As part of our mission to communicate matters of importance to Dunkin’ franchise owners, we routinely include news about business regulations, trends and franchising in this magazine. With this final issue of 2022, we are offering information about several potential concerns we see brewing for the new year.
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The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) rule on joint employer status, which has been expanding and contracting with changes of administration several times in the past decade, is poised to increase employer liability once again. Joint employers covered by a collective bargaining agreement are viewed as part of a single bargaining unit and may be…
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The Employee Retention Credit is designed to reward businesses – like your Dunkin’ shop – that adapted to COVID, stayed in business and kept people employed during the pandemic. And that reward is real money – in the form of checks from the IRS up to $26,000 per full-time employee! Surprisingly, many business still haven’t…
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OK Oh my gourd, pumpkin spice is popular. Americans spend about half a billion dollars on pumpkin spice products every year, according to Nielsen data. Pumpkin has deep roots in the culinary history of the Americas and pumpkin spice now has a cult following. Many have credited Starbucks with brewing the popularity of pumpkin spice…
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In this presentation, you’ll learn how to enroll in the energy efficiency program with Budderfly to get free equipment upgrades and start saving on your energy bills now. As a premier energy management partner for QSRs, Budderfly helps restaurants get instant energy savings by paying to install and maintain energy efficient upgrades. They’re already helping over 3,000 restaurants…
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A timely overview of today’s franchise lending trends and the benefits that franchisees can derive from using a finance broker. The presentation will specify the benefits provided with Fitzgerald Funding as your finance broker.
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The crowd began gathering before 10:00 a.m., many queuing up in the line that would reward the first 100 people with free coffee for a year. There was music from one of Boston’s top pop radio stations and voices guests recognized as popular DJs. Mascots from Boston’s professional sports teams romped through the crowd, posing…
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Iced coffee with an extra shot of joy. That’s what was featured on the Dunkin’ menu on May 25th when franchisees across the country celebrated the brand’s first National Iced Coffee Day and committed to donating $1 from every iced coffee sold to the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation (Dunkin’ Joy.) The result was a…
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As franchisee lawyers, franchisees often ask us about a franchisor’s right to set franchisees’ prices. Most franchisees assume they can set their own pricing, and many claim it is an antitrust violation for a franchisor to set their prices. Unfortunately, that is not generally the case, and the answer is a bit more complicated. With…
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This year was supposed to be different. After a pandemic, racial unrest, supply chain issues and more, 2022 was to be the year things began to normalize. But then, Russia declared war on Ukraine, inflation – climbing at a 40-year high – didn’t recede as predicted, and today everything costs more than it did a…
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