Podcast appearances and mentions of greg flynn

Step into the thrilling world of The Ben Justin Murder Case from the iconic Broadway's My Beat series. This 1950 episode has been remastered at Time Warp Studios and includes commentary by Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn.  Broadway Is My Beat, was a detective radio show that ran from 1949 to 1954 on CBS. Larry Thor stars as Detective Danny Clover, a homicide detective working in Manhattan's 16th Precinct, which Clover declares is, “the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.” With beautiful writing, evocative music, wonderful sound effects and an excellent ensemble cast, you will love The Ben Justin Murder Case. Tune in to The Shiver Show and prepare yourself for an old time radio crime classic!Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments!Watch us on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcastFollow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

McDonald's is going after specialist concepts. Greg Flynn has more Pizza Huts. And Steak 'n Shake is in some hot water.

Get ready for an unforgettable journey to the year 2495! The Shiver Show brings you the 1956 radio drama, Brave New World, introduced and narrated by the visionary author Aldous Huxley.Originally published in 1932, Brave New World is one of the most provocative and influential novels of all time. Ranked among the top 100 greatest novels ever written, this dystopian classic paints a chilling picture of a society where technology, conditioning, and drug-induced happiness replace individuality and true freedom.Co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn delve into the controversial themes of Brave New World, its unsettling predictions, and what might have inspired Huxley to write the novel. Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review! If you have a suggestion for a show or a question, please drop it in the comments!Watch us on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@shivershowpodcastFollow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

Today's episode features an exciting conversation with Greg Flynn, the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Flynn Group, the world's largest franchisee. With over 2.900 restaurants across three countries — the USA, Australia, and New Zealand — Greg operates well-known brands such as Applebee's, Panera Bread, Taco Bell, Arby's, Wendy's, and Pizza Hut, in addition to 40 fitness clubs and 120 hotels.

Get ready to dig into Greg's journey, from his early days flipping burgers at McDonald's to leading the world's largest franchise operation. With over 2,600 units across brands like Applebee's, Taco Bell, Panera, Arby's, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Planet Fitness, Greg shares the recipe for his success, emphasizing operational excellence, strategic diversification, and the ability to adapt to market trends.Greg's story is a masterclass in hospitality leadership, offering valuable insights into running exceptional operations, exploring adjacent industries like fitness, and managing diverse portfolios that include both restaurants and real estate. He reminds aspiring operators that the true secret to success isn't just financial strategy—it's about delivering world-class hospitality day in and day out.This episode is packed with inspiration, humor, and actionable advice, along with engaging segments like "What's Hot and Not," the Quickfire Round, and fan-favorite Trivia Tuesday. Whether you're an industry veteran or just starting out, this rewind episode will leave you motivated and hungry for more. Don't miss it!

Franchisee Greg Flynn still believes in the power of casual dining. Here's how much California's boosted fast-food wage is impacting traffic. And things are looking up for Cracker Barrel.

Send us a textWhen The Worlds Met is a sci-fi radio drama that first aired in 1950. It predicted an encounter between Martians and Earthlings in the year 2020 (right in the height of COVID as it turns out). Will there be social distancing and face masks?Greg Flynn and Mary Labrie talk about this fun radio drama, its cool futuristic technology, and an ideal itinerary for visiting Martians.  Listen now!!Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review!Follow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowhttps://www.instagram.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com https://tiktok.com/@timewarpsoundstudios https://www.facebook.com/timewarpstudios Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

Send us a textStep into the thrilling world of The Georgia Gray Murder Case from the iconic Broadway's My Beat series. This 1954 episode has been remastered at Time Warp Studios and includes commentary by Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn. Crafted by Morton S. Fine, a playwright with a legacy of great writing, the script brilliantly weaves together sharp dialogue and a world-weary narration by the protagonist, Detective Danny Clover. The story is brought to life by the performance of voice actor Anthony Ross, as Danny, and the excellent ensemble cast. The musical score, composed by Alexander Courage and Wilbur Hatch, captures the essence of the noir genre, transporting listeners to smoky nightclubs and mean streets. Tune in to The Georgia Gray Murder Case on The Shiver Show and prepare yourself for an exhilarating ride!Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review!Follow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowhttps://www.instagram.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com https://tiktok.com/@timewarpsoundstudios https://www.facebook.com/timewarpstudios Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

How fast and how far will the Fed go with interest rate cuts? Fed Chair Powell didn't say, but he did signal a September start. One economist says he wishes Powell hadn't boxed himself in and joins us to explain. Plus, billionaire investor Greg Flynn is putting $40M into the San Francisco office-property market, saying now is the right time to get in. And we'll look ahead to Box, SentinelOne, and Nordstrom's reports in Earnings Exchange.

Tune in to the latest episode of The Shiver Show as we delve into the chilling world of The Dead Hand. This gripping radio play first aired in 1946 and it stunned listeners (and sponsors) with its tale of passion, murder and envy. With masterful storytelling by Robert Newman and strong performances by Barry Kroeger and narrator Raymond Morgan, The Dead Hand will grip you with its dark allure. Co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn discuss hand envy, alien hand syndrome, touch typing, and the best musical instrument to use if attempting to seduce a woman. Listen now!Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review!Follow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowhttps://www.instagram.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com https://tiktok.com/@timewarpsoundstudios https://www.facebook.com/timewarpstudios Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

In Episode 21 of The Chief Exchange Podcast, host Alec Wons sits down with Greg Flynn, Fire Chief of West Bloomfield Fire, MI. Chief Flynn shares invaluable insights on navigating difficult conversations when promoting from within, the importance of setting expectations early, and the distinction between leadership and management. He also discusses strategies to mitigate bullying in the department and emphasizes the significance of mental health with The Yellow Rose Campaign. Tune in for an inspiring conversation filled with actionable advice and heartfelt wisdom.

In this episode of Hospitality Hangout, Michael Schatzberg, “The Restaurant Guy,” and Jimmy Frischling, “The Finance Guy,” dive into an engaging conversation with guest Greg Flynn, founder, chairman, and CEO of the Flynn Group and Flynn Properties. Pull up a chair and grab a napkin as Greg serves a hearty helping of inspiration. Greg shares his pursuit in the hospitality industry, his insights on various market segments, and his experiences with different aspects of the business, including restaurant operations, real estate investments, and the expansion into fitness centers. From flipping burgers at McDonald's to running the show as the head honcho of the world's largest franchise operation, Greg's journey is a real-life recipe for success, highlighting the key ingredients of operational excellence, a dash of strategic diversification, and a generous portion of adapting to ever-changing market trends. So, sit back and enjoy this conversation that's sure to leave you hungry for more knowledge in the dynamic world of hospitality.Key Takeaways:Greg leads the largest franchise operation globally, managing over 2,600 units across several iconic brands, including Applebee's, Taco Bell, Panera, Arby's, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Planet Fitness. This massive scale and diversity in operations are unparalleled in the industry.The Flynn Group's emphasis on operational excellence is reflected in their numerous accolades, such as being named Pizza Hut's Franchisee of the Year and Applebee's Franchisee of the Year multiple times. Achieving these recognitions, especially as the largest franchisee, underscores their commitment to high standards and quality management.The Flynn Group's strategic pivot into the fitness industry with Planet Fitness is a notable diversification move. This expansion beyond traditional restaurant operations into adjacent consumer-facing businesses showcases Flynn's innovative approach and adaptability in identifying and capitalizing on new market opportunities. Greg jokes about the Flynn Group's expansion into Planet Fitness as "vertical integration" – feeding customers at their restaurants and then slimming them down at their gyms.The unique aspects of Flynn Properties illustrate Greg exceptional ability to diversify, innovate, and adapt in the dynamic fields of real estate and hospitality.Greg offers a golden nugget of advice for aspiring operators and franchisees, “be an operator” first and foremost. In a highly competitive industry, excellence in hospitality trumps all. He emphasizes that it's not about the finance or buying assets but about being exceptionally good at running the operations. His perspective underscores that even with perfect timing and other strategies in place, the core of success lies in mastering the day-to-day operations and delivering unparalleled service. This advice from a proven industry leader highlights the essential focus on operational excellence as the key to thriving in the hospitality sector.Savor the flavor of engaging segments like "What's Hot and Not," a Quickfire Round that's sure to add some zest, and the pièce de résistance, Trivia Tuesday.

