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1. Frantastic: If you haven&rsquo;t already heard, a new statue of Cristiano Ronaldo was recently unveiled. But instead of resembling the Portuguese soccer player, it looks more like Sloth from &ldquo;The Goonies.&rdquo; Naturally, the unfortunate looking statue sent the internet into a Photoshop, meme-making frenzy. Check out this week&rsquo;s edition of &ldquo;The 8&rdquo; to see a few of our favorite reactions, along with the lesson we think members of the franchising community can learn from this ordeal.

2. Franlebrity: Laura Rea Dickey&mdash;this week&rsquo;s Franlebrity&mdash;has always been involved in the restaurant business. From her first job as a hostess at Lone Star Steakhouse to her current position as CEO of Dickey&rsquo;s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., she has seen the industry evolve first-hand. A big part of that evolution has included an increase in diversity among brands&rsquo; leadership teams, which Dickey says is ultimately helping restaurant chains better understand their customers. <a href="http://1851franchise.com/details/11440/How-Hard-Work-Good-Timing-and-Diversity-in-the-Restaurant-Industry-Helped-Laura-Rea-Dickey-Rise-Through-the-Ranks" target="_blank">Head to 1851 for her full story</a>.

3. Frash Money: In the first three months of 2017, <a href="http://buffalowingsandrings.1851franchise.com/details/11454/Spreading-Wings-Buffalo-Wings-Rings-Celebrates-Three-New-Openings-in-Q1?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=the-8-march-31-2017-11489" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings has opened up new locations in Florida, Kentucky and North Dakota</a>. And all of those stores have broken various opening week sales records, showing that the brand is building on impressive momentum. With a plan to continue opening one store per month, Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings is gearing up for a fast-paced year when it comes to development.

4. Frant of the Week: Have you noticed that today&rsquo;s news headlines are more often than not preceded by words like &ldquo;Breaking News,&rdquo; &ldquo;Developing Story&rdquo; or &ldquo;This Just In?&rdquo; That&rsquo;s not an accident&mdash;viewers are hooked when they see a big red bar that&rsquo;s commanding their attention. And while sensationalizing the news might be annoying, it works. The same thing is happening in franchising&mdash;there&rsquo;s a narrative surrounding the industry that tells a misguided story of chains and big-box limitations. To <a href="http://1851franchise.com/details/11484/Broken-News-The-Battle-to-Fix-the-Mistaken-Franchise-Narrative" target="_blank">find out how to fight this one-sided narrative</a>, check out No Limit Agency* Vice President Troy Kehoe&rsquo;s latest column on 1851.

5. Franch Forward: <a href="http://maidright.1851franchise.com/details/11462/As-the-Residential-Cleaning-Industry-Becomes-More-Crowded-Maid-Right-Finds-Ways-to-Stand-Out?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=the-8-march-31-2017-11489" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maid Right is </a><a href="http://maidright.1851franchise.com/details/11462/As-the-Residential-Cleaning-Industry-Becomes-More-Crowded-Maid-Right-Finds-Ways-to-Stand-Out?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=the-8-march-31-2017-11489" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Franching</a><a href="http://maidright.1851franchise.com/details/11462/As-the-Residential-Cleaning-Industry-Becomes-More-Crowded-Maid-Right-Finds-Ways-to-Stand-Out?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=the-8-march-31-2017-11489" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Forward</a> in key development markets across the country. The brand is launching a strategic growth campaign to capitalize on the rising demand for residential cleaning services among consumers. With its sights set on establishing a presence in major cities like St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas and Milwaukee, Wisconsin through its Master Franchisee business model, Maid Right is gearing up for a busy 2017.

6. Fran Funny: What kind of tea is hard to swallow? Reality.

7. Franspiration Misquote: &ldquo;The future depends on what you do today. So stop making excuses and start making moves if you want to buy a franchise.&rdquo; &ndash; Mahatma Gandhi

8. Franemies vs. Frands: Last week, we called out Instagram for being our Franemie with its two-step authentication process. This week, we decided to recognize one of our social media Frands: Snapchat. While some brands have already secured a spot on the app&rsquo;s &ldquo;Discover&rdquo; platform, others are still trying to figure out how to get their message out to consumers through the platform. Marriott, for example, just rolled out its own &ldquo;Snapisodes,&rdquo; which serve as ads specifically made with Snapchat&rsquo;s format in mind. That ability to be creative and try something new on Snapchat shows that the app is providing brands with new ways to reach more potential customers. &nbsp;

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