Franchise

Halloween Express Corporate Office

Halloween Express was founded in Owenton, Kentucky in 1990. The company has two divisions; one dealing with retail operations and franchises, the other operates the online Ecommerce site. Retail and franchise headquarters are in Owenton, Kentucky, while the Ecommerce corporate office is located in Florence, Kentucky.

The company offers a wide variety of costumes, cosmetics, and decorative items for Halloween, as well as other holidays, and for other purposes, such as plays or school performances. While the online store sells items all year, some brick and mortar locations are only open seasonally. The company website has a full list of stores that remain open all year.

Halloween Express updates its costume selection each year and partners with other Ecommerce sites, such as Amazon.Com and JET.

Halloween Express

Halloween Express updates its costume selection each year and partners with other Ecommerce sites, such as Amazon.Com and JET.

History

Matco Tools Corporate Office

Matco Tools was founded in 1946. The company manufactures tools for automotive and diesel professionals. Like Snap On and Cornwell, Matco (which is an acronym for Mac Allied Tool Company) offers a lifetime warranty on hand tools. Matco has been criticized for contracting with machinists in China to manufacture some of their tools.

The company originally made tool boxes, but sold off the tool box division in 1979. The company uses franchisers to sell their tools from trucks. Each franchiser has his own territory, very much like Snap on and Mac tools. Most franchisers offer no interest financing to their customers.

Matco Tools has mobile franchisers in Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. The company operates as a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation.

Matco Tools

Matco Tools has mobile franchisers in Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. The company operates as a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation.

History

Cornwell Tools Corporate Office

Cornwell Tools was founded in 1919 by Eugene Cornwell, a blacksmith, in Ohio. The company manufactures their own line of automotive and diesel tools for the working professional. Two machining plants, one in Ohio, the other in Pennsylvania, produce items such as ratchets, sockets, wrenches, air tools, pry bars, screwdrivers, and chisels. Similar to MAC and SnapOn Tools, hand tools have a lifetime warranty.

Tools are sold by local franchise distributors, each of whom works a given area. Franchise owners drive trucks filled with tools to local works sites. Many franchise owners offer no interest credit to their customers.

While many franchises work their own assigned area, others are also known to sell at auto shows, gun shows, and tool shows to the everyday handy man who is not a professional mechanic.

Cornwell Tools

While many franchises work their own assigned area, others are also known to sell at auto shows, gun shows, and tool shows to the everyday handy man who is not a professional mechanic.

History

Beef O’Brady’s Corporate Office

Beef O’Brady’s was founded by Jim Mellody in Brandon, Florida, in 1985. Mellody wanted to create a restaurant with an Irish pub feel, but one that was geared towards family. After several tries, Mellody created the no-liquor, Beef O’Brady’s.

In 1998, Melody sold the majority of the business to Family Sports Concepts, Inc. After Mellody passed away in 2002, his daughter sold all remaining locations, with the exception of the original restaurant.

Today, the company has 150 locations, most of them franchised, in the Southern states and Florida. Beef O’Brady’s is headquarters in Tampa, Florida. Several locations were recently shut down due to insect infestation, but the company is assuring its customers that they are confident that exterminators have taken care of the problem.

In August 2020, the parent company of Beef O’Brady’s decided to jump on the chicken bandwagon with The Hatchery. Constuction on new locations will occur in mid to late 2021.

Beef O'Brady's

History

In August 2020, the parent company of Beef O’Brady’s decided to jump on the chicken bandwagon with The Hatchery. Constuction on new locations will occur in mid to late 2021.

Rita’s Italian Ice Corporate Office

Rita’s Italian Ice was founded in 1984 in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, by Bob Tumolo, a former firefighter. After purchasing a recipe from an elderly neighbor, Tumolo began playing with the recipe, adding fresh fruit and other ingredients to create a variety of flavors. He began by selling from his front porch, but the popularity of his product had him open a store in 1987. Tumolo named the company after his wife.

Today, Rita’s Italian Ice has more than 600 locations in 25 states, most of them franchises. Today, the company belongs to Falconhead Capital Partners. In addition to Italian ice, the company also sells ice cream, frozen custard, Misto, Blendini, ice cream cakes, ice cream sandwiches, and Gelati.

Rita’s Italian Ice has approximately 600 full time employees and recently partnered with Cadbury to create Sour Patch Kids Red Italian Ice flavored candy.

Rita's Italian Ice

Rita’s Italian Ice has approximately 600 full time employees and recently partnered with Cadbury to create Sour Patch Kids Red Italian Ice flavored candy.