More franchise businesses are coming to Sacramento

Why do we need to make a special effort to protect our neighborhood character?  And preserve space for local entrepreneurs?

One chain store with eyes on Sacramento is Dunkin' Donuts which wants to open 46 new stores in the Sacramento area.  46!!!!!   You can bet that one or two of those will be headed our way unless we make it clear that we'd prefer they not.  You can read the story which was reported in March of 2014 right here.

Franchise businesses in general are looking at Sacramento as a big fat target for their expansion. The Sacramento Bee reported on this July 20th. The story is here. The threat is real.  We think there are plenty of talented local business people who can meet local needs and deserve a shot at building their own "Made in Sacramento" empires for export.  Why should we import other people's ideas and fill our streets up with them?  What does that say about Sacramento?

The Sacramento Business Journal recently reported on ways that locally owned, independent coffee shop owners are competing with the big chains.  Bravo!!!  More, more, more!!!  You can read the story here.