Archive for the 'Women' Category

The Huntsville Times:
Ask Michelda Johnson about her Edible Arrangements store, and she’ll tell you how excited she is to have the retailer’s first franchise in Alabama and how impressed she was with the company’s business plan.

But if you really want to see her face light up, ask her about leadership training, her other career.
Johnson, […]

CTV.ca:
A London, Ont. woman will be getting her job at Tim Hortons back after being fired for giving a free Timbit to a toddler.

A statement issued by the company’s head office Thursday said the person who fired Nicole Lilliman, 27, went too far and that the single mother of 4 has been reinstated.
‘Unfortunately the action […]

The Huntsville Times:
Ask Michelda Johnson about her Edible Arrangements store, and she’ll tell you how excited she is to have the retailer’s first franchise in Alabama and how impressed she was with the company’s business plan.
But if you really want to see her face light up, ask her about leadership training, her other career.
Johnson, 37, […]

Xinhua:
A woman, fired by Tim Hortons, Canada, for giving away a free bite-sized doughnut worth 16 cents to an agitated toddler, was excused by the company, according to media reports Friday.

Nicole Lilliman, 27, a single mom, worked in an outlet of the Tim Hortons coffee chain in London, Ontario.
She was captured by video […]

Franchising.com:

Motherhood is one of the toughest jobs in the world - just ask any mom. It’s often thankless, seems endless, and certainly lacks much worldly prestige. Life for mom can be even more challenging if she desires to work outside the home to boot. There are, after all, limited choices beyond the full-time job and […]

Deseret News:
For 50 years, Rhodes frozen dough has been a boon for busy moms, enabling them to take hot, freshly baked rolls from the oven without the mixing, kneading and rising time.

In fact, when Herbert C. Rhodes started the company in Portland, Ore., in 1958, the slogan on the package was “We make it … […]

Via Steve Bennett – Cruise Planners:

Nancy Bogert, a top-producing Cruise Planners agent based in Williamsport, PA, was recently named as the newest member of Carnival Cruise Lines’ Pinnacle Club. One of the industry’s highest honors, the Pinnacle Club was created by Carnival to acknowledge high-volume agencies that also exhibit excellence in promoting and selling the […]

The Franchise Magazine:
Former athlete Keri Lees has launched the first Leaps and Bounds mobile play programme franchise in nurseries across the Staffordshire region, with help from fellow athlete and Olympic Gold medallist Sally Gunnell OBE. The play programme is a 2 year progressive physical development course for children covering agility, to balance, climbing and co-ordination […]

Open Sundaes poised for major breakthrough on deal with Paris’s Compagnie Whistler.

Vancouver Sun:
Mashiah Vaughn believes her line of bath and body products is poised for a major breakthrough with the signing of an agreement with Paris-based Compagnie Whistler to distribute her products in Europe.
‘This is a very exciting opportunity to be approached by this company […]

Adelaidenow:
At just 40 years of age, Ella Bache’s Karen Matthews is one of Australia’s younger chief executives and is charged with taking the established brand into the future.
Before joining Ella Bache in 1999, Ms Matthews was international vice-president of fashion house Ferro Designs.
She also worked as a marketing manager for fashion and accessories at […]