Sentence examples for franchised system from inspiring English sources

Under a franchised system the mayor can decide the routes, frequencies, timetables, fares and quality standards for bus services in the city-region.

Martin Griffiths, chief executive of Stagecoach, welcomed the extension to Virgin's timetable but added: "With respect to the decision on open-access between London and Edinburgh, we do not believe the granting of these services within a franchised system and without a level playing field is in the best interests of passengers, taxpayers or communities.

Recurring revenue self-sufficiency aims to determine whether a company can be self-sufficient without expanding its franchised system size.

Franchisor stability, which is measured based on a franchisor's financial results, tells a prospective franchisee whether the franchisor 1) has the capacity to re-invest in support for the franchised system, and 2) is financially healthy enough to be around for the length of the franchisees' operations, which has an average length of an initial franchise agreement term of 10 years.

"All of these transactions further DineEquity's strategic objective of transitioning Applebee's into a more heavily franchised system over time," Stewart said.

The idea of a robot (or 12) in every restaurant means a capital investment in each location, which is hard to justify, especially in franchised systems.

Well, that distinction will pretty much disappear now that the company's corporate parent is selling 33 company-owned locations to independent operators, making the chain a 99-percent-franchised restaurant system.

The former Getty was a system of franchised and leased stations, and most of the station property was stripped out and reorganized as a REIT.

InterContinental should do better than its peers since around 75% of the rooms in its system are in franchised hotels, compared with 39% of Starwood's.

Annually around 100 new members have been added to the franchise network since its launch Members of the SQH franchise provide both franchised supported (family planning, TB, pneumonia, malaria and HIV testing) and non-franchised services.

System growth, whether negative or positive, is amplified by even low levels of franchised unit openings and closures for systems with a small franchised unit base.