Fransmart is a global leader in franchise development. For over 20 years, they've excelled at turning emerging concepts into national and global brands. Led by company founder Dan Rowe, Fransmart is known throughout the franchising community for spotting and growing brands like Five Guys Burgers & Fries and Qdoba Mexican Grill, from single unit businesses to the powerhouse chains they are today. Fransmart has built restaurants in all of the top 150 media markets in North America. Fransmart's success stories include Five Guys, Qdoba Mexican Grill and Halal Guys – a franchise that started from a success food cart in New York City. Today, Halal Guys is the most successful Middle Eastern restaurant in America. Dan's success stems from his knowledge of each market and the potential franchisees in each market. With that knowledge, he can often predict whether a restaurant will find franchisees and be successful. The biggest mistake a lot of franchisees make is picking the wrong brand to invest in. Another mistake franchisees make is not following the system put in place by the brand they're investing in.  QUOTES “A good franchisee wants to follow somebody else's system. A bad franchisee buys a franchise and tries to do everything different.” (Dan)  “In every market, we know where the best operators are, we know where the best intersections are, where the best projects are, the best architects, contractors, food distributors, so we just sort of developed this knack for understanding the best way to do everything in these markets.” (Dan) “I want to be relentless about getting the right site (for a new restaurant). For any concept, there's 10 or 15 or 20 potential sites. But there's really only three or four first sites. You have to be very careful when you're building a brand in a brand new market. There's something very strategic about using real estate and real estate's role in marketing.” (Dan) “You have to be really good at knowing exactly where your bullseye's are and coming up with some logic around what order you should be growing.” (Dan) “You have staff for the sales you want and you have to staff for the company you're trying to build.” (Dan) “I've never seen a concept that I can't figure out how to drive sales and lower costs.” (Dan)  TRANSCRIPT 00:00.00vigorbrandingHello if you’re a restaurant looking to become an an international restaurant chain or if you’re um, you know I’m gonna start over I’m sorry it’s kind of fumble that all just yeah, hello if you’re a restaurant looking to become an international restaurant chain or if you’re an entrepreneur who wants to own a franchise today’s episode is for you. My guest is Dan Rowe he’s the Ceo and founder of fransmart and he takes emerging restaurant concepts and turns them into national and international franchises. He’s been called the chainmakerr and we’re gonna talk to him today about his process. Dan. Thank you so much for joining us. 00:32.74dan_fransmart_comUm, yeah, thanks, thanks for having me. 00:36.52vigorbrandingWell let’s just jump right in. Let’s start with Fransmart tell me a little bit about it How you started maybe a little bit about your history and where you got your start. 00:44.96dan_fransmart_comsure sure I I started washing dishes and cooking got into technology if id never went to college so barelegged out of high school. So I but I was lucky enough when I was like nineteen eighteen and a half nineteen for about 5 years I got into technology. Worked for a guy that grew software companies made some money and what do I do go right back in the restaurant business I bought a franchise of a bagel bakery and it was a 6 unit bagel chain in Washington d c I lived in California the idea originally was to bring the franchise to California ah, because there’s no bagel shops near me. And I went into business with a buddy mine and his wife and they wanted to move to Denver so we opened up our first franchise in Denver I had negotiated a deal I said hey if we’re successful with this I want to also do your franchising and because I’m proving you outside of Dc where all your stores are. We were very successful and I was 23 I think he was 25 enty five or 26 and we were more successful than most of the stores that they had in Dc so we did their franchise development and we grew them from 6 stores to around 200 in about 4 years sold the company. 01:51.64vigorbrandingWow. 01:57.90dan_fransmart_com1 of my shops in Denver was across from the first Chipotle we tried to get him to franchise. He wasn’t interest in he did just fine without us but somebody who copied him was ah Kudoba Kudoba mexican so we approached Kudoba we got involved with Kedoba when they were only open a couple months. 01:59.35vigorbrandingI. 02:13.86dan_fransmart_comHelped him put together the whole franchise program grew that to think about 100 open and few hundred in development sold that to Jack in the box and at that point I had grown 2 companies at a time as individual, you know, like 2 different companies at a time under 2 different companies. And then I said it was 2000. Everything was a.com back then and I said you know what I’m going to I’m going to start a new company instead of growing one brand at a time I’m going to grow a portfolio at a time so we started fransmart. 02:45.15vigorbrandingThat’s brilliant Now you know, ah and talking with you I’ve learned a couple things number one I did 2 work in the restaurant first and I believe wholeheartedly that everyone should start out working a restaurant. You’ve got to take orders. You’ve got to get things Done. You have to execute you have to talk to people by and large. You have to get to know how to handle problems I mean there’s a whole lot of education that happens in a restaurant doesn’t it. The other thing I It’s very humbling. Ah, that’s right, That’s absolutely right? The other thing I will say is I also did not. 03:04.41dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah, yeah, it’s It’s also humiliating and it’s humbling and it’s ah it’s good. It’s good to see why you should treat people better. 03:17.44vigorbrandingGo to college I I was a creative guy so I just like thought well hell I’m really smart at doing these big ideas and creating stuff I don’t need to go school so I didn’t and you know at the end of the day. It’s it’s kind of funny because 1 time my daughter was asked in school like hey do your parents ever have any sayings you know like you know what? what are they known for saying and. 03:23.23dan_fransmart_comYeah. 03:34.41vigorbrandingMy my daughter raised your hands and my dad said C students run the world so that was me I was just like yeah an underachiever. But just I worked really hard. So anyway, um so look with frasmar. Essentially you take this guesswork out of franchising right? You’re connecting entrepreneurs. 03:36.80dan_fransmart_comYeah. 03:51.90vigorbrandingAh, the one to get into the restaurant ownership business with emerging restaurants and I mean so you’re’re, you’re finding great ideas or you have these great ideas. You’re finding people that that are business people and maybe good operators but also teaching them how to operate um you know So what? at the end of the day. What makes a good franchisee. 04:05.99dan_fransmart_comA good franchisee wants to follow somebody else’s system a bad franchisee buys a franchise and then tries to do everything different or or argues with the the company. But yeah I mean franspart’s main business were franchise development company. We have big picture vision. So like with 5 guys. You know we didn’t invent burgers. We just saw a micro niche of you know, fresh burgers and nobody really owned that segment we saw burger King Wendy’s Mcdonald’s but nobody was really doing high quality. Um chefy food and. So 5 guys was in Dc they were near us. They won these awards all the time for best burgers. They had a really really good hamburger. It was more expensive than the other guys. Whatever but they had 4 units and I just said you know what? I’ve already grown you know mexican chain a bagel chain all across the country There’s nobody else doing this in any other market around the country and so our playbook is basically become we. We’ve built restaurants and all the top hundred and fifty biggest media markets in North america so New York’s the biggest something around Savannah Georgia or something like that is somewhere around one fifty 05:12.95vigorbrandingMe. 05:20.00dan_fransmart_comAnd in in every market we know who the best operators are we know where the best intersections are the best projects are the best architects contractors food distributors and so we’ve just sort of developed this knack for understanding the best known way to do everything in every one of these markets and so yeah, we did it with 5 guys. We. You know, wound up growing those guys I think we grew them from 6 4 4 locations to about 100 open a few hundred in development we sold. They’re like 2000 stores. Um, we did with halal guys. So here’s another thing like my premise was gosh. There’s a billion and a half muslims in the world. And when I go to Chipotle or Starbucks I’d ask my wife like do you know any muslim actors or singers or apparel companies or tech companies or car companies or food brands. There’s a no no no no no I’m like well wait a minute There’s a the biggest demographic population in the world and there’s no brand. 06:10.71vigorbrandingA. 06:16.28dan_fransmart_comAnd so and we were opening american brands over in the Middle East and so you know most of our franchisees are super wealthy. Many of them are royal family and the first night they gee whiz you with their homes and just the way that they live. Second day they’re like what do you want to do and I said I want to go get street food and they would take you to some of this amazing amazing middle eastern street food and I tell myself I’m like somebody’s going to figure out how to build a brand out of this and so we did with the halal guys. Ah, we hal. All guys was a cart in New York City for 25 years They had 3 carts in the city. Not even a food truck just a cart but they made really good kind of chicken or gyro over rice with this white sauce and. 06:47.34vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 07:00.43dan_fransmart_comAnd people stood in line for it and I’m like okay here we go so I found that same thing same playbook biggest 150 media markets. Best franchise operators you know exactly where to put them so anyone I mean sometimes these locations anybody could succeed there. 07:16.49vigorbrandingYeah. 07:16.65dan_fransmart_comBut that’s part of the hack. That’s part of the hack is is going into these markets and we’d pick great operators I remember the the 2 corporate stores that we built in New York City both did like ridiculous volume like 2 times what a 5 guys in the same location would do because we picked the right site. 07:34.20vigorbrandingHe. 07:36.18dan_fransmart_comThe first franchisee in Chicago opened up to like $80000 a week or some weird number the first California in first the first California store that we opened up clear across the country did over 100 grand it’s first week in sales. So. 07:48.67vigorbrandingWell. 07:51.51dan_fransmart_comYou take a good concept you package it right? and then you just have to build the right teams that can handle the volume pick the right locations and but that’s our playbook. We just keep doing it over and over. 08:01.41vigorbrandingThat’s fantastic That makes it mean it’s awesome and so like I have to ask like so the Halal guys I mean I’ve eaten it I mean I know know the carts I know that I know the whole deal Did you just like walk up there one day and say hey guys I’d like to talk to you about an idea I have. 08:12.41dan_fransmart_comSo they didn’t even have a website they didn’t have a website. They didn’t have a social media page. They had a fan page So a fan had created what I thought was the website. It wasn’t a website it was called. 08:21.50vigorbrandingScott. 08:26.38dan_fransmart_comFifty third and 6 are dot com or whatever it was but it was a fan page and I so and I basically emailed and they said hey I’ve done this and this and this and this and I want to do middle eastern and the guy’s like hey ah I don’t actually own it I’m just creating a fan page because I love these guys I’m like can you introduce me to them and they introduce me to him. 08:42.85vigorbrandingWow. 08:46.36dan_fransmart_comBut it was funny I’ll never forget when I went to go meet him I’m like hey I’m the guy that did 5 guys in qdoba and they’re like what’s that like they don’t know these were super religious muslim. They come to America looking for the american dream I mean. 08:53.20vigorbrandingYeah, yeah, yeah, so yeah. 09:01.88dan_fransmart_comAwesome founders, amazing! Beautiful people, great people. They came to America look they all had advanced degrees came here looking to the american dream and America basically shut the door and they started off driving cabs and they just you know, kind of worked really hard and then they opened a street cart. Was originally a hot dog cart that that they converted to halal food and they would use it as a way to sort of give people jobs like bring family members and friends over here and give them jobs and they had a couple of these carts but it’s like in the beginning when I was first trying to tell them. Oh I’ve got this big vision I want to go do all this stuff. 09:25.29vigorbrandingMay he. 09:36.38vigorbrandingYeah. 09:36.82dan_fransmart_comThey’re like what are you talking about and you know because they they just weren’t they didn’t realize they didn’t see what I saw and they and they were not taken at all with my background they could care less. Yeah. 09:44.63vigorbrandingWell, and yeah, they they had to start with they start with probably nothing right? So to get the cart and be able to get a corner probably was like they felt like they had they’d achieved a you know a lot which they had but they had no idea with with the capacity of that you could bring them like in in the locations and everything. 09:57.46dan_fransmart_comNo no and and and they didn’t care they frankly they said we don’t want to open what they didn’t want to do was be embarrassed, be ashamed. They’re like very prideful of what they do. It’s funny when you talk to the owners. They still talk about they could talk for. 10:03.10vigorbrandingWow. 10:15.46dan_fransmart_com10 minutes just about this plate of food and how to make that plate of food perfect and it’s like that’s why they have those long lines right? So like a guy like me I’m not the reason that they’re successful. They’re successful because they care about that plate of food tasting the way it tastes. 10:15.96vigorbrandingHe. Yeah. 10:30.31dan_fransmart_comYou know my job is not to screw it up but that it took a year from the time I first met him to the time that they finally said let’s go and it was mainly me convincing them that I wasn’t going to screw it up like this is a way that they’re feeding their family. They’re very proud of what they built and even though they didn’t have social media or whatever everybody knew what it was it was just 10:39.27vigorbrandingMy home. 10:49.71dan_fransmart_comThere’s 8000000 carts in the city and 3 of them have long long like absurdly long lines and they just didn’t want me to screw that up. So yeah. 10:55.79vigorbrandingUm, so I mean for us I mean you know we we do marketing and advertising so we focus on the restaurant segment with vigor and like they they took off is it because I kind of think it might be but. Because of the long lines in New York because of the word of mouth. Do you think it was just one of those things once they start getting locations people just kind of knew of it already because they had been exposed to it from the street or or is it like a lot of word of mouth or how do you think the explosion happened. 11:17.40dan_fransmart_comUm, well well yeah I mean well to take a step back a million people tried to knock him off none of them have none of a have a million people when this thing started to fly everybody who’s put the word halal. 11:26.40vigorbrandingHe wow. 11:35.29dan_fransmart_comOn their cart in their storefront or whatever when when I started franchising this. There was all these metoo copycats. None of them are around and it’s because they’re not authentic and they didn’t do the right thing but no, it took off what I did is the way I marketed it to people outside of New York was funny. The first few franchisees. 11:36.52vigorbrandingYep. 11:42.10vigorbrandingWow. 11:53.96vigorbrandingIn here. 11:54.63dan_fransmart_comKnew it from New York like when they would come to New York they would go there and so like my Chicago franchisee my vegas franchise or my um southern cow in my Houston franchisees even my Dc franchisee they they every time they went up to New York they went there so the minute that they found out we were franchising they they bought it. Everybody else? What? what? What would happen is we would just market pictures of the line so initially it was lines of the cart and so people would be like what is roe babbling on about and it’s like this long line would at least stop them to get them to look you know at the next line or at the next page. 12:17.41vigorbrandingHere here. 12:31.38dan_fransmart_comAnd then as soon as the first couple stores opened this the Southern California store doing 100 grandits first week that line looked like ah I mean it was Quarter mile long and so like even the news was taking pictures of it. So all I did is reposted what the news because. 12:41.45vigorbrandingA. 12:48.90vigorbrandingSure no doubt. 12:49.70dan_fransmart_comYou know it’s also a credibility technique. It’s like if I if I post a long long line people like yeah if the news posts it. It seems more credible. So yeah, we we just. In the beginning we would we kind of did that I didn’t want to explain with a lot of words what the concept was or what I thought it could be I just wanted to show long lines and then that would get people to come see it. Try it eat it and then you meet the owners and you just know like this this we had. 13:12.92vigorbrandingYeah, it’s authentic. 13:16.35dan_fransmart_comAlmost everybody who came in for Discovery day wanted a franchise but they wouldn’t approve him. They were very picky about who they let in I mean it’s funny. We had a guy that came in and the minute that they that they gave in the indication they weren’t going to run the place right? or hire the right team out like they would even get up and leave the meeting and um. 13:28.82vigorbrandingE well. 13:35.74dan_fransmart_comAnd then we even had a guy come in I’ll never forget it. He goes does the meat really have to be halal does it have to be halal because halal food’s more expensive and and I’ll never forget it like we’re all looking at each other like did he just say that and he did and it’s like meeting was over guy flew clear across the country for the meeting and within 8 minutes the meeting was over. 13:43.57vigorbrandingYeah. He had done. 13:55.41dan_fransmart_comAnd so yeah, it was but it’s a funny story but it’s’s ah I mean it’s such a great concept. It’s just a great concept. You think about billion and a half people no brands. It’s really the largest I mean certainly the largest restaurant chain MiddleEastern restaurant chain in North America 14:00.40vigorbrandingGood. 14:12.54vigorbrandingYeah. 14:12.74dan_fransmart_comBut now we’re open in London we’re open in Korea we’re open. You know we’re we’re we’re growing. So my goal with that and you know also when I started I’ll never forget when I first started growing the company. We got an interview with 1 of the big New York papers and I said this is going to and we only had carts and in. I said this is Goingnna be the biggest middle eastern brand in the world. The biggest muslim brand the biggest halal brand blah bla blah bla blah and the lady was laughing on the phone and I’m like what are you laughing about she was Dan They have carts and I’m like I know but I see something bigger so I’m not always right? But in halauge’s case I was. 14:35.62vigorbrandingIn. 