Corner Bakery Cafe will work with CB Rest Holdings LLC to open 15 cafes in South Florida in the next eight years and Preferred Hospitality Inc. to open 12 locations in Southern California within the next seven years.

"Interest in our franchise development program has picked up quite a bit," says Bob Hartmann, Corner Bakery Café's vice president of franchise development. "It was fairly strong throughout 2009, despite the economy."

Last year, Corner Bakery opened eight franchise restaurants including the first in Utah. Hartmann tells GlobeSt. he expects about the same number of franchise cafés to open this year.

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