Graham Hattam, Newcastle University Students' Union Director of Commercial, said: "We are excited to announce the introduction of a Co-op store into our Students' Union and bring the first
franchise store in the North East to our very own campus.
The chain, which is celebrating its tenth year, opened 27 new
franchise stores across the UK, taking its total to 113 stores.
The IFRA estimated that each
franchise store can throw away roughly NT$2,000 worth of foods every day, which means that there is approximately NT$7 billion worth of foods discarded in over 10,000
franchise stores in Taiwan every year.
Ooredoo's line of
franchise stores is part of its retail expansion strategy of deepening its footprint to better serve communities across Oman.
"I'm proud to have joined CPR's growing network of
franchise stores located in Canada.
So, 2015 saw the birth of our plans to increase our reach witA[degrees] hin the sultanate by opening
franchise stores in partnership with some of Oman's leading retailers.
During the third quarter, Jean Coutu's
franchise store network opened three drug stores, including one relocation, and significantly renovated or expanded three stores.
Yuan Yafei, chairman of Sanpower, told the Financial Times he would open four
franchise stores in Russia and two in Abu Dhabi over the next two to three years, as well as a flagship "Oriental Fraser" store in Nanjing, where the conglomerate is based, next year.
According to the CBN, a franchised store in Red Star Macalline Furniture Mall at Shenzhen sold fake "Hilton" furniture and another
franchise store located in Qingdao in Shandong province was found selling fake diatom mud, a decorative wall material.
The first
franchise store has been set up in Fareham, Hants.
In fact, four of the top five
franchise store contributions were Odom-owned.
Glenn Carter, Darlington DP Furniture Express co-owner, said: "As a
franchise store we are continuing to trade healthily and do not envisage any problems.