14:43.11vigorbrandingYep, that’s fantastic. Well I love your line I’ve heard you say it many times that you let people vote people vote with their wallets right? So you followed the line that’s bright I mean ah and your marketing was smart too I mean using the the news and all that and showing the lines I mean that’s the proof and that’s ah. 14:50.15dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah, yeah. 15:00.48vigorbrandingThat’s masterful marketing and so that that brings me to sort of another question because it’s really an interesting ah like I’m really interested in what you do I mean you find these great products and these great brands you you look at the lines you say?? Okay, this is. There’s ah, there’s some white space in the ah in this in the restaurant world for this. This can be the next big thing. But then there’s also ah you need to know a fair amount about real estate right? There’s certain you just said. There’s some real estate that you could put anything in there I’m sure that’s not true, but probably any of your products you could put in there and they’d be successful. But then there’s also the the franchisees people want to own a restaurant or maybe Master franchise. These folks that have like a. You know they have a serious office and they own a bunch of different brands in some cases talk about like the whole thing coming together that whole thing coming together. Well just you have these the master franchisees right? So you got to find them then there’s the the actual then there’s the real estate part right. 15:37.93dan_fransmart_comYeah. Wait wait which part. Um, yeah, yeah, oh um, yeah, so for me I always start with the end in mind I I see a chain for what it can be 10 years down the road and that in that tells me the. 15:52.73vigorbrandingAnd then there’s also sort of the restaurant part. How does that all work together. 16:07.16dan_fransmart_comYou know the 150 biggest markets in North America US and canada canada most of the canadian markets behave like us. So I always talk about North America but um and then certain international markets like we’ve sold tons and tons and tons of deals internationally so like I already know where this is going to go. 16:22.24vigorbrandingA. 16:24.47dan_fransmart_comI Already know the franchisees in those markets and so I know which ones are going to like the brand and why and how I have to package or maybe I have to cook it a little longer before I show it to a certain guy like I already kind of know that whenever I take on a brand. The most important thing. 16:38.66vigorbrandingNate. 16:40.62dan_fransmart_comWhen I get a new brand because I’m getting them at a very early very early stage. They’re still hair on them. They’re still rough around the edges. They still don’t know what they don’t know 5 guys didn’t have pos systems for example, like the whole all guys didn’t have dead carts right? They didn’t have pos they they. 16:44.30vigorbrandingMe. 16:54.48vigorbrandingYeah, say they had carts. 16:58.36dan_fransmart_comYeah, so it’s like that’s okay, that’s okay, it’s like I know the other stuff but that and ironically like what I know is not um, as important is the fact that 5 guys had a line out the door or ha all guys had a line down the block like I can figure out how to build a system or manual. Way faster than I can ever figure out how to organically get a line down the road like that’s that’s a different level. So yeah, that is the magic but what I do is is it’s really interesting like when I I don’t leave anything to chance. No matter who I’m selling no matter what brand what market and who the franchisee is. 17:15.21vigorbrandingRight? That’s the magic. 17:30.87dan_fransmart_comI I act like they’ve never been in this business before because I want to be relentless about getting the right site. So like here I’m in Scottsdale right in Phoenix Arizona there’s for any concept. There’s 10 or 15 or 20 potential sites. But there’s really only 3 or 4 first sites. 17:36.65vigorbrandingYeah, he. 17:48.15dan_fransmart_comLike yeah to be very careful when you’re building a brand in a brand New Market is like there’s something very strategic about using real estate in real estate’s role in marketing and real estate’s role in branding and so you have to be really good of knowing exactly where your bull’s-eyes are and coming up with some logic around. 17:56.12vigorbrandingA. 18:07.15dan_fransmart_comWhat kind of order you should be growing and so we’re that kind of pedantic even about real estate. It’s not just about hey I need a twelve hundred foot space or fifteen hundred foot space like no, no, no there’s so much more to it and then once you have the right spot you have to make sure that your unit economics hit. So that that’s the thing is like you can’t you can’t go into a spot and then have cost overruns or you can’t have what you know it needs the cost. What everyone thought it was going to cost to open it needs to open above. Whatever sales everybody was thinking originally it needs to hit profitability faster because there’s all these weird things in people’s minds that like even if it’s a great site and for some reason it gets off to a slow start all of a sudden people like oops not going like plan. And psychological psychological. Ah they’ll start making dumb decisions. They’ll start cutting people cutting marketing cutting problems like wait a minute and so we we assume all that stuff’s going to happen so we’re relentless about how we pick real estate how we market how we build the team I always say you got a staff for the sales you want. And you have to staff for the company you’re trying to build. We never sell mom and pop franchises ones e toosey’s we sell territories and so whenever we’re selling like a halal guys. For example, the California franchisee opened with a director of operations from Panera. 19:11.99vigorbrandingHere. 19:25.37dan_fransmart_comAh, director of operations from Chipotle and I think a director of culinary from one of those 2 concepts too. Plus the manager plus the owners were there well, that’s also why that first store in California self-funded 7 more is because you you know you basically open up with the the team’s bandwidth could easily handle. 19:32.00vigorbrandingWell. 19:37.32vigorbrandingAre here. 19:45.32dan_fransmart_comThe kind of sales I think it was doing over three million a year and so you you have to sta for that if you if you open up doing you know $5000000 run rate with a million dollar team your sales go down. They never come back up and so like all of that little stuff. It’s like Dan you’re just the sales guy. It’s like mm. 19:46.10vigorbrandingWow. 19:55.19vigorbrandingAnd he. 20:02.92dan_fransmart_comI I sell a lot of franchises not because I’m good at sales I sell a lot of franchises because I make the brand sell themselves So all the things we talk about are kind of how do we get the brands to sell themselves the best the best marketing tool Any brand would ever have selling a franchise is the existing franchisees and so. 20:07.58vigorbrandingMan. 20:19.58vigorbrandingYeah. 20:22.35dan_fransmart_comYou have to make those franchisees So successful. So happy so referenceable that even when you’re not, they’re trying to orchestrate just the right reference even if they just run into somebody what they’re saying sells your franchise. 20:34.20vigorbrandingSure I mean it’s the experience the the customers get the franchisees get everybody. It’s got to be. You know everyone’s a customer at that point right? You know they’re selling the the actual brands to to new franchisees. So that’s. I mean that’s ah, that’s a really really great point. So what is the biggest mistake you see like franchisees making like when they you know they’re first coming to you. 20:57.35dan_fransmart_comUm, Fran when a franchisee ah picking the wrong brand like if they pick I mean I if they pick the wrong brand if they don’t staff the right way like everybody think about why somebody wants a franchise in the first place. The only reason to own a franchise is to get wealthy like there otherwise. 21:00.70vigorbrandingMan. 21:15.40dan_fransmart_comIt’s not worth the risk like you’re risking capital you’re risking an Sba loan or A Loan you’re risking signing a lease now you’re on the hook for that lease for years. The liability, the cash outlay the liabilities and the contingent liabilities those are real costs. The only reason to do that is because you’re trying to get to a completely different level in life and so now the question is what’s the right vehicle to get there. So what’s the thing that that’s going to make so much profit that I want to keep doing it and how do I do it and so the mistake a lot of people make is they’ll pick the wrong brand. 21:45.53vigorbrandingUm. 21:49.50dan_fransmart_comSo they want to get to never never land. They just pick on the wrong the wrong brand to get there when they buy a territory so somebody that wants to own 5 or 10 or 20 units when they open up their first store and they open up with a skeleton crew. You know we all have we have so much turnover in the restaurant business. You open up a store. 22:03.81vigorbrandingSure. 22:07.62dan_fransmart_comWith the skeleton crew and you even just have normal attrition. You’re constantly in a hole right? So you have to staff for the volume you want you have to staff for the company you’re trying to build that has to include redundancy has to include turnover so a franchisee who thinks a franchise only costs 300 grand to open. 22:09.63vigorbrandingHe. 22:27.40dan_fransmart_comIt’s like yeah but you need another 100000 in these extra soft costs to basically get to the point you know to get to this point and so it’s people not really thinking that through or at the first sign of things didn’t go like I thought. They start cutting. They abandon the big picture and they go start focusing internally and what happens is you start managing that business down so that’s the biggest mistake and then another big mistake is people just not following the systems like I interview from my podcast. All these franchisees of other brands I’m like tell me the difference between you and the. 22:46.60vigorbrandingAnd. 22:59.60dan_fransmart_comI Mean you like you’re one of the most successful franchisees and whatever the brand is I’m interviewing the guy for like what’s the difference between you and someone who struggles with the same brand almost to a T they go. We just follow the system and I said whenever you buy a struggling franchisee stores. How do you make them successful. 23:10.22vigorbrandingA. 23:17.45dan_fransmart_comGo back and follow the systems just execute like people are buying 5 guys because they want that burger those fries to taste exactly like they think they don’t want chicken sandwich. They’re not there to get you know salad or whatever they want that like just go back to making that. That’s all you got to do and it’s people overthink it and it’s like. 23:17.80vigorbrandingLeave you. 23:31.72vigorbrandingInconsistency. Yeah. 23:37.53dan_fransmart_comThat’s all you got to do if you’re buying a jack on the box at Mcdonald’s if you’re buying you know a Jiffy Lube right it’s like whatever it is. It’s like people are going to that brand because they want that experience all you have to do is give give it that give that to them. 23:51.50vigorbrandingYeah, well I mean we always say like in in marketing what we do. We always say ah the definition of a brand is brand is a promise and you know in the case with the restaurants I mean if I go to 5 guys no matter which one I go to I want I want them to basically promise me and give me that same thing I want that same product I don’t want it to vary from place to place. So. 24:03.60dan_fransmart_comYeah. 24:08.98vigorbrandingI think that’s amazing. Do you find yourself because I have to think this is is somewhat the case because you find these I’ll say these raw concepts these great concepts whether it’s halal guys or 5 guys or or probably Qdoba when you start with them I mean you’ve you’ve launched them. Are you bringing? you always talk about a playbook. Are you bringing that playbook to them. Are you kind of saying. Yeah, this is great here’s how we operationalize this thing. Do you find yourself really kind of setting up the operations a lot I figured. 24:32.20dan_fransmart_comUm, almost always so not not I mean not only setting maybe some sometimes it’s just tweaking right or giving them some best known tool we have because some people in me actually have really good systems for. 24:37.50vigorbrandingE e. 24:47.70dan_fransmart_comThere are 1 or 2 or 3 stores that the owners are constantly there and even if they don’t have a written system. They kind of all know how each other thinks and you know all that stuff. So there’s there’s really just technique about the best known way to do everything I mean marketing staffing operations time and motion studies like everything you can think of. 25:06.70vigorbrandingMe. 25:06.79dan_fransmart_comLike we have a tool in our toolbox for it and those tools keep getting changed. They keep getting retrofitted because think about marketing twenty years ago versus marketing today or tech the tech stack like there wasn’t even a tech stack twenty years ago so it’s like you have to keep evolving but our ecosystem in the restaurant business. 25:14.36vigorbrandingSure right. 25:25.52dan_fransmart_comIsn’t only every restaurant brand I’ve ever worked with I’m on the board of the national restaurant association. So there’s not really a Ceo I don’t know there’s not a big franchisee of any brand that I don’t know um I’m I’m ah oh and then kitchen fund. So we have a fund a kitchen fund. 25:29.85vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 25:39.51vigorbrandingThe. 25:42.51dan_fransmart_comWe were early investors in like sweet green and Kava and you know all kinds of different brands. So like our ecosystem’s pretty good and pretty valuable like we have a lot of really successful successful access in our in our ecosystem to always getting the best answer and so if there’s something coming up or something my brands are dealing with. Like I just go find 2 or 3 people that I know are just knocking it out of the park and you know we sort of get those answers and then we weave that back into our brand so it’s it’s a little bit of cheating. But. 26:14.52vigorbrandingUm, you know? yeah. 26:14.64dan_fransmart_comYeah, it’s something that we’re able to do you and I are on ypo together. There’s like most of the most successful franchisors and franchisees are in ypo and if you reach out to ah I mean I always say success leaves clues like if you’re trying to get a better answer like most people are pretty generous with their time like as long as you’re not overtly. 26:29.76vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 26:34.18dan_fransmart_comCompeting with them or annoying them. They’ll kind of help they’ll they’ll kind of help you figure that out. but but yeah but back to what the stuff we bring to the table is I think I liken it to a chain that goes around your neck like every link in the chain it takes to open a restaurant and operate a restaurant. Every link in a chain. It takes to what do I have to buy when do I have to buy it. What’s supposed to cost every link in the chain we feel like we have the best known chain with the best known links and so any brand that we take on who’s used to only having 1 or 2 or 5 or 9 or whatever it is like we’ll just have. 26:57.48vigorbrandingMe here a hint. 27:09.24dan_fransmart_comAll these links in the chain were like you know like some of the things they they may say no I’ve already got that I don’t need that but most often they they want help with that and then I’ve never seen a concept that I can’t figure out how to drive sales and lower costs like ah like drive drive sales I was on a call earlier today with a brand that that we’re looking at. 27:21.38vigorbrandingA. 27:28.90dan_fransmart_comBut it’s like you know it’s some of the stuff. It’s sort of like you and marketing like you could conversationally talk about marketing of stuff That’s just second nature to you to someone who’s not a marketing expert and they think you ah are you know a guru and it’s like I’m not really a guru I’ve just had we just have so many of these conversations. 27:38.24vigorbrandingRight mean he. 27:48.31dan_fransmart_comAnd we’re constantly trying to figure out how how who’s doing something better than everyone else. So we’re constantly having this conversation about the best known way So when these conversations come up. We’re able to just rattle them all up and it’s not. You know it’s just nature of our business. 27:52.40vigorbrandingMe. 28:03.61vigorbrandingYeah, and just we got to be refined, always refining so like I’m interested tonight. So someone called you and and I know you probably can’t say which I totally respect. But you’re looking at something I mean is it somebody that says hey I’ve got two like stores and I really think I have something here that could be. 28:12.14dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah. 28:19.50vigorbrandingThe next big thing the next 5 guys. Ah or is it stuff that like you might have stumbled on to something or heard about something I mean how does that? How do how do they come to you or how does that work. 28:28.61dan_fransmart_comOh ah, well well those are 2 2 different things the way we get brands half the time they’re coming to us or someone will refer someone or someone says hey have you checked this out the other time we know what we’re looking for like we know what we’re looking for and we. We go after the best known players and whatever the market is so I’m I’m on this whole latin kick that nobody nobody’s done anything new in latin since Chipotle and they’re not even latin and so they’re as wide as I am and so we’re on this whole kick I met pitbull the rapper. 28:43.28vigorbrandingGot you? he. 28:59.86dan_fransmart_comAnd he’s like how come no Mexican chains are owned by Mexicans and how come no latins own the big Latino restaurant brands I’m like let’s fix that because probably because they might have like some of the best tacos or its best best restaurants you’ve ever been or in the hands of authentic latinos. 29:00.16vigorbrandingUm, he. 29:14.88vigorbrandingRight? Bum pop. 29:17.96dan_fransmart_comWhy haven’t they figured out how to build chains like I don’t know. Maybe it’s capital. Maybe it’s confidence. Maybe it’s know-how it’s like well we have plenty of all those. So now we’re targeting Latinos like pitbull and I are targeting Latinos with really good concepts we’re given a. 29:24.24vigorbrandingHe he. 29:33.10dan_fransmart_comEverything that both of us know think about his ecosystem like we’re giving him everything that we know to make to drive um success around that brand So we’re actually going to and we want to get wealthy helping Latinos get wealthy right? So that’s. 29:34.50vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 29:47.57vigorbrandingThat’s fantastic. 29:48.95dan_fransmart_comThat’s like but that that was one of these things where as soon as he and I came up with this I’m like okay now I got to go find a really great brand and in that case, what I did is I went to Us foods the biggest supplier in the country or one of the biggest suppliers in the country said here’s what pit bull and I are looking for who do you know. And all of a sudden they’re like this brand in Chicago we think is the next thing could be the next chipotle blah blah blah blah blah fly out to Chicago and it like you are right right? So that that goes from you know, somebody a Us foods we we told us foods like I told 90 people what I’m looking for us foods. Basically you know. Said here’s we have a lot of latin brands here’s one that’s a standout and you think about that too is like like us foods has something to gain too because now they have a client that goes from I think it was 8 stores when we got there now. It’s 13 with 6 or 8 new territories around the country. Now. They’re going to have instead of a 8 unit brand they’re going to wind up having a 500 unit customer you know and it was because they basically brought it up to us. 30:49.54vigorbrandingThat’s awesome. So do you think a latino brand. Do you think that’s going to be Franz Mars Next big big thing in the portfolio or you have something else cooking or what? what do you think the next big big thing is. 30:57.31dan_fransmart_comWe we? Yeah, we have a few brands that are doing record numbers like this this latin brands called cilantro it’s growing faster for me so far than 5 guys did like our first several months is growing faster. 