Day Care Facilities Growing

With the increase of two working parents in American households, the amount of day care facilities is growing. This month we look at the number of day care facilities per child by county. The chart below shows the top ten counties with the most day care facilities. We created a ratio of the counties with a large number of day care facilities in relation to children under the age of 10. Only counties with at least ten day care facilities were included in the ranking. The map below also shows the counties with the highest amount of day care facilities. The darker green illustrates a higher ratio per child.

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Franchising and Customer Analytics

Q. How do you make a small fortune in the restaurant business?
A. You start with a large fortune…

Yeah, I know… old joke, but many entrepreneurs get the last laugh when equipped with a strong concept and a well thought out expansion plan.

Franchising becomes a very attractive channel for growth when you've built a strong restaurant with a replicable floor plan, labor plan and menu. There are plenty of advantages to franchising including; limited capital investment, limited liability and speed of growth. If the concept is solid and the operators are smart, franchisors can grow their business in times of economic uncertainty by virtue of the combination of limited capital investment and the increase in the number of potential franchisees who have fallen victim to corporate downsizing. We are currently in an environment set up well for franchise expansion.

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