Sentence examples for franchise arrangements from inspiring English sources

Franchise arrangements are characterized by a contractual relationship between a franchiser (a manufacturer, wholesaler, or service organization) and franchisees (independent entrepreneurs who purchase the right to own and operate any number of units in the franchise systems).

Most are franchise arrangements (though Marlborough's Malaysian branch is directly managed).

Today, these are paid by the student and the taxpayer and from outside sources (business, sales, franchise arrangements for examinations or degrees).

News of Harman's success reached other restaurant owners, and by 1956 six or eight of them had made informal franchise arrangements with the Colonel, under which they paid him four cents for every chicken they cooked with his process.

An increasing number of workers are in subcontracting or franchise arrangements where their employment conditions are controlled by firms they can't bargain with or hold accountable for meeting basic wage or safety obligations.

A spokeswoman for the Post Office said the strike would only affect the 300 branches it directly manages, as the majority of the country's 11,000 branches are managed through franchise arrangements.

In Brooklyn, the family had been forced to enter into a franchise arrangement with blacks and Puerto Ricans, limiting themselves to providing capital and arranging for police protection.

It also established an unusual franchise arrangement whereby independent retailers stocked only Benetton clothing.

They are not a judgment on the role of the private sector in the NHS or on franchise arrangement," Richards said.

It has also started a scheme to help out some of its struggling tenants, which basically sounds like a franchise arrangement for underperforming pubs.

The Nu Horizons Electronics Corporation (Nasdaq: NUHC) of Melville has entered into a franchise arrangement with Oki Semiconductor of Sunnyvale, Calif., to distribute Oki's products throughout North America.