Merry Maids

LAUNCH OF NEW NATIONAL HOME AUTOMATION BRAND; EXPERIENCED FRANCHISE AND HOME SERVICES EXECUTIVE HAGAN KAPPLER IS CEO AND A CO-FOUNDER

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Thursday, July 20, 2023
Maintenance, Daisy, Mosquito control, PE, Pest control, Starbucks, Club Car, ServiceMaster Clean, HVAC, M&A, Growth, Merry Maids, Terminix, Trane

The $20B home automation segment has become the most important, valuable and fastest growing area in home services (13% growth).

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  • The $20B home automation segment has become the most important, valuable and fastest growing area in home services (13% growth).
  • Hagan Kappler, experienced franchise and home services CEO, to lead new national home automation brand
    Hagan Kappler, co-founder and CEO, is excited to lead this new concept, after having recently led home services franchise brands across multiple sectors including pest control, HVAC, plumbing, insulation, mosquito control, and home cleaning.
  • Ms. Kappler also has experience growing top national brands including ServiceMaster Clean, Merry Maids, Starbucks, Terminix, Trane, and Club Car.
  • According to Ms. Kappler: "I am thrilled to build and lead a new home services concept to help people better manage their homes.

October Is Fire Prevention Month – ServiceMaster Restore, Local Fire Fighters Install Free Smoke Alarms in Communities Nationwide

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Monday, October 3, 2022
Public Policy, Government, Residential Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Law Enforcement, Emergency Services, Water, ServiceMaster, Restore, Association, National Fire Protection Association, Fire, Smoke, Merry Maids, House, MEN, SRM, TWO, ServiceMaster Clean, Restaurant, Tunnel

In recognition of Fire Prevention Month in October, ServiceMaster Restore franchises nationwide are partnering with local fire departments to provide and install smoke alarms to homes that need them.

Key Points: 
  • In recognition of Fire Prevention Month in October, ServiceMaster Restore franchises nationwide are partnering with local fire departments to provide and install smoke alarms to homes that need them.
  • Death and injury from house fires are largely preventable if there are working smoke alarms in place.
  • ServiceMaster Restore franchises will work with local fire departments to identify homes in need of smoke alarms.
  • Each local franchise will donate the fire alarms needed and together with local fire fighters, provide installation free of charge.

Merry Maids Celebrates Housekeeper Appreciation Week: A Clean Home Really Is a Happier, Healthier Home

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Monday, September 13, 2021
Residential Building & Real Estate, Other Retail, Construction & Property, Other Consumer, Women, Men, Retail, Family, Home Goods, Consumer, Other Construction & Property, District, Society, Work, United Kingdom, Multimedia, Green, Merry Maids, Emotion, Personality, Time, Social psychology, Woman, Maid service, Interior design

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210913005068/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210913005068/en/
    Merry Maids celebrates Housekeeper Appreciation Week (September 12-18), a good time to acknowledge the important contributions of those who clean, sanitize, tidy-up and otherwise create order in our homes.
  • Merry Maids estimates that team members spend more than 6 million hours in customers homes each year providing clean and healthy environments.
  • Merry Maids estimates that team members spend more than 6 million hours in customers homes each year providing clean and healthy environments.
  • Merry Maids is a business unit of ServiceMaster Brands, a leading provider of essential residential and commercial services.

KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to ServiceMaster Funding LLC, Series 2020-1 Senior Secured Notes

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Monday, November 16, 2020
Banking, Professional services, Insurance, Finance, Finance, Money, Franchises, Service companies, Credit risk, ServiceMaster, Merry Maids, Nationally recognized statistical rating organization, Credit rating agency, Securitization, KBRA, Bond credit rating

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to three note classes of ServiceMaster Funding LLC, (the Issuer) a whole business securitization.

Key Points: 
  • Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to three note classes of ServiceMaster Funding LLC, (the Issuer) a whole business securitization.
  • ServiceMaster Brands (SMB) is a leading provider of restoration and cleaning services to commercial and residential customers across all 50 states and 8 countries.
  • SMBs platform consists of its ServiceMaster Restore (restoration), ServiceMaster Clean (commercial cleaning), Merry Maids (residential cleaning), Furniture Medic (cabinet and furniture repair) and AmeriSpec (home inspection) businesses.
  • KBRA is a full-service credit rating agency registered as an NRSRO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 Roark Capital Acquires ServiceMaster Brands

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Restaurant, Bar, Online Retail, Other Retail, Professional services, Specialty, Consumer, Food, Beverage, Retail, Other Consumer, Other Professional Services, Finance, Home Goods, Franchises, ServiceMaster, Roark Capital Group, Service companies, Companies, Roark, Franchising, Service industries, Merry Maids, Roark, ServiceMaster Brands

Roark Capital , an Atlanta-based private equity firm focused on investing in franchised and multi-location businesses, announced today that its affiliate has acquired ServiceMaster Brands.

Key Points: 
  • Roark Capital , an Atlanta-based private equity firm focused on investing in franchised and multi-location businesses, announced today that its affiliate has acquired ServiceMaster Brands.
  • Sarah Spiegel, Managing Director at Roark, said, We have long admired ServiceMaster Brands and its world recognized reputation for excellence.
  • With ServiceMaster Brands, affiliates of Roark have invested in 88 franchise/multi-location brands to date.
  • Founded in 1929, ServiceMaster Brands operates a network of over 1,850 franchisees through its portfolio of five brands in 50 states and nine countries.

