Alabama Feature Articles

Looking for a franchise opportunity in Alabama? Whether you're a first-time business owner or a seasoned entrepreneur, Alabama offers exciting potential for franchise success. With thriving markets in key cities like Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Huntsville, there's a perfect environment to launch and grow a franchise. From food and beverage to retail and services, the diverse economic landscape in Alabama is ripe for franchise opportunities. Explore the best franchise options today and take the next step toward business ownership in Alabama.

Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in Alabama.

All in the Family: For some broods, there's no place like home in franchising

When your grandfather is one of the co-founders of a successful franchise concept and system, it might seem natural for subsequent generations to be involved. But that wasn't always the case for Justin and Sally Haddock. "My grandfather, Jack Fulk, along with Richard Thomas, co-founded Bojangles'," says Justin. "My mother and father followed suit and they have been franchisees since 1980." In fact, his folks still operate 39 Bojangles' locations today.

Kerry Pipes
3,444 Reads

Mobile Attic comes out on top in our store redesign contest

Mobile Attic is on top these days, literally and figuratively. The Elba, Ala.-based firm is the winner of this year's Franchise Update Store Redesign contest. This entitles the five-year-old company to a redesign by Total Resource Group of Lincolnwood, Ill. We'll show you the new design when it's done.

Ripley Hotch
4,999 Reads 59 Shares

99 BIG Franchisees: Alice J. Schleicher

It's all her son's fault! Twenty-eight years ago, says Alice Schleicher (pronounced "Slisher"), her then 16-year-old, Rick, came home and said, "'Mom and Dad, I saw a restaurant and I want to buy it.'" It was a KFC in Sellersburg, Indiana. "We kind of looked at each other and said, 'Okay, well, we'll buy it.'" She envisioned having four someday. So far, she's exceeded that by 50.

Eddy Goldberg
9,857 Reads 1 Shares

99 BIG Franchisees: Tommy & Donna Haddock

More than 26 years ago, North Carolinians Tommy and Donna Haddock bought their first Bojangles' franchise. Things worked out so well, with him taking care of store operations and her working on insurance, workers comp and other "bureaucratic red tape," that they've never felt the need to try another franchise organization.

Debbie Selinsky
7,093 Reads 1 Shares

Help from Franchisees

At February's Franchise UPDATE Multi-Unit Conference in Dallas, attendees dug into their pockets to help Rocco Fiorentino's Little Rock Foundation. Multi-unit operators are known for generosity to charities, but the record for amounts may well go to Batteries Plus. Batteries Plus Multi-Unit Franchisee Leonard Cyphers, who owns three Atlanta-area Batteries Plus stores, was diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson's disease in 1997 at age 48. He is managing his disease with diet, medication, and exercise, and the help of a pioneer in Parkinson's research, Dr. Ray Watts.

2,981 Reads 7 Shares

Sometimes It's All Serendipity

Mary Carol McDaniel and her husband Frank own three (soon to be four) Pump It Up franchises in Alabama and Tennessee. But unlike most multiple unit franchisees, they didn't do a lot of research or planning or interviewing of franchisors to decide on a concept. It walked up to them.