Exactly one half of all states in the country, 25 states, are officially “right-to-work” states and now, the odds are that Kentucky could become #26 with last week’s election of right-to-work supporter Matt Bevin as Kentucky Governor. Bevin ran on a platform that staunchly supported enacting right to work laws in Kentucky. “Right-to-work” laws allow…
Read More »DDIFO is very proud of the fact that our semi-monthly magazine, Independent Joe, was recently selected by Folio Magazine, a New York based marketing magazine, as the winner of the Ozzie Award for best cover design in the business to business category. The award winning cover was given for the July-August 2014 issue, entitled Westwood…
Read More »State and local elections were replete with minimum wage ballot issues in a host of venues across the country this week. We can report on some good results, some not so good, and some activities to be highlighted in the future. On the positive side of the ledger, the voters in Portland Maine rejected a…
Read More »Opponents of minimum wage increases didn’t fare as well in the Pacific Northwest this week, as voters in Tacoma Washington followed the Seattle lead and approved a minimum wage increase. The silver lining to that cloud however is that the voters approved a $12 minimum, phased in over two years versus a $15 immediate minimum. …
Read More »The City Council in Mountain View California, located on the San Francisco peninsula, approved an increase in their minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018. The new law phases in the increase from the current $10.30 to $11 in January. The minimum then jumps an additional $2 per hour in each of the subsequent…
Read More »The minimum wage issue surfaced in both Ohio and Idaho this past week, but in far less extremes than on either coast. Voters in the small resort town of McCall, Idaho rejected a ballot question increasing the minimum wage to $10.25 an hour. Although a small town, the McCall vote was perceived as an important…
Read More »For those who operate in Pennsylvania and follow our efforts to balance the franchisee-franchisor relationship in the Keystone state, we’re glad to provide you with a link to the October 21 House Consumer Affairs Committee public hearing on H.1620. You can watch the full hearing here.
Read More »Last week gave us some important competitor earnings calls along with some decent intel as well. First, Tim Horton’s noted good comp sales, +8.2% in the system and +4.3% in the US. While there was very low visibility provided, Tim’s noted the rollout of breakfast and lunch wraps. The biggest news was the announcement of…
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