31:06.43vigorbrandingI Love the name. 31:11.34dan_fransmart_comAnd it’s growing every franchisee is a franchisee of another brand and so they all have experience. They all know what they’re doing. They have capital but they also have a perspective of why they like this brand better than what they’re doing and so um, it’s interesting. Keep an eye on cilantra. That’s gonna be a fun one and then we’re. 31:25.93vigorbrandingAnd again I don’t know who does your naming but I love that I Love the name Slanic because I think that’s so approachable yet It’s intriguing. You know. 31:33.69dan_fransmart_comYeah, but it’s it’s like Chipotle right? So it’s like cilantro and and ah but it’s I mean it’s a real authentic story because I’m like the world doesn’t need another chipotle another mexican created by a white guy like they need. It should be like so our tagline or our. 31:43.75vigorbrandingE. 31:49.14dan_fransmart_comPositioning is the next big thing in Mexican is actually really mexican and so this is a family that kind of you know snuck into the country and like so many do and started off ah humbly through life in America you know like the halal guys. 31:50.94vigorbrandingShe. 31:56.48vigorbrandingHe. 32:06.56dan_fransmart_comAh, yeah, but they you know they came across and they they literally started opened up a restaurant to make a living to feed people to make a living turned out that what they were serving and it was latin for latinos so they started off their whole career is making this amazing. So think about how tough that customer is it’s not Latin Latino for gringos. 32:18.00vigorbrandingBriefly. 32:25.61vigorbrandingWe hear. 32:25.73dan_fransmart_comThis is latino for latinos and it was a standout brand that was doing crazy numbers and then all of a sudden they had opened 2 locations. They took over a failed baha fresh and it’s doing crazy numbers. They took over a failed chipotle right? That’s America’s darling is chipotle. 32:41.70vigorbrandingUm, right. 32:44.30dan_fransmart_comWhere Chipotle couldn’t succeed in this area of Chicago they’re packed. They’re busy and so you’re like wait a minute latino for latinos yeah, people like it and I’m like this thing’s going to be a monster and that’s why like I think we had 6 or 8 people come look at it all 6 or 8 of them are our franchisees now. 32:47.27vigorbrandingYeah, and again so it’s it’s quality. Yeah. 33:01.87dan_fransmart_comSo they’re all buying the franchise but that and then the other thing I’m excited about we got approach and beginning a covid if you you remember when Covid first happened the government was scrambling every day with new rules and regulations and restaurants had to close or could only open every other seat or had to do dividers Whatever was driving the industry crazy. 33:02.11vigorbrandingThat’s awesome. 33:20.40dan_fransmart_comAnd I had a franchise lawyer that said hey I’ve got this electronics Brand Would you take it on I’m like I don’t think so I don’t know anything about electronics Long story short. We took it on that thing’s growing faster than any brand I’ve ever grown. It’s way more successful than any restaurant has ever been. It’s called pay more pay more electronics. It’s. 33:35.64vigorbrandingThat’s great, very cool. 33:37.90dan_fransmart_comBuy sell trade new and used electronics and the irony is a lot of food guys are building it and then all of a sudden I run across um, a ah facial Studio Skincare Studio called Glow thirty. So it’s a small little and and I was approached by her. 33:40.57vigorbrandingShe. 33:53.68vigorbrandingYou know. 33:54.36dan_fransmart_comHer commercial broker her real estate broker. She goes hey would you ever do like a facial place I’m like I don’t know I’ve never even had a facial and I I talked to the lady and she said hey I want to be the orange theory of skin care I’m like I don’t know what that means and I’ve never been to orange theory and I’ve never had a facial but I. 34:06.19vigorbrandingAnd then. 34:13.40dan_fransmart_comAnd I saw the lady who was in Bethesda Maryland I looked on through my Linkedin I found somebody at orange theory and Bethesda and I said hey can I venmow you some money and you go check this place out and she said sure I’ve venmoed her some cash she went and checked it out. She looked up my background she goes I don’t know what your plan is with this brand but whatever it is I’m in. 34:30.79vigorbrandingYeah, yeah. 34:33.90dan_fransmart_comAnd so she actually left orange theory came to work for me. She’s the vice president of 4 us growing low 30 and this is skincare clinic that’s growing faster than I mean it’s just grown like crazy. So we’ve gone from being a restaurant franchise development company to a franchise development company and um. 34:50.48vigorbrandingThat’s awesome. 34:51.84dan_fransmart_comBut we keep looking for food like I’m I’m I’m ah I can’t offline I’ll tell you who, but it’s but we’re we’re working on a pretty pretty big project right now like I’m still I’m at the end of the day I like to feed people. There’s just something very rewarding about feeding somebody someone pays you for the food that you give them. 34:59.73vigorbrandingUm, yes, yeah. 35:11.33dan_fransmart_comAnd they say thank you and they come back and they bring friends like there’s just something instantly gratification gratify gratifying about about that. So like I’ll always be in the in the restaurant business but the restaurant industry is getting a little wakeup call because it’s from a business perspective. It’s hard. 35:12.11vigorbrandingYeah, he. 35:29.54dan_fransmart_comHarder to make money nowadays in restaurants which is why so many like at this places glow 30 like we just sold all of Arizona to a huge food franchisee Greg Flynn the biggest franchisee in the world is this starting to expand with nonfoo and and ah yeah. 35:39.47vigorbrandingUm, sure. Yeah, the the glow 30 thing look I’ll be very very honest I think it’s fantastic because I know that look feeding people makes you feel great. If you haven’t gotten a facial i. Absolutely recommend it I look I’m a father of daughters I’ll admit it I go every two months. It is the greatest thing on earth. So the fact that you are in the on the but the ground floor of a franchise for this brilliant I guarantee it will explode I mean I just ah, in fact I buy a bunch of the gift cards and I give them out to folks here in the office because I just think it’s like. 36:02.53dan_fransmart_comUm, yeah. 36:11.60dan_fransmart_comYeah, well I it will now I can’t now so glow 30 It’s one of these members. It’s a membership skincare which is another thing it’s sort of like memberships is the ultimate hack because you make money while you sleep. You basically make money whether people use. 36:11.71vigorbrandingAh, great hour of your life. You know? So if you if you haven’t done it. Do it. Ah perfect. Yeah yeah, right. 36:28.82dan_fransmart_comSomething or not when you have a membership think about fitness studios how many times you buy a membership and you don’t go and the fitness studio is happy. They’re happy because you’re not there so they wind up selling one hundred and fifty percent of capacity knowing that the third of the morons never show up. So um. 36:31.63vigorbrandingYep, yeah. 36:41.56vigorbrandingUm, that’s right. 36:44.97dan_fransmart_comBut that’s that’s sort of the membership model and it’s like man this thing you buy a membership and the ah but the irony here is people don’t not use it. So it’s ah every month the the facial changes right? So like in October it was like a pumpkin facialin. 36:52.97vigorbrandingAre a are. 36:59.45dan_fransmart_comJuly I think it was like lemoncello or whatever but every month it’s a different carefully curated facial and people don’t miss it. So it’s not like you just get a facial and no big deal I get one next week it’s people like no, it’s the end of the month they’re going to change this month into next month I don’t want to miss last month so the reason I still haven’t ever been to glow is every time I come in for discovery day. These guys are booked out three weeks in advance. So like if you said you wanted a franchise right now for glow the earliest I could book your discovery day is like three weeks because we want you to get a facial as part of your discovery day. It’s like yeah and so. 37:19.90vigorbrandingOh yeah, yeah yeah. 37:26.37vigorbrandingWow Yeah in the in the facial is the product’s holding it up right. 37:35.15dan_fransmart_comSo yeah, so it’s ah but it’s yeah, it’s funny, but but now I mean it’s franchising like we had. We is weird. We had a record year last year we we had more new franchise sales last year than ever the first quarter of this year doubled last year so like been doing this for 30 years and 37:48.56vigorbrandingA. 37:54.11dan_fransmart_comAnd that’s even food like I mean our food brands like cilantro we have. We have the largest fastest growing indian brand called curry up now. So there’s another one. There’s a billion and a half indians when you think about how many indians and pakistani eat what looks like to you and I indian food. It’s like no one’s ever built a brand. 37:54.65vigorbrandingUm, yeah. 38:11.40vigorbrandingUm, right. 38:12.55dan_fransmart_comAnd so we you know now we have 100 units in development for curry up now. We just sold London so that’s now international. So the London franchisee is the subway franchisee for for all of Uk. He actually bought all of Uk for curry up now. So yeah, we’re going we’re going nuts we got dessert franchises. We got. You know we we got really good things but I’m drawn to things that have really good numbers. So like I have a cookie franchise called smackery in New York City and no one. There’s no real number 2 to crumble and nobody I mean crumble just went like a monster I tried to get smackery 6 or 7 5 five five 38:38.32vigorbranding8 38:44.17vigorbrandingYeah, yeah. 38:50.41dan_fransmart_comYears ago before I ever saw crumble and I couldn’t even get him to call me back and then finally I knew someone who knew him and we made a deal about a year ago but there’s no number 2 to to crumble all the people that are trying to build cookie shops are all doing six hundred Grand seven hundred Grand a year this guy is. He’s in Eight hundred Square feet and I think he did two point three million dollars last year. So yeah, yeah, cookies 3 yeah so I mean ridiculous sales and and um, but he’s doing a difference. It was like well even in New York there’s a lot of other places that do under a million dollars why is he doing. 39:09.85vigorbrandingWow Cookies That’s fantastic. 39:27.26dan_fransmart_comMore than double what everyone else is doing. It’s like that’s what I look for so like I look for concepts that just do like haa guys. There’s a lot of people selling meat over rice with sauce in New York only 1 guy had a line down the block. So I got him it was smackerys only 1 guy is doing whatever. 39:33.77vigorbrandingNo. 39:39.46vigorbrandingYeah, that’s right. 39:46.65dan_fransmart_comThousand dollars a foot in sales. He’s $3000 a foot in sales or whatever he’s doing even in New York like by New York standards that’s still 2 times the sales per foot than any other chain does and it’s like well you know so there’s something about that which makes yeah which makes my life easy because I don’t have. 39:56.93vigorbrandingUm, there’s some there. Yeah. 40:02.94dan_fransmart_comYou know like I don’t have the guy that’s only doing 7 or eight hundred Grand a year in cookies I have the guy doing two point three million so makes my life a little bit easier. 40:06.62vigorbrandingYeah, very cool. Let’s let’s talk 1 more thing about that you’re’re you’re embarking on the podcast journey you’re gonna do smart franise you go talk a little bit about that. 40:16.50dan_fransmart_comSure so I started a franchise. It’s the first question I ask whenever I meet successful franchisees or franchisors I’m like what makes you successful. What are you doing? What do you know that I don’t or what you know why are you getting results that other people are getting and so. 40:31.22vigorbrandingIs. 40:33.95dan_fransmart_comStarted smart franchising with frans smart I just believe success leaves clues and I feel like people are willing to share and so my first guest on was the biggest franchisee in the world. Greg Flynn he owns 2700 something franchises all over the world. He’s now going I mean I think he’s targeting 5000 franchises. He’s going to go to some weird number and it’s like okay, well and I’d ask him right on the podcast What do you do different like why are you getting the results you’re getting why are you and without saying it I’m kind of like why are you better than everyone else or what are you doing that people can learn from. 41:06.64vigorbrandingMe here. 41:10.85dan_fransmart_comAnd surprisingly I mean he’s he’s obviously um, careful. Ah, but he gave some really good. Um, really good tidbits and then but like I had franchisees of 5 guys and and um, franchisee really successful franchisee from um, red robin. 41:27.74vigorbrandingHe sure. 41:29.52dan_fransmart_comRight? So casual dining is taking a beating right now. Well here’s a guy that’s doing double-digit sales increases and he’s still growing. So I’m like what thell are you doing that like Chilis can’t figure out in Fridays are closing restaurants and you’re building more restaurants you’re doing great. What are you doing and he’ll tell you he’ll tell you exactly as secrets as success. 41:38.98vigorbrandingSo in here. 41:44.92vigorbrandingYeah. 41:49.00dan_fransmart_comAh, 5 guys franchisees like why? Why do you have 80 stores. Why do you? This other guy had 17 another guy had 80 like what is it, you do different than everyone else they leave that and one I had 2 other guys on that are really really cool by bunch but 1 of them was Don Fox from Firehouse sold a sandwich shop right? You think there’s not room for another sandwich shop or he builds one he sells it for $1000000000 so it’s like how did you do it like what can what can my audience learn or Freddy’s like even after fiveges. Freddy is the burger and and milk shake company. 42:08.98vigorbrandingYou’re right. Shift a. 42:22.10dan_fransmart_comSame thing like you get his whole story and you get how he did it and they tell it in a way that tells you if you follow what they did. You’re going to have the same result and then 1 thing right now that I think is mystifying a lot of people is the restaurant tech stack people don’t understand restaurant marketing or the tech stack. Most. 42:31.42vigorbrandingMan. 42:38.63vigorbrandingPerformance. 42:41.80dan_fransmart_comMost people don’t get it I had a guy on that I think is the best and most brilliant in the space and he decoded the whole thing and not only decoded it I’m like give me the app to fix this. Give me the app to fix that if you were a franchisee. What are the first 3 things that you’d make sure that you did. 42:57.90vigorbrandingMe. 42:59.16dan_fransmart_comAnd he went into detail about everything and so it’s you know stuff that he charges a lot of money as a consultant. He’s giving it all away for free so smart franchising with Fransmar is really just that. It’s like what’s this. What’s the best known way to do everything um in a way that people can learn from. 43:15.69vigorbrandingYeah I mean it seems to me and I don’t know if you found this but I feel like there’s a lot of the same ingredients I mean it typically starts with a really good quality product I think people think a lot of times when there’s a franchise or whatever. It’s like you figure out ways to ah ah skip. And to save money and certainly have to run the operation but it’s usually a quality product. Um consistency. Ah great operations and then I go back to that sort of that brand promise like there’s a story. There’s there’s this great authenticity that that kind of exudes and and kind of you can carry from place to place. We just had. I just had betsy ham ah from duck donuts on and that that’s a franchise that kind of grew I mean yeah, did the world need another donut shop I mean you know Russ Degiio the the founder thought so and and a great story I mean was it he was at the outer banks ah always thought of like you know going and getting fresh donuts at the beach the jersey shore we are. Lots of places have you know, fresh. You know, homemade Duck. He didn’t he couldn’t find one so he thought he should start a donut place at the outer banks out in duck and that’s where that’s where it came from and it was like I mean you know puts this together and it’s this. Ah, it’s this great franchise. So I feel like a lot of these guys have ah just a great story. A passion. 44:17.76dan_fransmart_comYeah. 44:29.72vigorbrandingAnd it’s an authenticity that you know makes it makes it kind of ah ah, magnetic that other people want it and and want to grow from it. Yeah. 44:33.49dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah, yeah I agree but that I duck don’t I Love duck donuts and they’re delicious, but you think about it’s like well how did he create that it’s like because he created it like how did I do what I did because he did it. 44:43.90vigorbrandingYeah, yeah, that’s it. Yeah yeah, yeah, that’s right, you know execute That’s right, you know don’t be afraid to fail the whole thing I tell my I tell my daughters all the time I mean look I failed a lot. So. 44:49.77dan_fransmart_comIt’s like that’s the biggest thing is people sitting on the sidelines like you got to get going life is short. Yeah. 45:01.28dan_fransmart_comYeah, yeah. 45:01.81vigorbrandingThe C student guy Again, you know you you fail. You just go out there and you know hey look hopefully you get an a here bring that average up to a C but you know you’re allowed to fail you go out and try things and pivot and and keep going. It’s it’s exciting. So you said you start your podcast out with the same question I end mine with the same question. So I’m going to. 45:09.78dan_fransmart_comYeah. 45:17.85vigorbrandingI’m gonna ask this? Um I look forward to your answer, you’ve created a lot of restaurants you’ve built brands all over the the world. So your last meal one final meal. What would you eat where and why and there’s a disclosure you’re not going to assault any of your ah ah franchisees. You can just pick anything. So. 45:31.60dan_fransmart_comOh man, probably my last meal would be my last meal is going to be Italian and it’s probably going to be. 45:47.32dan_fransmart_comI don’t know got to think about this? um I wish you said it ahead of time but ah, but there’s a restaurant in New York City it’s my favorite in the world and it’s because the dad cooks the mom’s the hostess and the son’s the waiter. It’s called Sandros Sandros 46:04.57vigorbrandingSandros. Okay. 46:05.57dan_fransmart_comAnd it’s the best food I’ve ever had. It’s dinky teeny tiny but everything that comes out’s unbelievable. It’s the opposite of pretentious. It’s the ah I mean it’s just a neighborhood place that you could walk by a hundred times and never know it was there every time I go to New York I 46:13.37vigorbrandingE. 46:22.30vigorbrandingI I just wrote it down I’m in New York all the time. So I’m gonna I’m gonna try and fight is it in Manhattan it’s okay Sandros. 46:23.10dan_fransmart_comBlock time to go there. That’s probably my favorite meal of all places sandros. Yeah yeah, yeah in the upper East but it’s like it’s awesome. Food’s good. Price are reasonable. You know and you all and you go there and you feel like they appreciate that you’re there the whole the whole load but it was definitely my last meal of no matter where would be Italian like favorite food I could I mean I Just can’t get enough of that. So I Love it. But yeah, Thanks ma’am. 46:39.42vigorbrandingHe. Yeah, you go? Yeah hey I Appreciate you know I could talk to you for hours is fascinating I Absolutely enjoy it. Thank you so much soon. 46:57.21dan_fransmart_comYou’re welcome. We’ll see you soon. 

