Sir Speedy Named an “AllStar” Franchise.  Printing Franchise Company Acheives Ranking on Franchise List

MISSION VIEJO, Calif., March 3, 2009—Sir Speedy, Inc., a 40-year old printing franchise and marketing services company has been ranked number 230 on the AllBusiness AllStar Franchise List. The top 300 listing assesses the strengths of franchising companies. The criteria used to rank the companies include: franchise unit growth rate, financial strength, system size, years in business, years franchising, availability of financing, and Web (brand) visibility.

“The unique factors that AllBusiness used in their review such as Web visibility says a lot about the strength of our brand,” said Richard Lowe, president and COO of Franchise Services, Inc., the parent company of Sir Speedy. “We just celebrated our 40-year anniversary. Through each of those years we embraced changes in our industry and often were the first in market with many products and services targeted to business customers. Sir Speedy remains a strong franchise network in an exciting industry.”

In addition to the AllBusiness Allstar Franchise list, Sir Speedy has received awards and recognition from Entrepreneur magazine, Printing Impressions 400, Franchise Times Top 200, Quick Printing Top 100 and Franchise Business Review’s Franchise 50 Award.

About Sir Speedy
Sir Speedy provides printing franchise and marketing services designed to help companies grow.  Products and services include traditional printing, copying and mailing services as well as value-added offerings such as web to print solutions, integrated direct marketing tools, and promotional products. Sir Speedy helps companies meet their business growth objectives from lead generation, customer retention and reactivation to brand management and more.

Sir Speedy is based in Mission Viejo, California and is owned by Franchise Services, Inc. (FSI), a franchise management company whose family of brands is strategically focused on the needs of small- to medium-sized businesses. Sir Speedy is part of a worldwide network of FSI brands and affiliates that spans more than 800 locations in 16 countries.