{"id":1124,"date":"2009-08-24T07:37:50","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T07:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores\/"},"modified":"2015-11-27T03:32:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T03:32:08","slug":"franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores","title":{"rendered":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/action\/?ID=9Od4Xyzwl+I=&#038;email=\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/mybt\/images\/opt3-medium.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"60\" width=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a50c048a970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ups logo\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a50c048a970b \" src=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a50c048a970b-500wi\" \/><\/a>          <a href=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a562ffea970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mbe logo\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a562ffea970c \" src=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0120a562ffea970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 116px; height: 92px;\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>I remember <\/strong>hearing about a group of disgruntled franchisees from <strong>Mail Boxes Etc<\/strong>. getting together shortly after <strong><span style=\"color: #482c1b;\">UPS<\/span><\/strong> bought the huge franchise chain out, and deciding that they would <em>not <\/em>spend the $25,000 needed to retrofit the stores into all things brown. <strong><span style=\"color: #482c1b;\">{UPS colors}<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #482c1b;\"><span style=\"color: #111111;\">I am often asked what happens to the franchisees of a franchise chain that is all of a sudden sold, and new management takes over.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #482c1b;\"><em><span style=\"color: #111111;\">{It happened to me. I left and went out on my own.}<\/span><\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #482c1b;\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keith Girard over at AllBusiness.com wrote a fine article describing the way things may have gone down. A great read. <\/p>\n<p><strong>From AllBusiness.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The franchisees charge that the company\u2019s effort to convert them,<br \/>\nknown as the Gold Shield campaign, after UPS\u2019s ubiquitous logo, was<br \/>\nintentionally deceptive and materially changed the ground rules for<br \/>\ntheir operations. In effect, they claim, it broke their franchise<br \/>\nagreement and dismantled the existing franchise structure.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>They also charge that the company failed to disclose performance and<br \/>\nfinancial data in addition to other violations of franchisee laws in an<br \/>\neffort to persuade them to switch. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allbusiness.com\/\">AllBusiness.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you seen my<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\"> hub page<\/a> yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember hearing about a group of disgruntled franchisees from Mail Boxes Etc. getting together shortly after UPS bought the huge franchise chain out, and deciding that they would not spend the $25,000 needed to retrofit the stores into all things brown. {UPS colors} I am often asked what happens to the franchisees of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[307],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-francshise-business-tips","tag-jim-amos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc. &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Franchise King\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-08-24T07:37:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-11-27T03:32:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/mybt\/images\/opt3-medium.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Libava\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joel Libava\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66\"},\"headline\":\"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-08-24T07:37:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-27T03:32:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.benetrends.com\\\/mybt\\\/images\\\/opt3-medium.gif\",\"keywords\":[\"jim amos\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Franchise Business Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2009\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores\",\"name\":\"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc. &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.benetrends.com\\\/mybt\\\/images\\\/opt3-medium.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-08-24T07:37:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-27T03:32:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.benetrends.com\\\/mybt\\\/images\\\/opt3-medium.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.benetrends.com\\\/mybt\\\/images\\\/opt3-medium.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Franchise Business Tips\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/category\\\/francshise-business-tips\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Franchise King\u00ae | Get Franchise Buying Advice\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.\",\"alternateName\":\"The Franchise King\u00ae\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/headshot-2023-the-franchise-king.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/headshot-2023-the-franchise-king.jpg\",\"width\":230,\"height\":319,\"caption\":\"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thefranchchiseking\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/joellibava\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/franchiseking\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/JoelLibava\\\/videos\"],\"description\":\"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc. is owned and operated by The Franchise King, Joel Libava. Joel is the author of \\\"Become a Franchise Owner!\\\" (Wiley) and \\\"The Definitive Guide to Franchise Research\\\" (Self). Joel's blog, The Franchise King Blog, is the longest-running blog in franchising. Joel also owns and operates The Franchise Attorney Directory. Joel Libava works 1-on-1 as a Franchise Ownership Advisor, and is a prolific writer on all things franchising. Finally, he's been in franchising close to 25 years.\",\"email\":\"joel@thefranchiseking.com\",\"telephone\":\"2168312610\",\"legalName\":\"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.\",\"foundingDate\":\"2002-01-20\",\"taxID\":\"20-1184045\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66\",\"name\":\"Joel Libava\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Joel Libava\"},\"description\":\"I\u2019m The Franchise King\u00ae, Joel Libava. I'm the author of two helpful books on researching and buying a franchise. In addition, I'm a Franchise Ownership Advisor with 20+ years of experience working 1-on-1 with people interested in buying a franchise, safely. Subscribe to my free VIP Franchise Newsletter.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thefranchchiseking1\",\"https:\\\/\\\/linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/joellibava\",\"https:\\\/\\\/in.pinterest.com\\\/franchiseking\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/JoelLibava\"],\"knowsAbout\":[\"Franchising\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc. &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae","description":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.","og_description":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores","og_site_name":"The Franchise King\u00ae","article_published_time":"2009-08-24T07:37:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-11-27T03:32:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/mybt\/images\/opt3-medium.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Joel Libava","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores"},"author":{"name":"Joel Libava","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66"},"headline":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.","datePublished":"2009-08-24T07:37:50+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-27T03:32:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores"},"wordCount":204,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/mybt\/images\/opt3-medium.gif","keywords":["jim amos"],"articleSection":["Franchise Business Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2009","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores","name":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc. &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/mybt\/images\/opt3-medium.gif","datePublished":"2009-08-24T07:37:50+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-27T03:32:08+00:00","description":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/mybt\/images\/opt3-medium.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.benetrends.com\/mybt\/images\/opt3-medium.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-battle-officially-begins-ups-stores-vs-mail-boxes-etc-stores#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Franchise Business Tips","item":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/category\/francshise-business-tips"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Franchise Battle Officially Begins; UPS Stores Vs. Mail Boxes Etc."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/","name":"The Franchise King\u00ae | Get Franchise Buying Advice","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#organization","name":"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.","alternateName":"The Franchise King\u00ae","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-2023-the-franchise-king.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-2023-the-franchise-king.jpg","width":230,"height":319,"caption":"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefranchchiseking\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joellibava","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/franchiseking\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/JoelLibava\/videos"],"description":"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc. is owned and operated by The Franchise King, Joel Libava. Joel is the author of \"Become a Franchise Owner!\" (Wiley) and \"The Definitive Guide to Franchise Research\" (Self). Joel's blog, The Franchise King Blog, is the longest-running blog in franchising. Joel also owns and operates The Franchise Attorney Directory. Joel Libava works 1-on-1 as a Franchise Ownership Advisor, and is a prolific writer on all things franchising. Finally, he's been in franchising close to 25 years.","email":"joel@thefranchiseking.com","telephone":"2168312610","legalName":"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.","foundingDate":"2002-01-20","taxID":"20-1184045","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66","name":"Joel Libava","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Joel Libava"},"description":"I\u2019m The Franchise King\u00ae, Joel Libava. I'm the author of two helpful books on researching and buying a franchise. In addition, I'm a Franchise Ownership Advisor with 20+ years of experience working 1-on-1 with people interested in buying a franchise, safely. Subscribe to my free VIP Franchise Newsletter.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefranchchiseking1","https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/joellibava","https:\/\/in.pinterest.com\/franchiseking\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/JoelLibava"],"knowsAbout":["Franchising"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}