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Extreme Makeover, Franchise Style

A Bruster's store gets a prizewinning makeover.
Source: Kendralla Photography

In February, when Tom Ely and his partners bought the in Hopewell Township, Pa., where he had served as manager for 12 years, there were things they wanted to change. One item on their list--a revamp of the 22-year-old building--was something they believed would have to wait a year or two. But that thinking changed when Ely and partner Mario Leone attended a franchise conference and learned about Bruster's

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