There appears to be some movement in the case of Starbucks and its employees' union. Tijuana Flats is filing for bankruptcy and closing many restaurants. And mega-franchisee Greg Flynn is deepening his relationship with Applebee's

Greg Flynn, the largest franchisee in the world, shares his insights on franchise success and growth. He discusses his background and early ventures, including his experience with WorldRaps. Flynn then explains how he transitioned to Applebee's and the factors that contributed to his success in running the franchise. He emphasizes the importance of collaboration and execution in the restaurant business. Flynn also discusses the state of casual dining and the opportunities for growth in the industry. He shares his experience diversifying into other brands and expanding internationally. Flynn provides advice for franchisees and highlights the significance of the franchisor-franchisee relationship. He concludes by expressing his satisfaction with his journey and the lessons learned along the way. Takeaways Collaboration and execution are key to success in the restaurant business. Diversification and expansion into other brands can provide growth opportunities. Franchisees should focus on running their restaurants well every day. The franchisor-franchisee relationship should be based on trust and mutual support. Chapters 00:00 Greg Flynn's Background and Early Ventures 03:21 Transition to Applebee's and Growth 08:03 Success Factors in Running Applebee's 12:44 Franchise Growth and Collaboration 15:39 The State of Casual Dining 17:14 Diversification into Other Brands 20:01 Property Ownership and Leasing 20:40 Criteria for Selecting New Brands 21:54 Outlook for 2024 and Beyond 23:22 Expansion into Non-Food Franchises 26:17 Starting a Franchise Business Today 27:59 Advice for Franchisees 30:59 Franchisor-Franchisee Relationship 32:16 No Regrets and Learning from Mistakes