Merry Maids and 3M Announce Strategic Collaboration in Residential Cleaning Sector

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Thursday, July 30, 2020
Residential Building & Real Estate, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Women, Pets, MEN, Retail, Family, Home Goods, Consumer, Parenting, Companies, Franchises, Articles, 3M, Ramsey County, Minnesota, Merry Maids, Scotchgard, Disinfectant, Cleaning, Economy of the United States

With this new collaboration, they can now leverage the 3M brands advanced cleaning products and proprietary cleaning techniques in the process.

Key Points: 
  • With this new collaboration, they can now leverage the 3M brands advanced cleaning products and proprietary cleaning techniques in the process.
  • Merry Maids and 3M teamed up to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the cleaning process, spending over 500 hours researching products and solutions to bring the best of 3M cleaning science into the homes of Merry Maids customers across the country.
  • Merry Maids and 3M continued to work together during the COVID-19 global pandemic to offer cleaning and disinfection services using 3M disinfectant.
  • Merry Maids now uses more than a dozen 3M products in the homes of Merry Maids customers, including:
    Scotchgard glass and stainless steel cleaning solutions that provide an exceptional clean and surface protection.

ServiceMaster Global Holdings to Announce Second-Quarter 2020 Results

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Thursday, July 16, 2020
Home Goods, Retail, Residential Building & Real Estate, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Franchises, ServiceMaster, Service companies, Companies, Cities in the United States, Memphis, Tennessee, Terminix, Merry Maids

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc .

Key Points: 
  • ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc .
  • The company will hold a conference call to discuss its financial and operating results at 8 a.m. central time (9 a.m. eastern time) on Thursday, August 6, 2020.
  • ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. is a leading provider of termite and pest control, cleaning and restoration services in both the residential and commercial markets, operating through an extensive service network of more than 8,000 company-owned locations and franchise and license agreements.
  • The company is headquartered in Memphis, Tenn. Go to www.servicemaster.com for more information about ServiceMaster or follow the company at twitter.com/ServiceMaster or Facebook.com/ServiceMaster .

ServiceMaster Brands Announces Full Mobilization of Cleaning and Disinfecting Services for Businesses and Homes Against COVID-19

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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Infectious diseases, Other Retail, Home Goods, Other Health, Health, Retail, Residential Building & Real Estate, Franchises, Service companies, ServiceMaster, Merry Maids, Companies, Service industries, Maid service, Disinfectant

We are uniquely positioned, through our ServiceMaster Restore, ServiceMaster Clean, and Merry Maids businesses to provide disinfection services with up-to-date protocols and standards in alignment with CDC, EPA and OSHA guidelines.

Key Points: 
  • We are uniquely positioned, through our ServiceMaster Restore, ServiceMaster Clean, and Merry Maids businesses to provide disinfection services with up-to-date protocols and standards in alignment with CDC, EPA and OSHA guidelines.
  • Disinfection and cleaning services are core ServiceMaster Brand capabilities, and the company has already performed thousands of COVID-19 related services across hundreds of healthcare facilities, schools, businesses and homes, that are directly related to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The companys well-recognized brands include ServiceMaster Restore (restoration and reconstruction), ServiceMaster Clean (commercial cleaning), Merry Maids (residential cleaning), AmeriSpec (home inspections) and Furniture Medic (cabinet and furniture repair).
  • ServiceMaster Brands is a business unit of ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SERV ), a leading provider of essential residential and commercial services.

ServiceMaster Contracts with Merchants Fleet for Fleet Management Services

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Automotive, Logistics, Supply chain management, Transport, Transportation, Fleet management, Travel, Other Transport, Franchises, Service companies, ServiceMaster, Merry Maids, Terminix, Companies, Service industries, Fleet management, Automotive, Logistics, Supply chain management, Transport, Transportation, Fleet management, Travel, Other Transport, Franchises, Service companies, ServiceMaster, Merry Maids, Terminix, Companies, Service industries, Fleet management

ServiceMaster , a leading provider of essential services to homes and businesses and parent company of national brands Terminix and Merry Maids, has contracted with Merchants Fleet for fleet management services.

Key Points: 
  • ServiceMaster , a leading provider of essential services to homes and businesses and parent company of national brands Terminix and Merry Maids, has contracted with Merchants Fleet for fleet management services.
  • Under the agreement, Merchants will provide vehicle leasing and services to ServiceMasters core fleet of over 10,000 vehicles and offer service support for its many franchisees.
  • Were thrilled to partner with ServiceMaster and provide them with an innovative, industry-leading fleet experience, said Brendan P. Keegan, CEO of Merchants Fleet.
  • About Merchants Fleet: Merchants Fleet is the fastest growing fleet management company nationally.

ServiceMaster to Explore Strategic Alternatives for its ServiceMaster Brands Franchise Businesses; Announces Leadership Transition

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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Residential Building & Real Estate, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Franchises, Service companies, Service industries, Companies, Merry Maids, ServiceMaster, Lazard, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Brand

Our continued focus on maximizing shareholder value has led us to the decision to explore strategic alternatives for our ServiceMaster Brands segment, said ServiceMaster Chairman Naren Gursahaney.

Key Points: 
  • Our continued focus on maximizing shareholder value has led us to the decision to explore strategic alternatives for our ServiceMaster Brands segment, said ServiceMaster Chairman Naren Gursahaney.
  • Following a thorough review of our portfolio of businesses and the current strong valuations for businesses like ServiceMaster Brands, we determined the timing is right to explore strategic alternatives.
  • The strong and recognizable brands in the segment include ServiceMaster Restore, ServiceMaster Clean, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic and AmeriSpec.
  • ServiceMaster has engaged Lazard as financial advisor and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as legal advisor in connection with its exploration of strategic alternatives for the ServiceMaster Brands business.