Sitting in a Los Angeles church one day in 2009, Austin and Ashton Samuelson heard World Vision U.S. former president Rich Stearns speak about how more than 18,000 children die worldwide each day due to hunger-related causes. Now, that number is 25,000 per day, according to the United Nation…
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, scores of restaurant companies struggled to be a part of wildly fluctuating consumer desires.
In a recent survey by the Coalition of Franchisee Associations, franchisees revealed their big concerns about emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, the franchise business mode and especially the franchise disclosure document.
With its new C-suite in place, a lawsuit with franchisees settled and a marketing game plan to “make Jack more craved,” Jack in the Box is embarking on an aggressive growth push.
Zubair Kazi, a 52-year franchisee of KFC, won a rare jury verdict and a six-figure award on July 7 in his federal lawsuit against KFC. His attorney claims the decision calls into question all new franchises awarded by KFC since 2016 because they were based on “rigged” sales impact studies.
Today Your CBD Store has 550 units, about 200 of those franchised and a full pipeline. But founders Marcus and Rachael Quinn recall a hectic start after they opened their first store in 2018.
Kyle Noonan and Josh Sepkowitz were college roommates before founding Mutts Canina Cantina in 2012, where customers can sip a Barkarita and let their pups off the leash to run around in the attached doggy park.
Alex Beltrani looks like a lot of second- or third-generation restaurant operators. He's taking a fresh look at the industry but he doesn't operate any restaurants, he's in tech.
In 2019, Paris Baguette U.S. announced a lofty goal of reaching 1,000 units by 2030. Come 2021, there are “just under 100” stores in the U.S. system, said Chief Development Officer Mark Mele, a modest increase from the 83 units Paris Baguette finished with in 2019. Despite the relatively slo…
“I remember it vividly. I arrived in New York August 28, 1978,” said Shahpour Nejad, who at 16 moved to the United States as the Iranian Revolution was swelling in his home country and he had the opportunity study abroad.
Matt Lavinder had always been interested in flipping houses on a small scale. He set out to turn house-flipping …
While many modern loyalty programs have a similar design to their punch card predecessors, the new ones go much …
Things have changed a little bit for Dave's Hot Chicken co-founder Arman Oganesyan. When the concept started out…
Scott Slater’s bacon obsession started in college when, after Saturday nights out around San Diego State Univers…
At the beginning of the pandemic, Matt Haller told the team at the International Franchise Association that ever…
Michele Henry remembers exactly where she was sitting when she signed the agreement to sell Primp, a cheap-chic …
Unity Rd. has opened its first franchised marijuana dispensary, in Boulder, Colorado, which its co-founder and f…
Though it’s one of Germany’s oldest cities, the newness factor matters to people in Augsburg, said Paulus Bulun,…
Subway revealed a top-to-bottom menu update that North America President Trevor Haynes called "one of the bigges…
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