Restaurant Brokers on International Franchising: Risk or Reward?

ATLANTA - Nov. 6, 2013 - PRLog -- On November 9, Restaurant Brokers, Robin and Eric Gagnon will be joined by Andy Wiederhorn the CEO of Buffalo’s Cafe and Adam Ogden, CEO of JuiceBlendz and YoBlendz at noon (12pm) on Atlanta’s AM Talk 920 and rebroadcasted on November 10 on Biz 1190AM.

Guests:

Andy Wiederhorn the CEO of Buffalo’s Cafe

Andy Wiederhorn acquired the brand in late 2011 and has begun to since expand it on both a domestic and international scale. The franchise, famous for their Buffalo-style chicken wings, boasts more than 18 locations in Georgia, Florida, California, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Buffalo’s has recently started to co-brand with sister brand, Fatburger, and has experienced great success in doing so. Internationally, there are approximately 30-40 Buffalo’s Cafes in the pipeline for The Middle East and North Africa.

Adam Ogden, CEO of JuiceBlendz and YoBlendz

Adam Ogden has a strong track record in sales, nutrition and the smoothie industry.  He consolidated his ambition, vision, knowledge and expertise in the areas of fitness and nutrition to establish his first business.

Adam created his first smoothie and supplement retail concept, at the age of 20.

Within three years, he successfully launched three prototype stores. In 2004 at the age of 28, Adam sold the successful brand. With a passion for operating smoothie and juice bars, as well as ownership of a premier line of dietary supplements, Adam introduced the JuiceBlendz franchise in 2005.

In the summer of 2010, Adam Ogden created his second franchise brand, YoBlendz, a cutting edge retail environment that serves the freshest ingredients in a self-serve format.

In the fall of 2011, Adam Ogden received approval for his Regional Investment Center that provides EB-5 Visas, or Green Cards, to qualified foreign investors. This program will assist in catapulting the growth of both the JuiceBlendz and YoBlendz franchise brands. In 2012, Adam Ogden won Entrepreneur of the Year in the South Florida Business Journal.

In the last segment, “Restaurant Reality”, restaurant brokers, Robin and Eric Gagnon will discuss international franchising. During this segment, the husband and wife team will tackle the tough topics no one wants to talk about.  The restaurant brokers will share firsthand accounts of the hundreds of restaurants they have sold and will provide advice to aspiring or established restaurateurs and entrepreneurs. The team, who is unafraid of the f-word, fail and the s-word, sell will give listeners the unbridled truth about the restaurant industry.