From balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu Fri May 5 20:09:42 1995 Received: from swift.cvs.rochester.edu by mother.ent.rochester.edu with SMTP id AA11257 (5.65/IDA-1.4.4 for /usr/local/lib/lists/balloon.archive); Fri, 5 May 1995 20:09:42 -0400 Received: by cvs.rochester.edu (4.1/MAIN-MX-1.4.3.2) id AA03841; Fri, 5 May 95 19:59:30 EDT Resent-Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 19:59:24 -0400 Old-Return-Path: Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 19:59:24 -0400 From: Ball00nMan@aol.com Message-Id: <950505195923_108480424@aol.com> To: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu Subject: News Item of Potential Interest Resent-Message-Id: <"QhMol.0.zx.Xlhgl"@swift.cvs.rochester.edu> Resent-From: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/229 X-Loop: balloon@cvs.rochester.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: balloon-request@cvs.rochester.edu ORLANDO, Fla., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Balloons & Bears, a gift shop chain that started franchising last year, has just sold a master franchise that is expected to bring 23 of the stores to Florida's west coast in the next five years. The chain currently has 12 stores, is scheduled to open in Atlanta and Vancouver in the next 60 days, and has 40 more locations under development. Each store features a wide selection of balloons and bears.