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It’s in the Water: Brooklyn Water Bagels

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What makes a good bagel good? Any New Yorker will tell you it’s the water.

Bagels, first introduced to America by Polish-Jewish immigrants in the 1880s, have become a signature bread in New York City and its surrounding boroughs. When Polish immigrants passed through Ellis Island, they brought with them the delicious recipe, which is said to be made best with New York City tap water.

Many New York bagel enthusiasts claim that when transient populations of New Yorkers first got down to places like South Carolina and Florida and began making bagels, they realized that while their flour and ingredients were the same, their bagels did not taste the same. The missing ingredient was, of course, the tap water. New York City tap water has a pH level of 7.2; whereas a pH of 7.0 is considered pure water. The pH level affects the way in which proteins in the mixture denature, and therefore can cause a change in the way the yeast rises and the dough tastes.  Additionally, New York City water has optimal quantities of calcium and dissolved minerals, strengthening the wheat protein and causing the bagel to taste chewier – a texture many bagel lovers enjoy.

So what is a bagel shop in Florida to do? In steps Brooklyn Water Bagels, a bagel shop franchise originated in Delray Beach, Florida. The CEO, Steven Fassberg, a Brooklynite relocated to the Delray area, began working on recreating New York City’s tap water with his own machinery, adding ingredients like calcium and magnesium to replicate the makeup of the water.  When he perfected the water, bada-bing, he began making bagels that tasted just like a New York authentic bagel.

Today, Brooklyn Water Bagel has locations all over the country. Serving everything from breakfast sandwiches to iced coffee made with frozen coffee cubes, Americans everywhere can enjoy a good ol’ New York bagel.  The proprietary water treatment technology system that the franchise has at each location “Brooklynizes” the water, as they call it, and is designed “to provide limited maintenance operation for the franchisee via satellite monitoring of each store’s water system to ensure consistent quality.”

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Franchise Profile: Snap Fitness

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Snap Fitness Has The Answer 

In today’s fast paced world, it’s difficult for people to commit to an exercise program due to busy, unpredictable schedules. Snap Fitness franchise will help bring affordability and convenience to the neighborhoods of people across America. Their proven concept substantiates the fact that many people will forgo “big box” health club concepts in lieu of convenience and affordability.

When opening a Snap Fitness franchise, you are sure to provide a convenient fitness option in your area. With their 24-hour a day card-key locking system, your members will appreciate a secure work out environment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One of the primary benefits of owning a Snap Fitness franchise is the convenience it provides for both its owners and members. As a Snap Fitness owner, you will benefit from their unique system, which incorporates the use of surveillance cameras, along with a certified trained staff to keep your operating costs low. Our system provides you both balance and freedom to own and manage up to three locations by yourself.

What Makes Snap Fitness Unique? 

The Snap Fitness franchise concept is the wave of the future, regardless of the condition of our Nation’s economy, people always appreciate good value. With single memberships as low as $22.50 per month, your Snap Fitness franchise provides a great alternative to the big box health club concepts available today:

  • Priced affordably, great perceived value
  • Convenient 24 hour a day access
  • Low operating overhead
  • State of the art commercial grade equipment
  • Clean, safe environment

 

 

How do I get started?

The first step in owning your own Snap Fitness franchise is by filling out the form here: http://www.franchisebuy.com/franchise/SNAP-Fitness. By providing Snap Fitness with your contact information, a representative will contact you and walk you through the franchise approval process.

Franchise Profile: Online Trading Academy

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Tens of millions of people have seen their retirement derailed by the financial turmoil of the past decade. Online Trading Academy has a proven record of helping these people get back on track by teaching the tools of the professional trader/investor in stocks, futures, currencies and more.

 

Online Trading Academy teaches adult students to trade and invest at a professional level using modern online tools. Their business model was born in 1997 when they operated their own large trading floor; the training provided to new traders was so effective that they eventually switched their focus to education vs. active trading.

