Month: June 2019

A business partnership with his father has led to a decade-long franchising journey for Cory Christensen

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-Written by Erik Sargent

A solid business partnership requires a familiarity with the other person and a relationship that is built on trust, and for Franchisee Cory Christensen, he has just that.

Christensen – who is the franchisee for three different TWO MEN AND A TRUCK locations in the state of Illinois – his business partner is someone he’s known literally his entire life: his father.

Christensen and his father, Bob, purchased the Rockford, Illinois, location in 2008, and eleven years later have added on two more locations to their resume. Christensen’s path to franchising wasn’t traditional – or even something he expected – but he found a home within the TWO MEN AND A TRUCK brand, and it has paid off. Continue reading →

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK: The Story of the Stickmen

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What started off as a simple idea – two high school brothers moving people’s belongings for extra spending money –turned into a journey that has spanned over three decades and more than 7.5 million moves as a brand.

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK started off with humble beginnings and has remained a humble company despite growing its reach to 44 different states, and even internationally in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Started by a family in Lansing, Mich., in the early 1980’s, the company has become the nation’s first and largest franchised moving brand. Continue reading →