Out To Lunch - New Orleans Business Podcast

It’s New Orleans: Out to Lunch

Hosted ByPeter Ricchiuti

Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business finance professor Peter Ricchiuti holds court over lunch at Columns in Uptown New Orleans. Peter's lunch guests are New Orleans business people, from startups to CEO's, from artists to tech entrepreneurs, musicians to movers-and-shakers. New Orleans is on everybody's list as a great place to party but it's also on many lists of the best place to start a business. Peter's deeply knowledgable and equally levity-laden approach to business conversation neatly makese sense of the Crescent City's contradictions.

The Franchise Option – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

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When you think of a business that’s based on franchising, you probably think of places like Subway and McDonalds. But there are many more. There are over 750,000 franchise outlets in the U.S.

Some of them might surprise you. Like Barre 3. They’re workout studios that combine ballet barre with yoga and Pilates. 

Kendall Carriere

There are 3 Barre 3 studios here in New Orleans, all owned by Kendall Carriere. 

Jeff Anderson

Jeff Anderson is owner of the local franchise for Budget Blinds. Jeff didn’t set out to be your local blind supplier. His path to window treatments meandered through business landscapes that include the wide-open spaces of Montana and the stock exchange.

Like blinds, and people, franchising comes in a wide range of shapes and sizes. On this edition of Out to Lunch, Peter Ricchiuti talks to Kendall and Jeff about why they chose franchising and how it’s working for them.

Jeff Anderson, Kendall Carriere, Peter Ricchiuti

Photos at Commander’s Palace by Alison Moon.

Realtor Tracey Moore