In 1938, on Halloween night, the sensational radio broadcast of War of the Worlds caused listeners to tremble and panic. Orson Welles, the mastermind behind this electrifying adaptation of the H.G. Wells timeless classic, sent shockwaves through America.To many radio listeners, this gripping radio play sounded like a real news story about a Martian invasion - starting with a space ship landing in New Jersey, and followed by a ground invasion making its way to New York city.  The play used immersive sound effects, such as terrified bystanders, a skittish news reporter, alien weaponry, and the destruction of buildings and infrastructure. The reaction to  War of the Worlds was as legendary as the broadcast itself. The public's response bordered on hysteria - the telephone network was swamped with calls, and the police surrounded and entered the CBS Radio Network in an attempt to stop the broadcast.  Once it was clear that the story was just a story, the event sparked a national conversation about media responsibility and the power of storytelling. Orson Welles, initially interrogated by the police, was later hailed as a genius for his exceptional voice acting work.Listen to what Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn discovered in their research into the story, the controversy, the actors and what many consider the first instance of 'fake news.'  Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review!Follow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowhttps://www.instagram.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com https://tiktok.com/@timewarpsoundstudios https://www.facebook.com/timewarpstudios Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

As April 2021 rapidly approaches with a new financial mandate involving an increase in hourly wages for fast-food workers in the Golden State, numerous eateries are examining their staffing situations. Workers scheduled to receive a pay rise to $20 per hour have ignited an austerity drive in several restaurant establishments, especially in pizza places. The Wall Street Journal revealed plans by various California food outlets to conserve capital, resulting in fewer jobs based on confidential state data. Among those sitting in the eye of this developing storm are delivery drivers working for Pizza Hut and Round Table Pizza, a popular chain encompassing about 400 outlets, mainly across the West Coast. These well-known pizza brands have placed approximately 1,280 of their delivery personnel on the chopping board, based on documents major employers are obliged to submit to the state pre-empting mass staff reductions. In advance of such significant changes, Pizza Hut has initiated the heartbreaking process by issuing departure notices to affected personnel. Southern California Pizza, who control 224 Pizza Hut branches within the wider LA region, has already sent out its round of pink slips. Where workers once had a stable income, they're now faced with the bitter reality of an assigned termination date, occurring before the impending pay rise materializes on April 1. In an unfortunate twist of events, workers were given an exhausting choice to remain onboard until February with a severance package of $400, as in the case of Ojeda, or opt for unemployment. Despite making a decent wage through delivery tips, Ojeda chose the unemployment route, highlighting the challenging scenario these employees are grappling with. A representative for Round Table Pizza offered further insight, disclosing that the layoffs are focused on the organization's delivery drivers. However, they anticipate a surge in third-party delivery businesses, suggesting that these employees might find alternative job opportunities in those sectors. “The ripple effect of these strategic changes prompts a probable climb in the cost of delivery service, which customers might bear the brunt of,” noted the brand official. Emphasizing the altering dynamics in the restaurant landscape, they concluded, “This statement reflects the harsh actuality applying to modern eateries.” Meanwhile, in San Jose, Brian Hom, the proprietor of two locations of Vitality Bowls, has implemented a new strategy. To counter the upcoming labor cost surge, he is operating his Açaí bowl outlets with half the usual workforce. A financial necessity yet a decision that comes with its own set of consequences. The transformation in the business model is inevitably affecting the customer experience. Consumers are experiencing extended wait times, along with a tangibly noticeable inflation in the cost of goods. The price of orders has reportedly risen by about 10% to offset the increased wage demands. Beyond pizza and Açaí bowls, other heavyweights in the fast-food arena, like McDonald's and Chipotle, are preparing for the wage hike's arrival. Both chains have signaled intentions to up menu prices, matching the trend set by other California outlets following the Golden State's minimum wage increase approval last fall. Many establishments will have to grapple with what is, in some cases, a whopping 25% pay rise above the overall state minimum wage of $16. But it pays to have certain affiliations; not every brand will face this hurdle as per the recent legal measures. Surprisingly, Panera Bread found itself exempt from the increased wages. This unexpected turn of events came after a hefty campaign donation from the owner of a group of the bakery-café chains to the state Governor, elicifying more than just raised eyebrows. The $20-an-hour minimum wage hike, a provision under the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Act), made provisions for chains offering standalone baked goods for sale, like Panera Bread. This legal loophole thus allows Panera to steer clear of the wage escalations. Beneficiaries of this unusual provision include Greg Flynn, the billionaire CEO of Flynn Restaurant Group, which controls several Panera Bread sites within California. With ties to the governor and a history of business ventures together, the exclusion represents an interesting twist in this economic narrative. Indeed, Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed the law abolishing the previous $16 minimum wage last September. Now, amidst growing controversy and despite financial ties to the governor, Flynn has underscored the pragmatism of this exemption for some successful establishments. 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Listen to the classic science-fiction radio play adaptation of The Day the Earth Stood Still, with captivating performances by Michael Rennie and Jean Peters.  Performed before a live audience in 1954, The Day the Earth Stood Still is a gripping tale of an alien visitation and man's response to the unknown. Complementing the stellar performances is the hauntingly beautiful music of composer/conductor Bernard Herrmann. Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn talk about the timeless themes of The Day the Earth Stood Still, trivia about the production, and the timeless question: can we give peace a chance? Listen now!Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review!Follow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowhttps://www.instagram.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com https://tiktok.com/@timewarpsoundstudios https://www.facebook.com/timewarpstudios Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

March 7, 2024   Hour 1:  California Panera Bread franchise owner Greg Flynn said he will raise the minimum wage for his employees after accusations he benefited from ties to the state's governor to avoid hiking pay. The Public Utilities Commission approved a PG&E rate hike Thursday that will add about $5 a month to the average bill. The Central California Psychedelic Summit say they believe a gathering focused on psilocybin and other psychedelics will be beneficial & the first of its kind in Fresno.  KMJ's Afternoon Drive with Philip Teresi & E. Curtis Johnson  Weekdays 2-6PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com  Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon Music    Contact See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 7, 2024   Hour 1:  California Panera Bread franchise owner Greg Flynn said he will raise the minimum wage for his employees after accusations he benefited from ties to the state's governor to avoid hiking pay. The Public Utilities Commission approved a PG&E rate hike Thursday that will add about $5 a month to the average bill. The Central California Psychedelic Summit say they believe a gathering focused on psilocybin and other psychedelics will be beneficial & the first of its kind in Fresno.  KMJ's Afternoon Drive with Philip Teresi & E. Curtis Johnson  Weekdays 2-6PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 & 105.9 KMJ  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and X  Listen to past episodes at kmjnow.com  Subscribe to the show on Apple, Spotify, or Amazon Music    Contact See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In California's political landscape, there's increasing pressure for a thorough enquiry into Governor Gavin Newsom's recent actions, after reports surfaced suggesting a piece of legislation may have been manipulated to favor an influential supporter. As disclosed by Bloomberg News, billionaire Greg Flynn, a significant beneficiary of a unique legislative clause, saw his Panera Bread outlets exempt from a recent law demanding a wage hike from $16 to $20 per hour for quick-service restaurants. Greg Flynn holds the distinction of being possibly the greatest restaurant franchisee both in the United States and globally. The legislative tweak that led to this favorable development for Panera Bread allowed an exceptional loophole for franchises that bake and retail their bread as individual units, a criterion that Panera fits into perfectly. This exemption was reportedly championed by Governor Newsom himself. The intricate ties binding Governor Newsom and Greg Flynn were highlighted in the report. Both men share a common foundation, having attended the same high school. Moreover, Flynn has been a prominent contributor to Newsom's political endeavors, adding to the web of connections between them. Flynn has been known to boast about his uncanny accessibility to Newsom, a detail that has not gone unnoticed. Adding fuel to the flame, Flynn purchased a property managed by a company owned by Newsom. These interlinks continue to raise eyebrows and underscore the necessity for an in-depth investigation. An owner of thousands of restaurants, Flynn's portfolio stretches across major names like Applebee's, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Wendy's, and obviously, Panera Bread. Within California's borders, however, Flynn's presence is marked by Applebee's and Panera Bread alone. Of these two, Applebee's is protected from the wage increase legislation as it doesn't classify as a fast-food restaurant. These interesting circumstances drew reaction from California's Assembly Republican Leader, James Gallagher. Gallagher, responding to these revelations, raised an intriguing question about the nature of exemption from the minimum wage law. Contesting the fairness of it all, he wondered whether significant political funding was a prerequisite for gaining such legislative lenience. The situation, Gallagher asserted, was anything but clear-cut, suggesting that it warranted greater scrutiny and even an inquiry to determine the merits of the case. It was an echo of concerned voices seeking transparency and accountability from Governor Newsom, who was yet to provide a satisfactory explanation. These allegations and the demand for a thorough investigation have been backed by the academic community as well. Dan Schnur, a government ethics expert and political science professor, challenged Newsom to either provide logical reasoning for Panera's exception or face speculation of favoritism towards a major campaign donor. Without a compelling justification from Newsom on why Panera should be benefitted, Schnur warned, voters would likely default to the most straightforward explanation that the governor had indeed pulled strings to favor Flynn, one of his key financial backers for political campaigns. Furthermore, Republican Assemblyman Joe Patterson also championed the call for a comprehensive criminal investigation, calling for the FBI's involvement to ensure a fair and unbiased process. Patterson expressed a growing distrust in the Democrat supermajority, voicing concerns about the credibility of any self-investigation. Patterson underscored his argument by claiming that the overwhelming Democrat majority in the state shouldn't be relied upon to investigate claims against one of their own. The public too, he emphasized, deserved nothing less than the highest level of transparency and objectivity, something beyond the capacity of a self-investigation. In this context, Patterson's plea for the engagement of an external agency, like the FBI, carries significant weight. He held the view that using an external agency in this case could help provide the rigorous impartiality that the case demands to ensure that the truth prevails, without any prejudice or favoritism coming into play. Patterson's call for an FBI-led examination into Governor Newsom's ties with billionaire and Panera Bread franchisee Flynn became the voice of a growing faction within the state lawmakers. Its necessity stemmed from the prevalent narrative painting the image of favoritism exploited to the benefit of the wealthy and influential, at the cost of the lay worker. State lawmakers hailing from the Republican side, equipped with these allegations, have mounted a serious pressure campaign calling for an outside investigation. Their demand is for a thorough probe into the relationship and dealings between Newsom and Flynn, fostering an air of growing skepticism over the state's Democrat supermajority's ability to investigate intra-party incidents. In essence, the ongoing saga underscores vital questions about political legitimacy, transparency, and the ethical boundaries of governance. Concerns about growing cronyism and the manipulation of legislation for personal gains have fueled Republican demands for an external investigation into Newsom's actions. Above all, this incident has created a tangible sense of skepticism among Californian residents of all political persuasions. As trust dwindles in the legislature, many are asking: have we reached a point where laws can be bent by the power elites? 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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: In their Wall Street Journal opinion piece, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Elizabeth Price Foley write: “Many observers thought the Supreme Court would decline to consider Donald Trump's claim that presidential immunity shields him from prosecution for his conduct on Jan. 6, 2021. But on Wednesday the justices announced that they will hear the former president's case in April. Mr. Trump could eventually face a trial on those charges, but the justices had little choice but to take up this question because the lower court's ruling was so sweeping and dangerous. Mr. Trump claims that his allegedly criminal actions were ‘official acts' taken as president. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that it didn't matter if they were—that no president is entitled to immunity from ‘generally applicable criminal laws.' That decision violates the separation of powers, threatens the independence and vigor of the presidency, and is inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent.” Rivkin served in the Justice Department during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations. Foley is a constitutional law professor at Florida University. You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-justices-had-to-hear-trumps-case-presidential-immunity-125803c6?mod=opinion_lead_pos5 Fast food chain KFC has debuted a controversial new item: the Chizza! A piece of deep-fried chicken slathered in marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni. Rich will not be trying it anytime soon… Ryan Saavedra of The Daily Wire writes: “Calls are growing in Sacramento for a criminal investigation to be launched into California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom after an explosive story published this week said that Newsom created an unusual special carveout in a piece of legislation that benefited one of his top donors. Bloomberg News reported that billionaire Greg Flynn was getting a “new boost” after his chain of Panera Bread locations were exempted from a new law that forces fast food restaurants to increase their minimum wage from $16 to $20 per hour. Flynn is the largest ‘restaurant franchisee in the US, if not the world,' the report added. Panera Bread was spared from the law because it offered ‘unusual exemption for chains that bake bread and sell it as a standalone item.' The report states that Newsom ‘pushed for that break.'” You can read the full report here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/calls-grow-for-fbi-to-launch-criminal-investigation-into-gavin-newsom-over-alleged-corruption-scandal In a video posted to social media, Marianne Williamson announced she is “unsuspending” her campaign for president—she also used the four-minute clip to call Donald Trump a fascist.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/01/2024): 3:05pm- Dave Urbanski of The Blaze writes: “Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker—who for years has been searching for the truth about Jan. 6, 2021, and believes the U.S. government has been targeting him for it—on Friday was charged with four misdemeanors related to his Jan. 6 coverage at the U.S. Capitol after turning himself in to the FBI in Dallas. The charges are: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, Disorderly conduct in a capitol building, Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building…Baker's Dallas attorney, James Lee Bright, added to Blaze News that withholding the nature of the charges against his client was a ‘really unusual' move. Bright told Blaze News that he's ‘disturbed' about what's happening with his client, especially given that Baker has been ‘in full compliance' all this time. Bright also said the federal government ‘three-plus years later going after people who were legitimate functioning journalists that day' appears designed to have an ‘absolute chilling effect.'” You can read the full article here: https://www.theblaze.com/news/blaze-news-investigative-writer-steve-baker-whos-been-reporting-on-january-6-handcuffed-charged 3:30pm- While speaking from Eagle Pass, Texas, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that he met with the parents of Laken Riley—a 22-year-old University of Georgia student who was murdered by an undocumented migrant last Thursday. Trump stated, “[President] Joe Biden will never say Laken Riley's name, but we will…We're not going to forget her.” He went on to explain that undocumented migrants are pouring across the U.S. Southern border unchecked as part of the “Joe Biden invasion.” During his visit to Eagle Pass, Trump was accompanied by Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) who, similarly, called on President Biden to use executive action to halt the ongoing chaos at the border. Meanwhile, speaking from Brownsville, Texas, President Biden said this administration—as well as local Texas officials—are working hard to create a “safe secure border.” Biden then emphatically stated “it is time to act,” calling on Congress to pass legislation that will guarantee border officials have the resources they need while drastically increasing the number of judges available to process the asylum claims of migrants entering the country. But wouldn't expediting asylum claims potentially encourage more migrants to flood the U.S. Southern border? 3:35pm- While appearing on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump jokingly said of President Joe Biden: “He couldn't do this interview…I say it loud and clear: he should take a cognitive test. A president should take a cognitive test. They say that is unconstitutional...But I took two of them, and I aced both of them—I'm very proud to say.” 3:40pm- Cliff Maloney Jr.—Founder of The Pennsylvania Chase—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his campaign to knock on 500,000 doors in key districts throughout PA, with the initiative ideally increasing Republican mail-in ballot participation. Maloney explains that “as much as I like voting on Election Day” it's important for Republicans to understand the vote early option is available to them. In past elections Republicans submitted a mere 20% of the total mail-in ballots. Maloney emphasizes that Republicans cannot fail to adapt and expect to win. You can learn more about The Pennsylvania Chase here: https://www.pachase.com 4:05pm- While appearing on MSNBC with host Jose Diaz-Balart, former presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke compared Donald Trump's pledge to secure the U.S. Southern border to “something you could have expected from Adolf Hitler in the 1930s”—no wonder Beto lost three elections in a four-year span. 4:15pm- On Good Morning America, ABC's unbiased journalist George Stephanopoulos suggested it is a foregone conclusion that the U.S. Supreme Court would rule against Donald Trump and his claim of having presidential immunity from prosecution for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election. 4:40pm- Dave McCormick—Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania & former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs during the George W. Bush Administration—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about his campaign to unseat Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA). McCormick is calling on Lancaster City Council to rescind their recently approved Lancaster Trust Act which ends cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The puzzling decision comes as thousands of migrants unlawfully enter the country everyday under the Biden Administration's relaxed border policies. You can learn more about his campaign here: https://www.davemccormickpa.com 5:05pm- In their Wall Street Journal opinion piece, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Elizabeth Price Foley write: “Many observers thought the Supreme Court would decline to consider Donald Trump's claim that presidential immunity shields him from prosecution for his conduct on Jan. 6, 2021. But on Wednesday the justices announced that they will hear the former president's case in April. Mr. Trump could eventually face a trial on those charges, but the justices had little choice but to take up this question because the lower court's ruling was so sweeping and dangerous. Mr. Trump claims that his allegedly criminal actions were ‘official acts' taken as president. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held that it didn't matter if they were—that no president is entitled to immunity from ‘generally applicable criminal laws.' That decision violates the separation of powers, threatens the independence and vigor of the presidency, and is inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent.” Rivkin served in the Justice Department during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations. Foley is a constitutional law professor at Florida University. You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-justices-had-to-hear-trumps-case-presidential-immunity-125803c6?mod=opinion_lead_pos5 5:25pm- Fast food chain KFC has debuted a controversial new item: the Chizza! A piece of deep-fried chicken slathered in marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni. Rich will not be trying it anytime soon… 5:40pm- Ryan Saavedra of The Daily Wire writes: “Calls are growing in Sacramento for a criminal investigation to be launched into California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom after an explosive story published this week said that Newsom created an unusual special carveout in a piece of legislation that benefited one of his top donors. Bloomberg News reported that billionaire Greg Flynn was getting a “new boost” after his chain of Panera Bread locations were exempted from a new law that forces fast food restaurants to increase their minimum wage from $16 to $20 per hour. Flynn is the largest ‘restaurant franchisee in the US, if not the world,' the report added. Panera Bread was spared from the law because it offered ‘unusual exemption for chains that bake bread and sell it as a standalone item.' The report states that Newsom ‘pushed for that break.'” You can read the full report here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/calls-grow-for-fbi-to-launch-criminal-investigation-into-gavin-newsom-over-alleged-corruption-scandal 5:50pm- In a video posted to social media, Marianne Williamson announced she is “unsuspending” her campaign for president—she also used the four-minute clip to call Donald Trump a fascist. 6:05pm- BREAKING NEWS: Rich is ready to use his brand-new pizza oven! And we are all just waiting to be invited for dinner… 6:10pm- While appearing on CNBC, New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended his decision to give prepaid debit cards to undocumented migrants living in NYC—calling it “a smart way to bring down” costs. 6:40pm- Cliff Maloney Jr.—Founder of The Pennsylvania Chase—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his campaign to knock on 500,000 doors in key districts throughout PA, with the initiative ideally increasing Republican mail-in ballot participation. Maloney explains that “as much as I like voting on Election Day” it's important for Republicans to understand the vote early option is available to them. In past elections Republicans submitted a mere 20% of the total mail-in ballots. Maloney emphasizes that Republicans cannot fail to adapt and expect to win. You can learn more about The Pennsylvania Chase here: https://www.pachase.com

