Tag: Franchise
Stacking up a legacy
The term “icon” is tossed around often in the restaurant business.
On West Main Road in Middletown, there is a genuine icon. And its owners...
URI graduate’s home services business expanding nationally after partnering with major...
LITTLE COMPTON – Patrick Brown never expected his college leaf-raking business to become a long-term career.
He started Rent Sons in 2010 at the age...
Johnson’s made it her business to be a classroom ‘coach’
It’s a weekday afternoon at Sylvan Learning Center, and students large and small hover on cushioned chairs around little tables.
One group of high school...
Only the strong survive in R.I.’s merger-mad real estate sales market
Paul Leys in 2000 became co-owner of an independent real estate brokerage named for co-founder Gustave J.S. White, a prominent name in Newport since...
Franchisee: Bob and Sharon Bowen
Sonic Drive-In | Smithfield
The Pitch: This is how you SONIC!
Years in business: 1½
Employees: 50
Cost to obtain franchise: $45,000 franchise fee ($1,073,000 total estimated investment)
Before...













