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Article: Veterans Franchise small-business sales hit 1,000 milestone: 200 more sales are pending in "VetFran" program designed to financially assist military veterans.(FW FOCUS: HONORING AMERICA'S VETERANS)
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- Franchising World
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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As the nation prepared to observe Veterans Day n Nov. 11, the International Franchise Association announced that its "VetFran" program, created to aid former military personnel in the transition to civilian life, has enabled 1,000 veterans to become franchise small-business owners and has 200 more sales pending, according to the association's latest quarterly survey of participating companies.
IFA-established the program after Sept. 11, 2001 to help honorably-discharged veterans acquire franchised small businesses. In that quest, more than 260 franchise systems that are members of the association currently offer financial incentives, or discounts, to lower the ...