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		<title>LunchboxWax Focuses on Inclusivity for Trans Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 19:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of LGBTQ Pride traditions, and waxing franchise LunchboxWax has focused recent outreach on inclusivity specifically for the trans community, which has historically been excluded.]]></description>
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		<title>Franchise Job Losses Continue, ADP Reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 17:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Franchise businesses continued to shed workers in May as the industry lost 254,100 jobs, according to a report from payroll services provider ADP. That&#8217;s after franchise job losses of 1,082,200 in April and comes as pressures from the COVID-19 crisis persist.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Franchise businesses continued to shed workers in May as the industry lost 254,100 jobs, according to a report from payroll services provider ADP. That’s after franchise job losses of 1,082,200 in April and comes as pressures from the COVID-19 crisis persist.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>CA Owners Blast 7-Eleven Alleging &#8216;Unjust Mandates&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 16:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter to California's attorney general criticizes SEI, the franchisor of 7-Eleven convenience stores, for "unfair actions" against franchisees during COVID-19 and calls for an investigation of "SEI's unjust business mandates."]]></description>
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		<title>Private Equity Becomes Adviser First During COVID-19</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Ewen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private equity owners are showing why industry specialization is so important. ]]></description>
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		<title>Long-term Outlook Fuels Acceleration of Innovation at Marco&#8217;s Pizza</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the system, Toledo, Ohio-based Marco&#8217;s Pizza is benefiting from the inherent appeal of pizza delivery during the pandemic, with sales up 25 percent. But President Tony Libardi said the brand is also making investments to position itself for continued growth.]]></description>
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		<title>PrideStaff, Uptown Cheapskate &#8216;Zees Grateful for Franchise System</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 23:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent in April due to the pandemic, Amy Linn saw the impact first hand as a longtime franchisee of PrideStaff. The national staffing agency won the Franchise Times 2020 Zor Award in the employment/staffing cate...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[As the unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent in April due to the pandemic, Amy Linn saw the impact first hand as a longtime franchisee of PrideStaff. The national staffing agency won the Franchise Times 2020 Zor Award in the employment/staffing category. This week, we checked in with past winning brands to learn how franchisees are navigating the pandemic and adapting to the new normal. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>&#8216;Adapt&#8217; Becomes the Mantra for Culver&#8217;s Franchisees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 20:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the COVID-19 crisis swept across the country, franchisees in the Culver&#8217;s system said adaptation every week, day and hour became the practice across the brand.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts on Rethinking, Reimagining &#038; Reopening Your Restaurant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s been working for restaurants already open, and what&#8217;s in store for the future? Hear from Lazy Dog Restaurants, CapitalSpring and Hub International on operations, technology, guest flow and more.]]></description>
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		<title>For Retirement Play, Father Joins Daughter in Dogtopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Ledbetter spent 30 years with Liberty Mutual, serving large, commercial customers in insurance, risk management and crisis management. Now he owns a Dogtopia franchise in The Woodlands, Texas, north of Houston, with his daughter as operations mana...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[John Ledbetter spent 30 years with Liberty Mutual, serving large, commercial customers in insurance, risk management and crisis management. Now he owns a Dogtopia franchise in The Woodlands, Texas, north of Houston, with his daughter as operations manager. "It has been an incredible ride," he said, in this week's series of articles revisiting brands that won Franchise Times Zor Awards honors.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nonstop Cleaning Part of Another Broken Egg Operator&#8217;s Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 13:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jake Alleman, who as co-founder of Cojak Investments operates eight Another Broken Egg Cafes in Louisiana, Alabama and Florida, says a retraining phase "hugely focused on safety," has helped his restaurants reopen. Another Broken Egg was chosen in 2018...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jake Alleman, who as co-founder of Cojak Investments operates eight Another Broken Egg Cafes in Louisiana, Alabama and Florida, says a retraining phase "hugely focused on safety," has helped his restaurants reopen. Another Broken Egg was chosen in 2018 as a Franchise Times Zor Awards winner, and this week we're checking in on some of those brands to see how their franchisees are navigating the pandemic.]]></content:encoded>
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