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IFA APPLAUDS COURT’S DECISION PREVENTING NYC BEVERAGE BAN


WASHINGTON, March 11, 2013—International Franchise Association Senior Vice President of Government Relations & Public Policy Judith Thorman released the following statement today after a state judge stopped New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s administration from banning restaurants from selling large sugary drinks. IFA opposed the ban as part of New Yorkers for Beverage Choices, a coalition of concerned businesses, community groups and individuals.


“We applaud the court’s decision to prevent Mayor Bloomberg’s unnecessary and ineffective proposal from being enacted and enforced. The proposal was an example of government overreach that unfairly targeted restaurant franchises and would have done little to combat obesity, while placing excessive and arbitrary costs on franchisees throughout New York City.


“Small business franchise restaurant owners provide many job opportunities for the city’s residents and franchise businesses support more than 784,000 jobs and $46 billion in economic output in New York State.”


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The International Franchise Association is the world’s oldest and largest organization representing franchising worldwide. Celebrating over 50 years of excellence, education and advocacy, IFA works through its government relations and public policy, media relations and educational programs to protect, enhance and promote franchising. Through its media awareness campaign highlighting the theme, Franchising: Building Local Businesses, One Opportunity at a Time, IFA promotes the economic impact of the more than 825,000 franchise establishments, which support nearly 18 million jobs and $2.1 trillion of economic output for the U.S. economy. IFA members include franchise companies in over 300 different business format categories, individual franchisees and companies that support the industry in marketing, law and business development.

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