of one of our non-profit members. Friday, October 17th 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm Maine Franchise Owners Association Lobster Bake in Support of Camp Ketcha, Scarborough, ME. Camp Ketcha […]
Burger King to Buy Tim Hortons for About $11 Billion
Bloomberg reports that Burger King Worldwide Inc. (BKW) agreed to acquire Tim Hortons Inc. (THI) for about C$12.5 billion ($11.4 billion) in a deal that creates the third-largest fast-food company and moves its headquarters to Canada. Tim Hortons investors will receive C$65.50 in cash and 0.8025 a share of the combined entity for each […]
Franchisee Sues for Lack of Fair Dealing, Marriott Settles
BlueMauMau reports that It seems that not all is clean and good at Marriott. CNBC explores the Marriott Empire in its hour-long “Behind the Closed Doors of Marriott.” In the three minute video clip* below, one large franchise owner explains his lawsuit regarding legal traps, bad faith, fraud, breach of contract and hidden rebates to […]
Thank you for your support! Without it we wouldn’t have gotten as far as we did.
Dear Members and Friends of MFOA, Thank you for your support, participation, and advocacy for Maine franchise owners. Your support helped advance the Maine Franchise Owners Association (MFOA) and its mission to protect, defend and enhance the equity for all franchise owners. Even though we lost LD 1458 in the senate, we did get our […]
Re/Max Raises Dues for Agents, and Franchisees
Move bolsters the franchisor’s 2 largest revenue streams On Jan. 1, Re/Max increased the annual dues its agents in the U.S. and Canada pay to affiliate with the brand and the monthly per-agent fees affiliated brokerages in U.S. company-owned master franchise regions pay the franchisor. After holding steady at $390 for 2011 through 2013, Re/Max […]
Three Stories of Maine Franchise Owners or Franchisors Doing Business in Maine
Three Stories about Quiznos, Coffee News and Dunkin’ Donuts. Quiznos: Maine franchisees of the franchising firm that earlier this month filed for bankruptcy, failed miserably under a broken business model. Some are questioning what detriment there was to their state’s economy. Analyzing the sub sandwich chain’s past franchise disclosure documents shows there was approximately $5.4 […]