“Age discrimination remains a significant and costly problem for workers, their families and our economy.” (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2018) One sure cure for age discrimination is to be your own boss. At any stage of life, as an independent franchise business owner, you can create the work life that you desire. For over 27 [...]
Pam Morin, independent franchise owner of Budget Blinds Service Corpus Christi As a single mom, Pam Morin joined Budget Blinds in 2012, making a dramatic life change from 20 years in nursing to business ownership of Budget Blinds Serving Corpus Christi. She took franchisor Budget Blinds at its word to provide all the [...]
Make a career change that could change your whole life Would you say your work life was a comfortable routine or in a rut? While routine and rut have some characteristics in common, there is a definite difference. One implies a comfort level, the other merely tedium. If you’re tired of being in [...]
For over three years, Budget Blinds® has been the official window coverings supplier for Homes for Our Troops (HFOT), a privately-funded nonprofit organization that builds mortgage-free, specially adapted homes for severely injured Veterans. With almost 250 homes completed since 2004, you know HFOT has a sure-fire system in place. Part of that winning infrastructure is [...]
October is National Window Cord Safety Month and Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) and Budget Blinds® take seriously the proven danger of dangling window cords to infants and small children. We work only with manufacturers that are equally committed to the advancement of window covering safety features to ensure that our window covering products meet or [...]
Marc and Jill Javet, franchise owners of Tailored Living serving Central Toronto, showing off one of their closet designs. Tailored Living® is currently the nation’s largest home organization franchise, with over 200 franchised territories in the U.S. and Canada. Tailored Living is also one of three franchise brands under Home Franchise Concepts (HFC), [...]
Franchise Business Review (FBR) has again included Budget Blinds® in its newest “Top 50” list, this time as one of the Top 50 Innovative Franchises of 2017. When they talk about innovation, they mean “shaking up the franchise world.” Surveying over 30,000 franchise owners in 350 leading franchise brands, the top 50 were selected based [...]
What better way to judge a brand than by what the customers say? Tailored Living® (TL) consistently gets high fives from our clients whether it’s for closet organization systems, custom garage flooring or other whole home organization and storage solutions. Houzz is a premier online home improvement resource to millions of homeowners, and every [...]
Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) is proud of its family of brands and is never surprised when a potential franchise owner does their due diligence and chooses either a Budget Blinds®, Tailored Living® or Concrete Craft® franchise to buy. So it was no surprise when two cousins bought all three HFC franchises, Steve Yates in Virginia [...]
Home Franchise Concepts (HFC), parent company to Budget Blinds®, Tailored Living® and Concrete Craft®, has a legacy of honoring and supporting military Veterans through programs and initiatives designed to enhance their lives. Shirin Behzadi, Chief Executive Officer, shares the motivation behind the actions: “At HFC, we share a strong commitment to supporting veterans who have [...]