Governor Newsom exempted a billionaire buddy Greg Flynn from California's new $20 minimum wage law at the Billionaire's more than two dozen Panera Bread locations in California, as well as Applebee's, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Wendy's. Adam Schiff's campaign has spent millions in ads to elevate Garvey's profile, associating him with former President Donald Trump in a tactic experts say could help advance Garvey and ensure Schiff an easy win in November.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger PictureGermany is imploding, they should have listened to Trump, he was right again. The [CB]/[WEF] are panicking because the world is going against their climate hoax. The fake news is trying to control the market narrative. Paxton cancels the omnibus bill. The [DS] chances winning the Presidential election is getting worse and worse. The only way they can win is to cheat like they did in 2020. They are finding this difficult to do, but their plan is coming into focus. We are now approaching March madness, buckle up, it's going to get scary. Patriots have the conn. Trump is beating Biden in every swing state, change of batter is coming, and when all else fails the [DS] will postpone the election.   (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy  Germany Should Have Listened to Trump He was right about Berlin's self-defense and risky energy dependence on Russia. The lower house of Germany's Parliament voted to legalize the recreational use of cannabis last week. It was a timely move. Germany's leadership class is going to need all the mellow it can find in a world that isn't going Germany's way. Russian advances in Ukraine and American paralysis over the next aid package are reinforcing the reality that Germany needs to defend itself but lacks the power to do so. So are developments in the Red Sea, where German manufacturers must cope with shipping delays as the Biden administration fails to keep the vital waterway clear. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8  Major Tech Company Reportedly Slams Brakes On Electric Vehicle Efforts As Demand Dries Up Apple is ditching its decade-long venture to develop an electric car as demand for them slows down, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The tech giant began working on the electric vehicle (EV) around 2014 and spent billions on it, but its work is now coming to a close, according to individuals familiar with the situation who spoke to Bloomberg. EV demand has been decelerating and Apple did not foresee significant profits for its product even with a $100,000 price point.   Source: dailycaller.com Sony cuts 900 jobs from PlayStation division in latest tech culling Sony is cutting 900 jobs from its PlayStation division, the gaming company announced Tuesday, becoming the latest tech giant to lay off part of its workforce. In the first two months of 2024, nearly 40,000 workers have been cut at technology companies amid a massive shift toward artificial intelligence. Cisco announced plans this month to lay off around 4,250 workers, PayPal said it will cut 2,500 spots, and Microsoft announced in late January it would lay off around 1,900 in its gaming unit. Source: thehill.com Gavin Newsom Pushed For Minimum Wage Exemption Benefiting Donor Who Contributed Over $160,000 To Campaigns: REPORT Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom pushed for an exemption that would enable top donor and Panera Bread franchisee Greg Flynn to circumvent the state's new minimum wage law, according to Bloomberg. Flynn, who owns two dozen Panera chains in California, gave $100,000 to help Newsom ward off a recall effort and $64,800 to the governor's reelection campaign in 2022, according to Bloomberg. California's new minimum wage law will raise workers' pay from $16 an hour to $20 an hour at fast food restaurants with more than 60 locations nationally, except for chains that bake and sell stand-alone bread as a menu item as of Sept. 15, 2023.

Step back in time to the golden age of radio with our latest podcast episode, exploring the timeless intrigue of Sam Spade and The Hot 100 Grand Caper. This noir detective drama was crafted by the masterful Dashiell Hammett and stars Howard Duff (as Sam Spade) and Lurene Tuttle (as Effie). Follow Sam as he navigates the seedy underbelly of 1940's San Francisco in pursuit of justice and the truth.  Co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn talk about which Sam Spade is their favourite (Humphrey Bogart or Howard Duff), and Dashiell Hammett's sartorial splendor.  This episode is a noir old time radio classic. Listen now!!Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review!Follow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowhttps://www.instagram.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com https://tiktok.com/@timewarpsoundstudios https://www.facebook.com/timewarpstudios Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

Tonight's story is Roald Dahl's, The Landlady,  about an up-and-coming young man who finds himself in a quaint bed and breakfast. Prepare for unexpected twists and turns as you get to know more about the proprietor of the B&B - the charming and enigmatic landlady. Join Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn as they delve into why The Landlady  makes their skin crawl.  Thank you for listening! If you like the show, please share us with your friends and family AND give us a review!Follow The Shiver Show https://www.facebook.com/theshivershowhttps://www.instagram.com/theshivershowor check out our website at https://www.timewarpstudios.com https://tiktok.com/@timewarpsoundstudios https://www.facebook.com/timewarpstudios Other podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershow

As the environment becomes inhospitable, a hostile mutant race seeks to expel all humans from the planet. Will the humans go quietly or fight back?  Find out in this mind-bending science fiction drama.  Co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn discuss the intriguing story, terrific voice actors and fantastic plot twist right at the end that will stun listeners.  Support the showThank you for listening! Please share us and give us a review!Shiver with us on Facebook and Instagram on @theshivershowCheck out our sound garden at Time Warp StudiosWebsite: www.timewarpstudios.com Links to our Facebook and TikTok are thereOther podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershowThe Shiver Show started life in 2018 as a radio show on KPPQ 104.1 FM in Ventura California and is still going strong today. Thank you to CAPS Media for your continued support and mentorship!

The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe is a chilling short story that revolves around the theme of revenge. The narrator, Montresor, seeks vengeance against Fortunato, whom he perceives as having insulted him.  The story explores themes of deception, betrayal, and the darkness that resides within the human psyche, creating a suspenseful and psychologically intense narrative.Co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn talk about the adaptation of Poe's writing by George Lowther, the great voice actors, and what possibly happens during 'la pausa' in Italy. Thank you for listening! Share us and give us a review!Website: www.timewarpstudios.comPodcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershowFacebook and Instagram on @theshivershowThe Shiver Show started life in 2017 as a radio show on KPPQ 104.1 FM in Ventura California and is still going strong today. Thank you to CAPS Media for your continued support and mentorship!

