About one year ago, everyone had become very well acquainted with their lease. They pulled it out of the bottom drawer, dusted it off and gave it a close look when it seemed like the world was ending.
For the first time in its 44 years of being in business, The Vitamin Shoppe will allow independent operators to own their supplement stores. The brand has been working on launching the new franchise program for more than a year, said Sharon Leite, CEO.
“I know what the furniture business can do,” said Rabih Awad, the first franchisee of American Freight who signed a deal to open three stores in the Baltimore area.
Red Robin brought a slimmed-down version of the Donatos Pizza into its kitchens as a way to expand its delivery and dine-in offerings before the pandemic. Now, a year and a half later, the partnership is proving successful enough that the companies are scaling up.
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski looked back on a very strange 18 months of the coronavirus pandemic, franchisee unrest and sensitive politics.
Collecting sister brands in related industries under one umbrella is the rage in franchising these days. But PatchMaster, the drywall repair franchise that just crossed 100 units, found its growth accelerated after selling sister brand HouseMaster in July 2020, says CEO Paul Ferrara.
Free fries. That was Wayback Burgers’ incentive for people applying for jobs, which the fast-food chain offered in a nationwide event June 8 and 9. Other franchises are trying everything from delivered lunch to proactive raises in a tight labor market.
COVID-19, for all the effects it has had, won’t have a lasting impact on the contract laws that govern franchising, said attorneys participating in the “Zee-Zor Legal Logic Post COVID” webinar. Nevertheless, they identified some incremental changes, and discussed some of the tricky legal sit…
How does Canada differ from the U.S. on franchising, from restaurants to cannabis? What have they done differently during COVID?
Don't clear out the in box just yet. That was advice for franchisees offered by Jason Murray, partner at K&L Gates, on a new Franchise Times Legal Eagles webinar about terminations and litigation arising out of COVID-19.
A year after entering a merger plan with Just Eat Takewaway.com, Grubhub is defending itself against a handful o…
As the economy continues to pick up steam overall, there are still plenty of weak spots. But it's getting harder…
While there was plenty that proved awful about 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, many franchise systems made chang…
Horsepower Brands is among the new entrants to the world of multi-brand home services franchises. That world inc…
Before the pandemic, Peter Loh and his colleagues at Foley & Lardner were constantly jumping on flights and …
If 2021 is the year deferred debt comes due for lenders and operators, then Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial …
Some operators won’t even say the word “bankruptcy.” Take Adam Zeitsiff, CEO of Gold’s Gym when it filed for Cha…
While bankruptcy isn’t usually the most attractive option for a franchisee, it’s also not the worst outcome, and…
The first time Joni Genovesi tried Beyond Juicery + Eatery, it was during a casual lunch with a friend. At the t…
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