Alex Fees: Entrepreneur is one healthy enterprises and more small firms are finding success with health conscious services and approaches. This includes health and wellness franchises. Our guest today knows a lot about these topics Dick Rennic is an award winning founder of a 360 unit franchise system and former chairman of the international franchise association. He is recognized as one of the leading experts in franchising and we are happy to have him here at sbtv.com Dick welcome.
Dick Rennic: Thank you.
Alex Fees: Appreciate your being here, what about this how is the franchising sector responding to the health conscious consumer these days.
Dick Rennic: Well I think you see it all the time on your local television that the McDonalds and the Burger Kings, and the Wendy’s, and the KFC’s of the world are really working diligently to get their foods in compliance with what they're consumer is looking for and they’ve done a great job of it.
Alex Fees: So they offer them more health conscious menus things to that nature.
Dick Rennic: More health conscious the foods that they're preparing and more health conscious. There fries are cooked in different oils than they were before. They're making a lot of changes to get online with what the consumer is asking for and were very proud on how they're doing that.
Alex Fees: Well Dick do you think the trying to help people businesses will continue.
Dick Rennic: Absolutely, I think the more that consumer is health conscious the more health conscious today than ever. I think you're going to see it. There are new franchises out that actually go into peoples homes, that are giving home care to the elderly and to the people that are embolus or sick. Those are wrapping up quickly, we see a lot more health conscious diet centers coming on line, we see people that are preparing healthy foods and quick freezing it for you to come in and pick up and take home for the week.
Those franchises like on-trays made easy as coming on real hot and heavy, there is several of those kinds of franchises. There are other franchises that are in the exercise venue. There are new ones that are coming online. You know were all familiar with the Gold’s Gyms and those famous brands and then we've got ones like liberty fitness and new ones coming online that are just really making some significant changes to keep people healthy. So when they keep people healthy they tend to want to eat healthy foods.
Alex Fees: So you don’t have to be a psuedo chef in order to take part in the health friends that are current in franchising these days. There are other opportunities outside of the restaurant industry.
Dick Rennic: Absolutely, there’s lots of opportunities out there and you can go to franchise.org and take a look at those health conscious industry.
Alex Fees: By DickFrachise.org is the best place so learn about different franchise brands.
Dick Rennic: That’s the best place to learn and of course going to the three of the franchise shows the one in October in Los Angeles, the one in the late spring early summer and Washington DC and then the one in Miami. That the International Franchise Association sponsors and go ahead and take a look at this new health conscious brands that are out there bringing good foods and good things for you to do to make your body even more healthy.
Alex Fees: And Dick if I logged on to Franchise.org what am I going to find? I mean are there step-by-step instructions there on how to initiate this process?
Dick Rennic: Yes, there is, we just issued and initiated a new website, we spend a lot of money on this website so that people could come on and push and click, and find what they're looking for. If they find some issues that they can’t get on to the website they can call there is a phone number that they could call the international franchise association that somebody can help them through it. We have an educational foundation of the IFA that is also part of that site. They could go to all of the opportunities, there is an opportunities online for franchising, there’s employment opportunities, there’s franchise opportunities, there is all kinds of opportunities in there easy to maneuver through.
Alex Fees: All right, well Dick Rennic thank you for joining us today now you can look for other segments on franchising in small business from Dick here on sbtv.com you can learn more about Dick and his franchise consulting company by going online to teamrennic.com also I can tell you he is a Nebraska man does the red tie. This is sbtv.com. Small business is our only business.
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