 

 

Their first Financial Education Center was company-owned, but they quickly realized that the model could be easily replicated with appropriate support and the first Online Trading Academy franchise opened in 2005. Today they have 32 franchises around the world in addition to the original Center. They also have a large and rapidly growing family of 150,000 current and former students who have invested an average of $10,000 per student in their training.

 

Exclusive franchise territories are still available in the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia. Please submit you information on their entry form for more information: http://franchisebuy.com/franchise/Online-Trading-Academy.

 

 

Why Online Trading Academy?

As an Online Trading Academy franchisee, you can empower people with tools to build their personal wealth and retirement security while also improving their quality of life. Many of their students have been trading for years with moderate success and find that the principles and practices they learn at Online Trading Academy help them take their results to a new level. Others are newly retired or have recently left their jobs and enjoy the flexibility of being able to trade on their own schedule, whether it’s several hours a day or just a few minutes a month.

 

The enthusiasm that Online Trading Academy students feel comes directly from the quality of the teaching materials and their learn-by-doing educational model that has been tested over time. They are very different from the hotel ballroom investment seminars and from the proprietary systems that students may have experienced in the past, and their steady growth and revenues prove it works. Join Online Trading Academy as a franchise owner, and adopt their proven methods as your new business model!

Why a Down Economy is the Perfect Time to Become an Entrepreneur

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Anyone who recently graduated from college or lost their job through layoff knows how difficult it can be to find a new job. Not only are you competing against other graduates and laid off workers for the few available positions left in this down turned economy, but you have to hope that if you are lucky enough to land a new position you won’t wind up out on the street again in a few months.

 

So naturally the question has to be asked: Why would anyone want to put themselves through all that? And most people will probably say they wouldn’t, but they don’t know what else to do. Well, if you have ever contemplated starting your own business, now is the perfect time.

 

Resources are Less Expensive in a Down Economy

 

It’s happening at grocery stores and retail outlets, car dealerships and real estate offices. It’s happening in businesses all across the country. Prices are coming down, deals are being struck, and discounts are being offered. That’s why now is the time, when resources are less expensive, to strike out and start a new business.

 

The Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy reports that since the mid-1990s, small businesses have generated over 60 percent of new jobs. A small business is defined as one with 500 or less employees. Plus the 2009 Recovery Act eliminates fees to borrowers and allows the SBA to guarantee up to 90 percent of each loan. Naturally having a conservative financial plan can help keep overhead costs low.

 

Talented People are in Abundance in a Down Economy

 

The fact is that there are a lot of people out there looking for the right business opportunity and not all of them have a great idea for starting a new company. But they do have talent and are eager to get onboard with a winning idea. Donnie Deutsch of the television show “The Big Idea” indicated in an interview that now is the time to find people “on the cheap,” whether that means employees or vendors.

 

That means savvy entrepreneurs need to put their networking skills to work and make a connection with people who they can partner with and who can help make the company a success. In fact, 64 percent of entrepreneurs surveyed for the book “Upstarts: How Gen Y Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business” indicated they started their company with a partner.

 

The Larger Companies Cut Back in a Down Economy

 

According to Julie Lenzer Kirk, award winning entrepreneur and author, “As the economy is struggling, so are all those businesses with overhead and large payrolls. They’re busy bailing the water to keep their ships afloat. Starting up now, when you can be flexible and nimble means that you can float right by those sinking ships. After all, customers still need stuff – they’re still spending money, just not enough. The new business can be created to give them what they need – whatever that is – while everyone else is busy bailing.”

 

Plus as larger, established organizations cut their budgets because of decreased revenues, they are in no position to start a new venture. That means now is the perfect time for entrepreneurs to get started before someone else steals their great idea.

