Bear Bottoms Up

Toronto Star:

It is a dirty job – and Jill and Mike Lawrence wish more people could do it.

The couple owns Bear Bottoms Diaper Service, a cloth diaper pick-up and delivery business located just outside Kitchener.

The business that started in 2006 is a success, with more than 450 clients and seven employees – but franchising may prove to be the biggest challenge of all.

“We had a really good couple in London who were interested (in franchising). They had the potential to take this and run with it, but they were stalled at the banks. They couldn’t get the money,” Jill Lawrence says.

The Lawrences have not been soliciting people to buy a franchise – would-be owners just keep calling. Realizing there was room for expansion, they spoke to a lawyer and arranged the paperwork to sell franchise locations. More.

Photo: Glenn Lowson for The Toronto Star.