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Technology Trends for Green Businesses

When it comes to anticipating and planning for the latest trends, Spring-Green Lawn Care prepares like no other green business. Our corporate office dedicates itself to keeping franchisee owners ahead of the curve, with the most up-to-date technology to power all your marketing and operational needs. Here’s some examples: Operations Green businesses looking to grow their business know how important managing customer expectations can be when it comes to not only keeping clients, but also attracting new ones. Spring-Green can help with our customer expectation report. According to R.J. Krone, […]

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Mullen and VanOrder Extend Franchise Relationship

Spring-Green is pleased to announce that Kirk Mullen (Wyoming, Minnesota) and Greg VanOrder (Boise, ID) have each extended their Spring-Green franchise relationship by renewing for another 10 years. Franchise owner Greg VanOrder remains confident that he can continue his expansion serving the greater Boise, ID area and points to Spring-Green’s support systems as key factors in his decision to renew. “I’ve been with Spring-Green since 2005 and each year, my business and marketing planning sessions have been an exceptional vote of confidence in solidifying my opportunity to continue building a […]

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Spring-Green Recognizes and Promotes Staff Longevity

Spring-Green Lawn Care’s tradition of its continued re-investment in growth building and maintaining strong relationships based on trust with staff, franchise owners and its focus on the customer experience continues in 2016. The company has promoted several staff members on the company-owned franchise and franchise support side of the business: Marilyn Darin, David Dawson, Rick Helfrich, R.J. Krone and Ryan Winterbaum. Representative of Spring-Green’s ongoing investment in growth and succession planning, these promotions demonstrate the company’s efforts to continue positioning itself as a World Class Organization. For Spring-Green’s company-owned franchises, which […]

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6 Key Questions to Help You With Your Daily Resolutions

As the New Year begins, resolutions are in full swing. Gyms are packed with sweaty individuals determined to get in shape for the summer. Home-cooked meals are prevalent at break rooms and dining tables across the country to help save money for family vacations. But most of all, vows of just being a better person emanate from the masses. While the first two resolutions have straight-forward reasons and action plans, it’s not as easy to figure out how to be a better person. Being a better person is subjective, especially […]

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Giving Thanks and the Power of Appreciation

As we prepare to gather with our families and friends for Thanksgiving, we would like to take a moment to thank our Spring-Green family of staff members, franchise owners and vendors for their hard work and dedication. As with all companies, you are only as good as your people, and we are thankful to have several outstanding people throughout Spring-Green. Let’s not forget to show appreciation to the people who also play a vital role in any company’s success… our customers. As our Director of Education Harold Enger states in […]

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Honoring our armed forces this Veterans Day

Spring-Green hopes everyone will take a moment this Veterans Day to honor the service provided by our men and women in uniform serving both at home and overseas. Recognizing and supporting veterans is something Spring-Green does every day of the year. Spring-Green demonstrates our support of America’s armed forces in a variety of ways. One is our ongoing assistance to veterans through our participation in IFA’s VetFran® program, which helps returning service members access franchise opportunities through training, financial assistance and industry support. Spring-Green applies up to $5,000 of the […]

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Spring-Green Named a Top 100 Lawn and Landscape Company Once Again

Since 2005, Spring-Green Lawn Care has been named one of the Top 100 Lawn and Landscape Companies in North America by Lawn & Landscape magazine. This year, Spring-Green ranked 26th on the list, which was published in May. Spring-Green is a family owned and operated organization, who has recently begun recruiting qualified green industry business owners who are seeking to diversify and expand their service offering. Spring-Green Lawn Care has been delivering lawn fertilization and weed control services to residential and commercial customers in 26 states for over 38 years. Spring-Green […]

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5 Benefits of Our Franchise Advisory Council

By: Kim Kieffer When you join a franchise system, you become a member of an experienced group of business owners dedicated to providing you with invaluable franchise advice and support. Being part of a franchise gives you access to the marketing & operational systems, technology and data that can help accelerate the growth and development of your local business. One way that a franchisor keeps in tune with its organizational needs is to establish a franchise advisory council. This council is made up of franchise owners, and in many cases […]

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10 Advantages of Owning Your Own Franchise

If you are thinking about taking the big step of going into business for yourself, or if you have an existing business that you’re looking to grow, then you should consider franchise ownership. Becoming a franchise owner is an often overlooked option for many business owners, but it is a great option with many associated benefits. The first step is to research different franchise operations that would interest you. Then, ask questions, and remember to keep an open mind. You might discover that becoming a franchise owner is a perfect […]

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Spring-Green’s Professional Development Seminar Series

During the winter and early spring, Spring-Green’s expert on lawn care Harold Enger will travel to over 20 cities throughout the winter and early spring to host professional development seminars to benefit franchise owners’ staff and managers alike. The topics Enger will discuss include things like sessions on customer service, best practices for handling cancels in the field, injector system calibration and troubleshooting, invasive weeds and their control, common diseases and management practices. Each seminar represents a terrific learning opportunity, as every session is drawn from the wellspring that is Spring-Green’s […]

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