 

New Entrepreneur’s Have Less to Lose in a Down Economy

 

It may be scary, but college graduates especially have less to lose right now mainly because most of them don’t have a lot of financial commitments (except perhaps their student loans). They may still be living at home, without a mortgage or family to support, their needs are few and their willingness to sacrifice their own comfort is high.

 

In his article, “How Can Your Small Business Grow in a Down Economy?” small business coach Dave Westfall suggests that entrepreneurs not limit themselves. He illustrates how to expand a company by exploring other options, such as a private personal trainer now offering group training or a real estate property manager offering services to mortgage companies that want to rent out foreclosed homes.

 

It’s all about exploring options and finding those niche markets that others have overlooked or walked away from. And while it’s important that entrepreneurs select an opportunity that matches their interests and take the time to investigate it thoroughly, it is possible to become an entrepreneur in a down economy.

Little Caesars Announces its New Deep Dish Style Pizza, Just in Time

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With the pizza business as competitive as ever, Little Caesars introduces its new Deep! Deep! Dish Pizza, as an answer to their three biggest rivals in the pizza industry arena: Dominos, Papa John’s and Pizza Hut. Little Caesars’ new menu item is fast-becoming the brand’s biggest product launch in its 54-year history, and has customers lining up to try their new line of deep dish options.

Deep Dish Little Caesars Pizza

The new product is a necessity for Detroit-based Little Caesars to remain a contender in the restaurant franchise industry. Holding true to their roots, Little Caesars bakes their new deep dish pizzas “Detroit-Style,” which refers to the caramelized-cheese crust that is signature to each pie. Each pizza is $8 a box, and is available as one of Little Caesars’ Hot-N-Ready offerings, which can be picked up at any time without calling ahead, between the hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. each day.

With its famous $5 Hot-N-Ready Pizza deal, Little Caesars took the industry’s price to a new level, positioning it perfectly underneath the price points of its biggest competitors. The $8 price of its new deep-dish pizza aligns it directly with the promotional $7.99 price for Domino’s medium pan pizza.


Not only is Little Caesars holding its own in the pizza market, it’s also become one of the largest and most valued brands in the entire restaurant franchise industry. The pizza franchise concept offers a tremendous value with their high-quality pizza made with fresh ingredients. Little Caesars makes dough fresh in each store, uses fresh, never-frozen cheese and sauce made with vine-ripened tomatoes. Pair this with a price that can’t be beat, and it becomes understandable why Little Caesars has grown to be an international staple in the food industry and will continue to be a brand synonymous with quality for years to come.

IFA Creates Website to Help Franchises Deal with Obamacare

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Franchises are flummoxed by the Affordable Care Act. The new healthcare law continues to evolve, leaving a lot of confused small business owners in its wake. Which aspects of the employer mandate are franchisees responsible for complying with? How can they remain solvent without reducing their workforce and losing valuable employees?

 

The IFA has created www.MakingSenseofHealthCare.org to help businesses understand their compliance responsibilities and share testimonials and stories about how they’re dealing with the process.

 

Regardless of your political inclinations the Affordable Care Act is a big deal. The mandated health care coverage is expensive and small businesses are struggling to maintain profitability– which includes franchises.

 

According to the IFA, over one-third of full-time franchise jobs could be cut back or lost completely due to the Affordable Care Act. That’s over 3 million jobs. While Obamacare doesn’t take full effect until 2014, owners of fast-food, restaurant and service company franchises are urging Congress to make major changes to the ACA in order to save jobs and keep them in business.

 

One of the biggest components of the healthcare overhaul that’s causing grief is the discrepancy as to what constitutes a full-time work week. Obamacare says 30 hours; while most in the franchise industry believe 40 hours should be the standard. If Congress doesn’t amend the law franchises will be forced to cut employee hours back to below 30 hours per week.

 

Franchise business owners aren’t the only ones facing higher costs as a result of the Affordable Care Act. A 2011 Hudson Institute study shows that the franchise industry could see its costs increase $6.4 billion, much of which would be passed on to consumers.