Batteries Plus Franchise News Headlines 2010


Batteries-only store shows power of strict focus
Source: Chicago Tribune
January 25, 2010

"Spatula City. We sell spatulas … and that's all!"

So goes the TV commercial jingle for Spatula City, a fake store featured in the 1989 cult classic "UHF." The idea of devoting a retail chain to endless variations of an ordinary item is a rich vein of absurdist humor.

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Bringing Local Merchants to Your Senior Residents
Source: National Senior Living Providers Network
January 29, 2010

At the Sequoias, a senior assisted living center in San Francisco, local merchants have stepped in to make it easier than ever for residents to get the basic items they need without leaving home.

Jim Kirk, the owner of the local branch of Batteries Plus, for example, visits the community the first Tuesday of every month to take care of residents’ battery needs, saving them a trip to the store.

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