I’m a huge Chipotle fan and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I love a big fat carnitas burrito with every possible topping (is that even the right word for what you put on a burrito?) on it, especially guac. But every time I’m outside of New York I wonder why there aren’t more Chipotles out there. Sure there are a bunch (at the end of 2014 there were more than 1,700) but their numbers pale in comparison to other “fast food” giants like McDonald’s or Subway (they have more than 36,000 and 43,500 restaurants respectively). So why hasn’t Chipotle followed suit and gone the obviously successful franchising route?
“Cruise Planners has always supported the military community and this Veterans
Day we are proud to launch a revamped benefits package for them,” said
Michelle Fee, CEO and co-founder of Cruise Planners, an American Express
Travel Representative. “The Veterans Initiative Program will incorporate all
that Cruise Planners has to offer a franchise owner to be successful as well
as additional marketing, technology and training support.”
Despite the fact that the country continues to be mired in an economic
downturn, FranServe founder and president, Tim Bleakley, finds himself in the
enviable position of operating a business that continues to thrive.