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Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in California.

Dhanani Dynasty II: Youngest Son of Family Business Branches Out

From his childhood growing up in Houston, Pakistani-born Amin Dhanani watched his father, the late Hassan Ali Dhanani, and family members build The Dhanani Group, a billion-dollar, mega-successful franchisee for Burger King and its own massive convenience store business.

Debbie Selinsky
74,495 Reads 53 Shares

2018 Brings New Wave of Minimum Wage Increases

2018 is set to open with more than a dozen states raising the minimum wage and subsequently increasing labor costs for business operators.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
35,580 Reads 21 Shares

Good News! – December 2017

So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it’s hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to “Good News!” – our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.

Eddy Goldberg
23,904 Reads 3 Shares

Good News! - November 2017

So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to "Good News!" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.

Eddy Goldberg
3,574 Reads 2 Shares

2017 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue expanding each year--a trend that continues to accelerate as these "Dominators" grow their portfolios through acquisitions, building new units, refranchising, and scooping up successful units from retiring franchisees.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,490 Reads 1 Shares

Be Human: Reputation Management in a Digital World

Chipotle was soaring along, the envy of many for its rapid growth, committed fan base, and growing reputation as the next big thing.

Eddy Goldberg
6,402 Reads 11 Shares

Customize It!: 6 Brands Tackle Consumer Marketing Challenges

When Scott Hilary arrived at Monster Tree Service in 2014, its website was almost primitively basic: one paragraph and one photograph. With that level of online marketing, it's no surprise that the company had just a handful of franchisees.

Sara Wykes
4,289 Reads 10 Shares

Good News! – September 2017

Eddy Goldberg
4,030 Reads 2 Shares

Franchisee Bringing Multiple Wetzel's Pretzels Locations To Canada

Franchisee Signs Eight-Store Deal To Expand Wetzel's Pretzels Presence In the Canadian Market.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
5,924 Reads 2 Shares

Sweet Dealer: CEO and M&A Pro Leads sweetFrog's Expansion

Patrick Galleher is chairman and CEO of sweetFrog Frozen Yogurt. He's also an accomplished private equity executive who leads Boxwood Partners as its managing partner.

Kerry Pipes
9,287 Reads 44 Shares

Hard-Hitting Success: Former NFLer Scores Big, Does Good

When it comes to making his mark and doing good, Brendon Ayanbadejo, recipient of this year's Pro Athlete Influencer MVP Award, wants you to know he is just getting started.

Helen Bond
15,191 Reads 5 Shares

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Franchisees Go From Lawn Care To Beauty Care

Lawn Doctor franchisees add Cherry Blow Dry Bar to their portfolio and target expansion with three salons in New Jersey and Pennsylvania over the next 12 months.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
10,626 Reads 412 Shares

The Global Middle Class: Trends Show it on the Rise Worldwide

More than one-third of the global economy depends on middle-class consumption, which is advancing by 4 percent, surpassing the rate of GDP growth, according to Homi Kharas, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

William Edwards
7,798 Reads 23 Shares

History of Franchising: Franchising in the Modern Age

Franchising really began to blossom in the post-war 1950s and 1960s. Franchisors of convenience goods and services seemed to be popping up on every corner. McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, laundry services, dry cleaners, hotels, and rental car franchises flooded the marketplace.

Kerry Pipes
67,553 Reads 118 Shares

Franchise Update Media Expands to Europe for Continued Growth

Franchise Update goes international with new European partner

Kerry Pipes
4,811 Reads 85 Shares

El Pollo Loco Multi-Unit Operator Adds New Texas Location

New El Pollo Loco restaurant is the fourth for Texas-based multi-unit operator Chicken Time Holdings.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
6,052 Reads 4 Shares

Good News! – May 2017

Eddy Goldberg
4,428 Reads 1,014 Shares

Bloomin' Brands Refranchises Outback Steakhouses in Western States

Bloomin' Brands' largest franchisee, Cerca Trova, expands with refranchising acquisition of 45 Outback Steakhouse locations out west.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
9,240 Reads 1 Shares

Tennessee Multi-Unit Franchisee to Open Five New Gold's Gym Locations

Tennessee Fitness, a Gold's Gym multi-unit operator in Tennessee, signs agreement for 5 additional units. The franchisee will now have 12 locations of the fitness brand in the Nashville area.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
10,323 Reads 2 Shares

Good News! - April 2017

Eddy Goldberg
7,344 Reads 10 Shares

C-Suite Profiles: Sally Baldridge, Victoria Blackwell

Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series.

Franchise Update
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The Gig Economy: Managing Employees in a Changing World

We often hear about the wage gap. But one emerging reality from the trend of the flexible economy is a tax classification gap.

Jocelyn Mangan
32,005 Reads 8 Shares

Regulatory Unburdening?: An End to Uncertainty--but What Lies Ahead?

Uncertainty is the bane of business. Although the regulatory environment of the past few years seemed bent on attacking the franchise business model, the early drama and politics of the incoming administration seem to be creating a new kind of uncertainty.

Eddy Goldberg
34,166 Reads 1 Shares

Good News! - February 2017

Eddy Goldberg
3,077 Reads

Building for Success: Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Infrastructure!

If a solid franchise system is the backbone of a brand, an efficient, smoothly working infrastructure is the heart of a multi-unit franchisee operation.

Helen Bond
26,054 Reads 3 Shares

2017 Mega 99 Rankings

Each year we work with FRANdata to compile a list of the country's largest multi-unit franchisee organizations. Based on total unit count, the rankings show not only the number of units these "mega" franchisees operate, but also the brands they favor.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,676 Reads 2 Shares

Multi-Brand Operator Adds Salata To Its Holdings

Dallas' Henry Investment Group adds Salata salad brand to its expanding franchise portfolio with a new deal to bring 20 units of the brand to the Atlanta area in the coming years.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
22,333 Reads 1 Shares

Baked in Success: Mara Fortin for the Defense--Of Franchising!

Mara Fortin wears many hats as a Nothing Bundt Cakes franchisee: taste-testing in one of her seven San Diego-area stores, meeting with local business owners, advocating before Congress on issues of concern to franchisees and small-business owners, and mentoring young women.

Debbie Selinsky
30,416 Reads 24 Shares

Hourly Hiring Shifts: Supply, Technology, and Legislation – Oh My!

Let's begin with three facts: 1) 78.2 million Americans are hourly workers; 2) hourly workers represent 58.5 percent of all jobs in the U.S.; and 3) 80 percent of all hires made in the U.S. each year are for hourly jobs.