Former congressman Melançon to head IFA lobby shop
- February 3, 2011 |
- WILLIAM EHART
One of many moderate Democrats to lose last November, new pick knows franchises as former owner of Baskin-Robbins shops Former Rep. Charles Melançon (D-La.) remembers the first time the International Franchise Association came to lobby him in his Capitol Hill office. Melancon I said obviously somebody didnt check me out because I was a franchisee for Baskin-Robbins, he told CEO Update. In fact, he owned two of the ice cream chains Louisiana storesand one of his best business moves was when he didnt buy a third as the bottom fell out of the economy in the early 1980s. It was actually one of the lucky times in my life when I didnt buy high and sell low,… Read More