Last fall, marked 50 years since a college student named Mike Cobler opened a sandwich shack in San Jose, Calif. Togo’s has survived the decades – including its 10-year marriage to, and divorce from, Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins that was arranged by then-owner Allied Domecq. Today, Togo’s boasts more than 100 locations with more in the…
The National Labor Relations Board, now with all seats appointed if not yet filled and confirmed by the Senate, pretty much continues to make business sick with some of its anti-business decisions. Fortunately however, the courts are there to correct and undo the excesses of the (rogue?) independent agency until the full complement of members…
Just when maybe you thought it might be safe to not worry about data breaches, we have to report yet another – this time hitting a franchise business. Jimmy Johns Sandwich chain had at least 216 of their locations compromised when hackers attacked the chain’s computer systems. At the risk of “beating a dead horse”,…
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