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April 23 – 26 , 2017 Caesars Palace , Las Vegas
✓CONFERENCES
Multi-Unit Franchising Conference 2017 !
It ’ s never too early to start planning to join your peers at the 17th annual Multi-Unit Franchising Conference next April in Las Vegas . Attendees at the 2016 conference overwhelmingly said it was a useful , worthwhile experience and plan to return next year . Total attendance , which topped 1,300 , included more than 550 franchisees who collectively accounted for more than 12,000 operating units , $ 8.5 billion in annual revenue , and more than 100,000 jobs . This is a unique opportunity to attend the premier multi-unit franchising event , meet and learn from the best in the business , explore new brands , and soak up invaluable expertise at the educational sessions . The conference will be at Caesars Palace . Need some inspiration or a reminder ? Take a peek back at the 2016 conference to see the speakers , review educational sessions , and sign up to keep up on developments for 2017 at www . multiunitfranchisingconference . com
✓ONLINE Multi-Unit Community Grows
Check out our community-based website for multi-unit operators . It ’ s your exclusive look into the world of multi-unit franchising , your one-stop shop to fi nd :
• New brand opportunities • Exclusive interviews
• Networking opportunities • Operator profi les
• Online edition and archives • Financing resources www . franchising . com / multiunitfranchisees
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Great entrepreneurs build great organizations . They possess a knack for making smart business decisions , building great teams , and creating successful companies . But as we ’ ve learned from years of interviewing successful multi-unit franchisees , they ’ ve also struggled , doubted , and made more than a few mistakes — yet they ’ ve soldiered on , persevered , and ultimately come out on top . To provide a deeper sense of their journeys , insights , and personalities , we ’ re selecting franchisees from our most inspiring print interviews and creating a new series of online videos of these franchisee leaders . We call them Empire Builders . www . franchising . com / empirebuilders
✓FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES
Looking for your next franchise opportunity ? Have we got the tools for you ! Find articles on companies , concepts , industries , trends , and profi les — and search our features . Find franchisors looking for multiunit franchisees , area reps , and area developers . Search by top opportunities , alphabetically , investment level , industry , state , and more at www . franchising . com
✓RANKINGS Check out our annual rankings of top multi-unit franchisees and their brands out our annual rankings of top franchisees and their multi-unit brands and fi nd out “ who ’ s on fi rst .” This issue has our annual Multi-Unit 50 rankings . For last year ’ s Multi-Unit 50 rankings go to www . franchising . com / multiunitfranchisees / mu50 . html . To see the Mega 99 rankings , go to www . franchising . com / multiunitfranchisees / mega99 . html
✓PUBLICATIONS
“ Don ’ t just survive , thrive !” Franchise Update Media ’ s 2016 Annual Franchise Development Report , and the best-selling book , Grow to Greatness by top franchise consultant Steve Olson , offer invaluable tips for franchise sales success and unit growth in today ’ s economy . To order , visit www . franchising . com / franchisors / afdr . html and www . franchising . com / franchisors / growtogreatness . html .
✓QUICKLINK For a one-click link to articles in this magazine and to past issues of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine , visit www . franchising . com / multiunitfranchisees
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH “ The biggest fear most franchisors have regarding their multi-branded operators is that they will lose focus on a single path to grow that brand . We have solidified their faith in our loyalty and we wear our logos with pride . We ’ ve shown our faith in our concepts by developing aggressively for them , sometimes opening three to four units per year for the same brand .”
— Sunny Ghai , president and CEO of Ghai Management Services Co ., franchisee of more than 70 Burger King , Taco Bell , Corner Bakery Cafe , Blaze Fast-Fire ’ d Pizza , Chevron , Conoco-Phillips 76 , and Arco ampm locations .
10 MULTI-UNIT FRANCHISEE ISSUE III , 2016