QSRWeb.com reports the acquisition of Planet Smoothie by Tasti D-Lite.  Tasti D-Lite is a frozen dessert chain for health-conscious consumers.  In the coming months, Tasti D-Lite products will be available in some Planet Smoothie stores and vice versa. Jim Amos, CEO of Tasti D-Lite said they plan to offer new franchisees the option to own and operate in a co-branded store concept, which fully integrates both brands into a unique customer experience.

Tennessee-based Tasti D-Lite, a frozen dessert chain catering to health-conscious consumers, has announced the acquisition of Planet Smoothie LLC, a franchise system with more than 100 units in operation, mainly in Georgia and Florida.

The strategic acquisition, which closed Nov. 30,

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“In the past with this type of situation I would have had a line outside my door with people waiting to buy homes,” says Howard Sumner, a Billings Realtor, about the low mortgage interest rates and the rising cost of rentals.

But homebuyers are not lined up. In fact, home sales in the Billings area over the year through October have declined by three percent, putting downward pressure on prices to the extent that the average price of a home has declined three percent and the median price has declined four percent.

The current average price of a home is $206,162 compared to $213,323 at this time last year. Which

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Starting a business online is easier today than ever. You no longer need to be a coding expert in order to create a blog or a website you just need to know what tools are out there. Best of all, many of those tools are completely free and open-source.

At the heart of it all sits WordPress. WordPress started out as a blogging software platform, but it’s evolved into much more. Today, WordPress is one of the most intuitive and versatile content management systems (CMS) around. N

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WHY SO MANY BOYCOTT AMAZON CALLS?

There are increasing calls to boycott Amazon, but I had no idea just how many different issues are involved and how serious they are until I started researching this post.

Image Credit: Broken Sword Publications ~ Click Image to Read Amazon Threats to Publishers

Just like Wal-Mart, Amazon engages in unethical and unfair practices.

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State officials and business owners took the first steps Thursday to close a loophole in a program designed to encourage recycling of used tires but instead paid companies to dump them.

With an eye toward paying companies that recycle the shredded tires, officials and members of the state’s Waste Tire Advisory Committee began cobbling together legislation to shut the loophole in the year-old program.

“This program is not an entitlement,” Rep. Marsha Looper, R-Calhan, told the committee during a monthly meeting.

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