The Haunted Mill,  also known as, The Corpse Light, was written in 1899 by Richard Donovan (aka J.E. Preston Muddock).  It's about a love triangle that goes terribly wrong. Co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn talk about what makes this audio drama so terrific - the vocal performances, the immersive sound effects and the timeless story. The Haunted Mill will have you checking over your shoulder on a dark, wind-swept road. Thank you for listening! Share us and give us a review!Website: www.timewarpstudios.comPodcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershowFacebook and Instagram on @theshivershowThe Shiver Show started life in 2017 as a radio show on KPPQ 104.1 FM in Ventura California and is still going strong today. Thank you to CAPS Media for your continued support and mentorship!

The House in Cypress Canyon first aired in December 1946 and scared the pants off of everyone who listened - right before Christmas!  This story is quite unique because the very spooky house in question is not a crumbly mansion with cobwebs and strange drafts,  but rather an ordinary California bungalow, quite like the one next door to you! Co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn dig into this fabulous audio drama and why it is still so disturbing today. Thank you for listening! Share us and give us a review!Website: www.timewarpstudios.comPodcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershowFacebook and Instagram on @theshivershowThe Shiver Show started life in 2017 as a radio show on KPPQ 104.1 FM in Ventura California and is still going strong today. Thank you to CAPS Media for your continued support and mentorship!

Sorry Wrong Number is another superb audio drama written by Lucille Fletcher. It first aired on the Suspense Radio Program in  1943. Orson Welles called Sorry Wrong Number, "the single greatest radio script ever written." The story idea came to Fletcher while she was in a grocery story on Manhattan's lower east side. There, she noticed a well-dressed woman with an obnoxious manner in the line-up. This unpleasant woman was the inspiration for the character of Mrs Stevenson. What dark fantasies was Lucille Fletcher having in that grocery story line-up, while she waited to pay for her bread, milk and a dozen eggs?Co-hosts Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn talk about the amazing voice performances by Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster, as well as the creepy music by Bernard Herrmann, and other audio drama trivia.  Listen now!Thank you for listening! Share us and give us a review!Website: www.timewarpstudios.comPodcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershowFacebook and Instagram on @theshivershowThe Shiver Show started life in 2017 as a radio show on KPPQ 104.1 FM in Ventura California and is still going strong today. Thank you to CAPS Media for your continued support and mentorship!

Donovan's Brain  is so horrible, so bloodcurdling, that you might need therapy after you listen to it.  The story comes from the mind of Curt Siodmak, whose 1942 science fiction novel of the same name was immediately made into the 1944 radio drama that you are about to hear.   It has a stellar performance by Orson Welles as the evil  Doctor Patrick Cory (and Donovan). Mary Labrie and co-host Greg Flynn talk about what makes this radio drama so very dreadful. Listen now! Thank you for listening! Share us and give us a review!Website: www.timewarpstudios.comPodcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/theshivershowFacebook and Instagram on @theshivershowThe Shiver Show started life in 2017 as a radio show on KPPQ 104.1 FM in Ventura California and is still going strong today. Thank you to CAPS Media for your continued support and mentorship!

In this episode of the "Path to Freedom" podcast, the host discusses the misconceptions about franchise ownership, emphasizing its scalability. The host introduces Greg Flynn, the owner of the Flynn Group, as an example of successful franchise ownership. Flynn, who started with eight Applebee locations, now owns 2,356 restaurant franchises and has recently expanded into the fitness sector. The host highlights the significant impact of franchise ownership on local communities and the economy and plans to share more examples of successful franchise owners in future episodes.   Don't forget to like and subscribe!   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/path2frdm/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/path2frdm   Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleybarefoot/   7 Steps to Owning a Franchise: https://path2frdm-1.hubspotpagebuilder.com/path-to-freedom-about-franchising   If you would like to learn more about this particular franchise opportunity or discuss franchise ownership in general - feel free to use the link to my calendar below to schedule a free, no-obligation introductory meeting.    https://calendly.com/Is-barefoot/introcallwithIs

Michelle laughs her way through a great conversation with the fabulous Greg Flynn. Australian author and journalist. Check out Greg's podcast, Mr Wolf Presents: My Wicked Guide to Life & Modern Fairy Tales

Greg Flynn didn't follow in the footsteps of his Stanford classmates. But with approx. 2,400 Applebee's, Taco Bells, Paneras, Arby's, Pizza Huts and Wendy's - he's done ok.The Wolf gets into conversation with the largest franchisee operator in the world. Greg Flynn is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Flynn Restaurant Group and Flynn Properties, generating $4 billion in sales and employing 73,000 people across 44 states.In this very special episode Greg shares why he'll always be a restaurant operator first, how to run a truly collaborative business, and why the franchising business model allows you to focus on the things that really matter.If you've enjoyed listening to Franchise Empires, I'd be so grateful if you could drop me a 5-star review on Rate My Podcast. Thank you so much!Check out The Wolf's newsletterStay up-to-date on all things Franchise Empires by following The Wolf on Twitter: https://twitter.com/franchisewolf

One for the guys! (Or for anyone that wants to get new insights into the men in their lives.) Join me and Greg Flynn, coach and men's group facilitator, as we talk about the power of men coming together in groups to support and learn from each other. We touch on why so many men feel lonely, why it's so hard to ask for help, and choosing the discomfort of being vulnerable vs. the discomfort of disconnection. Plus, the ripple effect of creating more deep connections. Enjoy! // FOLLOW GREG — Website- https://www.gregorybflynn.com/supporting-men Greg's in-person retreat, 9/30-10/2/22: Cultivating Resilience Through Connection- https://whidbeyinstitute.secure.retreat.guru/program/connection-works/?lang=en Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/men.connecting/ Saturday Night Live's Man Park- https://j0l1y7h.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv=9XOt2Vh0T8w/1/01000182b7e2b006-d7e3e003-128d-4c66-8193-067097e5e96d-000000/osvMpKj7JT51SUq12bV1-yFx1zE=283 // FOLLOW MEG — Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meggluckmancoaching Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/meggluckman/ Website - https://www.meggluckman.com Join my email list to get reminders of new episodes, email-list-only invitations to trainings, and quirky stories about rewiring our brains! // Schedule a Coaching Consult, and let's talk about what you could create with powerful 1-1 coaching. // Grab Meg's free course here: Getting Unstuck with Self Coaching⁠ HTTPS://VIEW.FLODESK.COM/PAGES/62841593815F31E0F8521A2E --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/powerfuldecisions/message

The California FAST Recovery Act is a continued attempt to end the franchise model as we know it and harm thousands of local restaurant business owners in California and the jobs they support. The legislation will establish an unaccountable, unelected council of political appointees to oversee workplace policy, independent of the legislature and outside of existing labor law. In addition, by statue, it will eliminate the franchise model in California, turning hardworking local franchise business owners into middle managers, decimating equity they have spent their livelihoods building. Recent amendments purport to allow for legislative oversight but are instead window dressing and do not eliminate the serious legal and policy issues that doomed AB 257 last session. Special Guests: Greg Flynn, Jeff Hanscom, and Roy Gilad.

The federal infrastructure bill could limit a key restaurant relief program. Greg Flynn adds to his hotel portfolio. And Burger King's parent invests in a home cooking platform.

The latest acquisition in Flynn Restaurant Group's history was its biggest. This week's episode of the Restaurant Business podcast features Greg Flynn, the giant franchisee's founder and CEO, who discusses the company's recent acquisition of most of NPC International's restaurants. Flynn Restaurant Group has grown over the past couple of decades largely through a series of increasingly large acquisitions. But the purchase of NPC was likely the biggest in U.S. franchise history, essentially merging the two largest franchise operators in the U.S.

Greg Flynn, the Chair of the Wake County Board of Elections, has been doing a lot of interviews lately, including one with MSNBC on all things “election.” Flynn provides a “voting-how-to-kit,” as well as addresses election controversies and the integrity of this muddy water election. Non-profit spotlight: The North Carolina Center for Nonprofit Organizations

How one man starting out with a handful of franchises goes on to transform an entire industry. Originally aired on SiriusXM on January 25, 2020.

Greg Flynn, founder and CEO of Flynn Restaurant Group and Flynn Properties, discusses how he started with a handful of franchises and went on to transform an entire industry.

In this episode of The Fire Inside Podcast I have a conversation with Chief Greg Flynn and Captain Robert Bryant about how the West Bloomfield Township Fire Department has taken significant steps in recent years in changing the culture of their organization and is having a positive approach to mental and emotional wellbeing in the … 037 – Interview with Chief Greg Flynn & Captain Robert Bryant – West Bloomfield Township Fire Department Read More »

In this week’s RB podcast A Deeper Dive, the big franchisee also discusses his recent purchase of 368 Arby’s restaurants.

Frank has a new band! Baptize yourself into the world of Frank Black and the Catholics, and bask in the warm fuzzy radiance of their live to two-track glory. This episode covers everything concerning the eponymous debut 1998 album, from it's live to two-track demo recording session at the historic Sound City Studios, through disputes with their label American Recordings, and ending with the band finding a new sound, a new label, and a new rock and roll mantra. Also included in this episode is an an interview with some of our favorite fellow Frank fans, all the way from Texas, Mike Flynn Jr. and his son Greg Flynn...although you'd swear they were brothers. Join the congregation!

Frank has a new band! Baptize yourself into the world of Frank Black and the Catholics, and bask in the warm fuzzy radiance of their live to two-track glory. This episode covers everything concerning the eponymous debut 1998 album, from it's live to two-track demo recording session at the historic Sound City Studios, through disputes with their label American Recordings, and ending with the band finding a new sound, a new label, and a new rock and roll mantra. Also included in this episode is an an interview with some of our favorite fellow Frank fans, all the way from Texas, Mike Flynn Jr. and his son Greg Flynn...although you'd swear they were brothers. Join the congregation!

If you want to hear about all the changes at Solage in Calistoga & Carneros Resort & Spa in Napa, tune into this week’s ‘Napa Valley Inside Out” as Greg Flynn, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Flynn Properties & Flynn Restaurant Group gives us an update on all the new exciting changes at these two luxury resorts in Napa Valley. To say that Greg Flynn is a success would be an understatement. He has 3 university degrees, a restaurant group that is the largest franchise operator in the US with 40,000 employees in 30 states and $1.9B in sales, and ownership in 4 resorts in Napa Valley, Telluride and Mexico, not to mention an enviable commercial real estate portfolio and a very long list of highly coveted Awards. Greg tells us about the luxury resorts he has invested in and how he got into the resort business through a small ownership years ago in Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford. We discuss the secrets of success in the hospitality industry and of course the new 5 star hotels that will open in Calistoga in the next few years and how wonderful they will be for the north end of Napa Valley.

In this episode, I sit down with Junior Golf Hub President, Greg Flynn. Greg, an avid golfer and former college player himself, left the corporate finance business after 15 years and is now in charge of daily operations at The Hub. Greg and I dive deep into the college recruiting process and discuss the many challenges that players face throughout the process. Greg explains how the Junior Golf Hub can bridge the gap between Player and Coach. The Junior Golf Hub is an online community for junior golfers, parents, and coaches and is based out of Ridgefield, CT. juniorgolfhub.com/ Golf is a very competitive sport, even more so when it comes to College Recruiting. With such a deep talent pool in Junior Golf, getting noticed by a College Coach or Golf Program is not an easy task. For a junior golfer or high school player to stand out from the crowd, they need to differentiate themselves by highlighting their own talents, stats, and abilities. These parameters are what Coaches search for when seeking future team prospects. Every Coach and every College program is different and has different needs. This is where Junior Golf Hub comes in, their unique system allows Players and Colleges to create individual profiles that can then be filtered based on their needs. 

Brainshark sales enablement solutions help organizations harness the power of content to drive sales productivity and effectiveness. Brainshark has also helped General Electric’s $5 billion GE Digital division operationalize sales and marketing alignment, and enjoy year-over-year growth-year growth. A seamless integration with Outlook and Salesforce of proving impossible to ignore. Greg Flynn, a co-founder of the company, was appointed CEO earlier this year. He has worn a number of hats at the company – touching nearly every department: business development, sales, products & services, engineering, etc. Guest Info https://www.brainshark.com/ @Greg_Flynn

Greg Flynn shares heartfelt love of the Catholic Church.