MRM Franchise Feed: Honoring Troops, Containing Taco Bell and Celebrating a Week of Joy

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Modern Restaurant Management magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise environment. Send items of interest to Content Director Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

Nominate a HeroApple-Metro Inc., an Applebee's franchise for the New York metropolitan area, and TroopTree, a free video messaging service created for the military and their loved ones, started a joint Veterans Day campaign to celebrate a local Armed Forces hero leading up to November 11

Apple-Metro and TroopTree have joined for a public "Nominate an Armed Forces Hero" initiative, allowing people to nominate a veteran or active duty military member they know who has had a positive impact on their life, community or country. Submissions will be accepted online throughout October-closing at 11:59 p.m. EST on October 3t – via written or video recording at www.trooptree.com/applebees. Five winners will be announced on Veterans Day, November 11th, and…