Fast-food franchises

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Mr Bigg%27s

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Mr. Greek

MR. GREEK Restaurants Inc.

Mr. Greek is a mediterranean restaurant chain with locations throughout Ontario, Canada. There are two different franchise concepts used by Mr. Greek; Mediterranean Grill and Express. It is one of the largest Greek Cuisine restaurant establishments in North America.

Mr. Greek began in 1988 when George Raios purchased a small restaurant on Danforth Avenue, in the heart of Toronto’s Greektown. Following that the restaurant focused on eliminating MSG and trans fats from its ingredients.

Helping the franchise grow early on were its below average prices and the fact that its first location continued to do well despite being on a street renowned for its many restaurants.

In 1992, the company decided to add a second location in the east end of the city in Scarborough (was risky at the time because up until that point the only location was in Greek town). The success of the Scarborough location was pivotal since it expanded the restaurant's customer base while also raising the confidence of management. In response to the growing popularity of Mediterranean cuisine, Mr. Greek began franchising in 1993. The more hurried lifestyles of the ‘90’s led to the launching of Mr. Greek Express – a smaller version of the restaurants, offering an abridged menu, counter service, and takeout – using the slogan Great food for the new generation on the go.

The Mediterranean Diet is among the oldest and healthiest diets in the world. The Mediterranean diet which demands the use of fresh ingredients, emphasizes the use of olive oil when food is fire-grilled. Doesn't contain MSG or tenderizers and the oil used is trans fat free.

Mr. Greek was voted Toronto's best Greek restaurant a number of times by the Toronto Sun.

Mr. Greek has plans to expand throughout the Southern Ontario region and has identified several areas of future development. Brantford, Cambridge, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Barrie, Markham, Mississauga, Toronto (Downtown), Toronto (West), Toronto (East), Georgetown, Kingston, London, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Stouffville, Wasaga Beach, Windsor.

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Mr. Sandy

Mr. Sandy is the name of a chain of fast-food restaurants, first opened in the USA in 1984. The name of the chain is a reference to the nickname given to the head of the Weaver family by his friends and neighbors.

The family-owned business has 48 outlets, with approximately three outlets for each adult family member. The total number of points open to franchise is more than 1500.

Mr. Sandy operates in street trade to take away. The standard menu includes pizza, sandwiches, hot dogs, baguettes with stuffing, pancakes, french fries, oxygen cocktails, etc. There are 180 stores in food courts, and only 62 individual enterprises such as restaurants. The basic emphasis is placed on a single-format outlet with a single product trade.

In 2009, color rectangles were added to the company logo to refer to its markets in other countries, including the Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, France, Greece, etc. Outlets were opened in the Czech Republic and France in 2009, and will be opened in Russia and Ukraine in 2010.

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Muzz Buzz

Muzz Buzz

Muzz Buzz is an Australian owned and operated drive-through coffee franchise chain, originating in Perth, Western Australia. Established in the metropolitan suburb of Belmont, Western Australia in 2001, Muzz Buzz has seen rapid expansion in recent years. Following a "carbon-copy" franchise model, Muzz Buzz locations can be found over 35 locations within the Perth metropolitan area, and has 10 stores in Victoria, 2 in QLD, 2 in SA and 2 in New Zealand.

Muzz Buzz was formed in response to growing Australian tastes for premium coffee which was, at the time, not commonly available within the Perth metropolitan area in drive-through form.

Franchising of the brand commenced in 2004, with individual outlets closely resembling the original design and ethos. The first franchised outlet was established in Mosman Park by Warren Reynolds, who was instrumental in the mass expansion of the franchise to additional Perth locations. Sporting a distinctive design, reminiscent of an oversized coffee cup, the stores are adorned with the standard corporate colouration of white, green, and purple.

Expansion into non-Western Australian markets began in 2006, with potential sites earmarked in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Victoria. As of February 2014^[update], Muzz Buzz had 56 operating drive thru outlets in four Australian states. Internationally, franchise rights have been sold to Belarus for the Eastern Bloc, Turkey and the Middle East, South Africa, New Zealand (two stores), United Kingdom and Singapore, with advanced negotiations ongoing for future North American based operations. Additionally, Reynolds has mentioned in interviews that the company has received expressions of interest from China.

Muzz Buzz is a member of the Franchise Council of Australia, and has been ranked as one of the top 10 franchises within Australia in 2012 based on an independent review of franchisors by 10 Thousand Feet.

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Nirula%27s

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Noah%27s Bagels

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Oporto (restaurant)

Oporto

Oporto is an Australian fast food restaurant franchise with a Portuguese-theme. Oporto specialises in Portuguese style chicken.

