The National Owners Association, the McDonald’s franchisees who famously formed last fall the first independent group to address what they see as corporate missteps, explained why it has “elected to not pursue legal action” against the brand, according to a missive from its board to members sent yesterday.

Business partners Franseda Natalio, William Siawira and Erwin Sujono, under the auspices of Yogurtland Indonesia Global Mandiri, inked a deal to open at least 10 stores in the Southeast Asian nation over the next three years.

Data is everything for restaurants trying to make sense of third-party delivery, among other off-premises channels. In its latest survey of 515 delivery customers, Wells Fargo Senior Analyst Jon Tower and Associate Analyst William Miller found that promotions are a greater driver of behavior among respondents, with delivery fees less of a motivator than its previous surveys.

When the O'Briens' success with The Goddard School started generating a few questions at family dinners, it wasn't long before everyone was involved.

HomeVestors, the “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchise, is warning consumers about imitators who are not in the system but target house sellers with copycat slogans.

Neal Courtney’s daughter “was an absolute nightmare when it was time to get her hair cut,” he says, and the 3-year-old “hated” going to the salon. That changed when Courtney and wife Alexis brought Nieve to a local Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids shop in suburban Salt Lake City.

Christina Russell, newly named CEO of Sola Salon Studios, finds common threads between her latest appointment and her former CEO jobs at Pure Barre and Camp Bow Wow before that.

If you’re free on any Wednesday in Atlanta and ride a motorcycle, allow me to present Bike Night at TGI Fridays Camp Creek, as described by Shawn Crenshaw, the restaurant’s general manager.

Pushing customers to spend more mid-meal is a delicate balance. But by selling prepaid meal passes, HuHot Mongolian Grill was able to increase that spending by 44 percent.

For everyone who thought Parker and Roxy and Millie were adorable in our pet-friendly hotels story this June/July, comes the other side of the story. “What looks so inviting for some is just the opposite for others,” writes Mark Liston, director of special projects for Neighborly and former president of Glass Doctors.

Roy Rogers has a new executive vice president who has been working behind the scenes to reinvigorate the 50-year-old brand.

A public awareness and fundraising campaign is underway as America’s Swimming Pool Company launches its Clean Water Matters effort in partnership with OneWorld Health. The initiative supports OneWorld Health’s mission to provide a clean water source to hospitals in East Africa and Central America.