by Julie Lusthaus | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog
How-to prepare your business for sale Before you can sell your business, your paperwork must be in order. This means compiling your company’s financial information, vendor contracts, customer information, employee job responsibilities, etc. Depending on your...
by Julie Lusthaus | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, For Franchisees
Whether you operate a standalone diner or multiple, fast casual restaurant franchises, pay attention to this potential wage exposure. Do you have to pay servers minimum wage? Maybe. A federal appeals court in California has determined that servers, bartenders and...
by Julie Lusthaus | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, For Franchisees
What do franchisees need to know about real estate? What do franchisees need to know about leases? Plenty.You’ve bought a franchise and have attended the franchisor’s training. You have located what you believe will be the perfect location for your business. The...
by Julie Lusthaus | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, For Franchisees, For Franchisors
Thinking about expanding through franchising? Then, one of the first things you will need to do is have a franchise disclosure document (FDD) prepared. Second, you will have to register that FDD in the states that require registration, and then, as a franchisor, you...
by Julie Lusthaus | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, For Franchisees, For Franchisors
New York Times Reporter Rachel Adams recently wrote about a group of states attorneys general investigating whether some fast food franchisors were forbidding franchisees from hiring the employees of others in the same system. The attorneys general, including those...