by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Business Spotlights
[ Originally posted – Feb 25, 2014 As the president of Alabama-based Joy Enterprises, Mark Joy is clearly one of the leaders within the franchised fast-food business in his state. With nearly 20 Subway restaurants, a half dozen Long John Silver’s locations...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Business Spotlights
Originally posted – Sep 24, 2013 Avenue Coin Laundry in Libertyville, Ill., opened its doors for the first time this past July. However, store owner Ron Parsons is hardly new to the self-service laundry industry. “In 1979, I bought a place called the...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Viewpoint, Business Spotlights
Originally posted – Jan 27, 2014 After years of unclogging other people’s pipes as a licensed master plumber, Florida’s Willy Gibson turned his attention to a completely different type of pipe, as the co-owner – along with his wife Margie...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Business Spotlights
Originally posted – Dec 20, 2013 When the Tasty Baking Company (makers of the popular Tastykake line of snack foods) decided to relocate its production facility, the move opened up a 30-acre parcel of prime real estate in northern Philadelphia, where the...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 26, 2015 | Up Close
Originally posted – Dec 12, 2013 Brian Brunckhorst is currently the owner of four laundromats in the San Francisco Bay area. He’s also the vice president and treasurer of the Golden State Coin Laundry Association, a real estate investor, the author of the...