Allegra Network — A Match Made in Printing

Known as the conversion program—and affectionately dubbed the matchmaker program or the “eHarmony of the printing industry,” according to Darryl Buchanan, vice president of franchise development—Allegra matches up quality buyers with motivated, yet particular, independent sellers. In the end, an outgoing owner gets his/her nest egg, a corporate exile gets a new lease on a career, and Allegra...well, the Allegra Print & Imaging chain grows by another franchise.