Despite fast-food and fast-casual concepts with drive-thrus generally being touted as the “winners” of the pandemic, that didn’t necessarily translate to outstanding growth for all brands across the board in 2020. The Mexican restaurant category accounted for $15.6 billion in total sales las…
Two Chick-fil-A customers are suing the chain over its “deceptive and untruthful promises” of flat, low-cost meal delivery. The complaint alleges that, in addition to the delivery fees, usually $2.99 or $3.99, the chain “secretly marks up food prices for delivery orders by a hefty 25-30 perc…
Grammy Award-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion signed a franchise development agreement with Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and will open “up to five restaurants,” said Sami Siddiqui, the brand’s president.
The successful launch since March 2019 of eight “Evolution” stores by 7-Eleven is leading to a major push into quick-service restaurants for the convenience-store giant. Plans call for 150-plus restaurants in 2021 alone.
A drive-thru coffee concept that’s been quietly growing locations—and sales—in the southeast is turning its attention to franchise expansion.
The newly released Franchise Times Top 400 ranking illustrates in stark detail the impact COVID-19 pandemic shutdown orders, capacity limits and the behavior of cautious consumers had on fitness franchises in 2020.
Transblue, a national construction franchise, recently won a large national contract with Walmart to provide snow removal services to more than 100 stores across the country in 2021 and 2022. Transblue CEO Dave Wescott said contracts for pressure washing, landscaping and parking lot sweeping…
Bertus Albertse, a lifelong athlete and serial entrepreneur, was named president of Jabz Boxing on September 22. He replaces Danielle Scott, who was named president of the brand last spring.
There’s just something about lukewarm hollandaise sauce on a quickly cooling plate of eggs Benedict that isn’t appealing. Breakfast and brunch franchises had a harder time making the switch to curbside and delivery channels during pandemic dining room closures last year given the reality tha…
Slow to rise after being hit hard by COVID-19, sales for the bakery, café and deli segment dropped 12.5 percent last year to $9.8 billion. Paris Baguette was the only franchise in the category that didn’t see a drop in sales last year, though a 0.4 percent growth in sales doesn’t seem signif…
McDonald's posted $93.3 billion in system sales in 2020, down 6.8 percent from the year before, and retained fir…
It’s been an intense week at Massage Envy since the Envy Owners Association called for management change at the …
Dogs and dog training “have been a big part of my life for a long time,” said KC Gardner. She’s been in the dog …
7-Eleven, No. 2 on the newly released Franchise Times Top 400, pushed up systemwide sales by 3.1 percent in 2020…
“We’re coming to the point with Wendy’s where we’re not going to grow a lot more,” said Gary Rose, president and…
Why didn’t I order two of these? That’s the immediate thought after biting into BurgerFi’s Ultimate Bacon Cheese…
Dave Wolmetz and Keith Handler have been best friends since kindergarten. Both 51 and from Long Island, New York…
In her monthly "Grab Bag" column, Editor in Chief Laura Michaels asks the tough questions—What superhero power w…
After a year off for the pandemic, the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference is back for a planned in-…
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