{"id":625,"date":"2008-07-21T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-21T06:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/this-franchise-2\/"},"modified":"2017-01-24T01:30:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T01:30:58","slug":"this-franchise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/this-franchise-2","title":{"rendered":"This Franchise Has Been Green For Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of small businesses are jumping on the<strong> <span style=\"color: #339900;\">Green<\/span><\/strong> bandwagon, and this blogger thinks that it is important to do so. Some franchise concepts can start off their Green initiatives with simple things like replacing old light bulbs with newer, more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compact_fluorescent_lamp\">energy efficient ones<\/a><\/strong>.This may seem like a minuscule thing to do, but if all the franchise companies nationwide did it, it would save a lot of energy!<\/p>\n<p>There are even some franchise concepts to get involved in that have been <span style=\"color: #339900;\"><strong>Green<\/strong><\/span> since their inception. Would you like top know which one I am talking about?   <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/07\/12\/logogif_1509361729_2.gif\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchentuneup.com\"><strong>Kitchen Tune-Up<\/strong><\/a> has been saving wood, and even planting trees for years. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchentuneup.com\/company\/management.html\"><strong>Dave Haglund<\/strong><\/a>, founder of Kitchen Tune-Up says &quot;When you redoor your cabinets instead of replacing them entirely, you<br \/>\ndo a small part to help our planet.  Your cabinet boxes don&#8217;t go to a<br \/>\nlandfill and the energy and materials needed to create new ones isn&#8217;t<br \/>\nused, either!  It&#8217;s just one more thing to feel good about.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>If you are about to do a kitchen remodel, is it possible for you to take a step back, and consider the refacing option? By doing so, you really would be helping the planet, by saving a tree or two. You would of course, also be saving the fuel costs that would be required for delivery of the trees to the mill, and finally, you would be saving another type of <strong><span style=\"color: #339900;\">Green<\/span><\/strong>. <em>It is less costly to reface a kitchen, than to replace the cabinets that are already in place!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe me, though.<\/p>\n<p>Read some comments from real<strong> Kitchen Tune-Up<\/strong> customers:<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Love my new kitchen!!!<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t say enough about it. Made a 30 year old kitchen like new in 3<br \/>\ndays. On time, cleaned up each night and 1\/2 price of new cabinets.<br \/>\nLove it, love it, love it!!!<\/div>\n<p><strong>I will recommend<br \/>\n&quot;Kitchen Tune-Up&quot; to all my friends and I am very happy that I could<br \/>\nkeep my old cabinets that now look like new.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My kitchen cabinets look brand new and my whole kitchen feels<br \/>\ndifferent. I was so impressed with the professionalism of the services.<br \/>\nGreat company to work I have already passed their name along.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazing &#8211; came for original visit when promised. Explained everything.<br \/>\nCalled to confirm date. Finished and left everything looking 1000%<br \/>\nbetter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are 100+  more customer reviews to read, <strong>here!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are feeling the need to spruce up your kitchen, or are thinking about entering the green franchise realm, please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/kitchentuneup.com\/franchise_info.html\"><strong>their company website<\/strong><\/a>. <span style=\"color: #339900;\"><strong>Go Green!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339900;\"><strong>Need help with a Green Franchise Business Plan?? Look!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339900;\"><strong>Are you a Green Franchise?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of small businesses are jumping on the Green bandwagon, and this blogger thinks that it is important to do so. 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