Oporto has more than 100 'eat in' or 'take-away' restaurants in Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States, and the United Kingdom, although a large majority of these are located in New South Wales, Australia, where the company is headquartered. It previously also operated stores throughout China.

The first Oporto restaurant was founded in 1986 by António Cerqueira, an Australian of Portuguese descent, in North Bondi, New South Wales, Australia but was originally named Portuguese Style Bondi Charcoal Chicken. The 'Oporto' name came from Porto, Portugal's second largest city.

Oporto first opened a franchise store in 1995 and was named the fastest growing franchise in Australia in January 2005 by Business Review Weekly.

In 2007 there were 100 locations in New South Wales, 14 in Queensland, 8 in Victoria, 5 in ACT, 5 in South Australia and 6 in New Zealand. Some of these restaurants are called Oporto Express and offer a smaller range of products – most commonly this means they do not offer a breakfast menu.

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Orange Julius

Orange Julius

Orange Julius is an American chain of fruit drink beverage stores. It has been in business since the late 1920s. The eponymous beverage is a mixture of ice, orange juice, sweetener, milk, powdered egg whites and vanilla flavoring.

The drink grew out of an orange juice stand opened in Los Angeles in 1926 by Julius Freed. Sales were initially modest, about $20 a day (equivalent to approximately $271 in 2016 dollars). In 1929, Bill Hamlin, Freed's real estate broker, developed a mixture that made the acidic orange juice less bothersome to his stomach. Freed's stand began serving the drink, which had a frothier, creamier texture. The sales at the stand increased substantially after the introduction of the new drink, going up to $100 a day. People began lining up at the store and shouting, "Give me an Orange, Julius!" Eventually, the new drink would simply be called "the Orange Julius".

During the 1950s and 1960s, Orange Julius was sold at a variety of outlets, including state and county fairs and freestanding Orange Julius stands. The original stand also provided medicinal tonics and Bible tracts.

The Orange Julius was named the official drink of the 1964 New York World's Fair.

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Orange Julius beverage stands used the image of a devil with a pitchfork, similar to that of the Arizona State University mascot, Sparky, around an orange, with the slogan, "A Devilish Good Drink". The company later dropped the logo and slogan after threats of a lawsuit from the ASU alumni association.

For a short period in the early 1970s, Orange Julius expanded into the UK and Dutch markets, with a fairly large restaurant in Golders Green, selling Julius Burgers as well as the classic orange drink, and a small outlet in the city centre of Amsterdam. However, this had gone by the mid-70s.

In 1987, the Orange Julius chain was bought by International Dairy Queen. IDQ, and by inclusion since 1999, Berkshire Hathaway, owns the rights to all Orange Julius stores, and has expanded the chain so its drinks are included in many of its Dairy Queen mall stores, called Treat Centers.

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Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt

Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt (or simply Orange Leaf) is an Oklahoma City-based chain of self-serve frozen yogurt franchises founded in 2008. It has spread to over 300 locations in the United States and has also expanded internationally.

Previously known as Orange Tree Frozen Yogurt, it was founded in 2008. Mike Liddell and Reese Travis noticed a franchise was doing good business in Edmond, Oklahoma. They purchased a franchise in 2009, and Liddell purchased the company in 2010. Liddell then moved the company from California to Oklahoma, hired Travis as CEO, and changed the name to Orange Leaf.

In April 2011, it had 63 stores open in the United States, and it expanded to 111 locations in September 2011. As of October 2013, it has over 300 locations (by 2017 that number had reduced to less than 210 locations), and it plans an IPO in 2015.

Frostee Rucker and John Calipari have invested in franchises.

In 2014, an Indiana-based franchisee had filed a suit in federal court in Indianapolis that "Orange Leaf misled him and made false statements about store revenue to coerce him into opening shops outside of Indiana—in Illinois, Florida, and Tennessee." Orange Tree had filled a counter suit claiming breach of contract.

Orange Tree opened its first international franchise, located in Australia, in 2011 in Melbourne, Victoria. By the end of 2013, there were three locations in the state of Victoria plus a location at Bondi Beach, New South Wales. As of September 2015^[update], there are four locations in the states of Victoria and one location in New South Wales.

In 2014, CNBC reported that it has expanded into Asian markets, including China. Although it was announced in May 2014 that two stores were going to open soon in the Chinese city of Shanghai, no stores have open on the Asian continent As of September 2015^[update].

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Otai Burger

Otai Burger or Malaysian International Burger (MIB) is a fast food burger chain stalls in Malaysia. It is owned by MIB Trading Sdn Bhd which main headquarters is in Batu Caves, Selangor.

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