<Tab/>Over the last forty years the sandwich shop Blimpie has undergone many forms of ownership to grow and mature. Starting as a partnership, the struggling company then changed into a sole proprietorship. Eventually the owner of Blimpie, Tony Conza, changed again to a franchise operation. The franchise operation helped his business along. The new franchises worked for Conza for many reasons. With an established product already on the market, they …showed first 75 words of 440 total…

…showed last 75 words of 440 total…just a Blimpie franchise. Co-branding a firm has disadvantages too though. This added size to the company could make operations cumbersome if not ran efficiently. Also, having two selections is going to take sales away from one aspect of the business and into another. If the store were at 100% sandwich outgo, some people buying sandwiches would now switch to pasta. New inventory schedules of raw materials had to be made to adjust to food spoilage.