Franchise News Grapevine Archive

Boost Juice Bar is top East Rand Mall retailer

Boost Juice Bars - East Rand Mall walked away with top retailer of the year award at the East Rand Mall tenant awards evening held on the 26th of January 2012.

Famous Brands announces sales increase

Famous Brands has delivered a satisfying performance for the three months commencing October 2011 and ending December 2011, in line with management’s expectations.

Mica franchise brand is 28 years old and going strong

Mica was founded back in 1984 on the promise to bring a community hardware to every town, Mica has steadily proven itself as the hardware brand of choice in the South African market bringing their customers superior service, expert advice and a range of the best hardware products in the country.

Scooters Pizza opens second Windhoek store

Scooters Pizza has demonstrated its firm commitment to strategic expansion in the Southern African region with the opening of its second pizza outlet in Windhoek, Namibia, at the Bains Shopping Centre in Pioneers Park.

Longest-serving South African VIP franchisee visits VIP UK

In September 2011 VIP Bin Cleaning took the decision of inviting Jean Retief (VIP Franchisee, Alberton), the longest-serving South African VIP franchisee, who has been with the company since 2006, to visit the UK for an intensive two-week training programme.

Scooters Pizza franchise wins Brand Builder of the Year

Staying ahead of the game and being top-of-mind are crucial elements to franchise brand Scooters Pizza’s quest to becoming one of South Africa’s leading pizza brands. Getting the balance between brand awareness and great value product offerings lies at the heart of their ‘Double up with Double Deals’ campaign which has earned them the Brand Builder of the Year award for the fourth time.

Evolving brand DoRego's wins FASA's prestigious franchisor of the year award

The Franchise Association of South Africa’s most prestigious award goes to a brand that, since it was started in the early seventies in Cape Town, has cleverly adapted to the changing socio-economic times to become one of the country’s fastest growing food brands.

Healthy appetites boost Taste sales 27%

Taste Holdings, the owner of the Maxi’s, Scooters Pizza, St Elmo’s and NWJ brands, posted gains in revenue and earnings in the six months to August helped by robust spending on fast food and despite the unpredictable spending on jewellery.

Yum! to bring Pizza Hut franchise back to SA and Africa

PIZZA Hut restaurants are set to return to SA, Keith Warren, the GM of the franchise’s owner, Yum! Africa, said yesterday.

Stadium Fast Food franchise recipe for success

The Stadium Fast Food story began in the 1930’s where the Buzios Family immigrated from Madeira, Portugal to Sao Paulo, Brazil