California Feature Articles

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

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
3,975 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
6,490 Reads 43 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
8,720 Reads 4 Shares

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
7,701 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
5,376 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
46,870 Reads 47 Shares

Franchise Update Media Expands to Europe for Continued Growth

Franchise Update goes international with new European partner

Kerry Pipes
2,718 Reads 81 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
3,944 Reads 4 Shares

Good News! – May 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
2,762 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
5,655 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
7,356 Reads 2 Shares

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Good News! - April 2017

Eddy Goldberg
5,878 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
4,511 Reads

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
28,489 Reads 3 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
31,214 Reads 1,023 Shares

Good News! - February 2017

Eddy Goldberg
1,668 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
21,988 Reads 2 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
1,233 Reads 1,023 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
17,708 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
23,738 Reads 16 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.

Peter Harrison
29,596 Reads 11 Shares

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Good News! - December 2016

Eddy Goldberg
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Words of Wisdom: Taking On Government Overreach

Rob Branca successfully operates 88 Dunkin' Donuts franchise locations. And that's just what he plans to continue doing long into the future. He says it's imperative that industry leaders stand up and fight for the rights of franchisees as they face a continuing barrage of government overreach and regulation.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
19,396 Reads 5 Shares

Ringing In The Minimum Wage Hikes

Minimum wage increases will be ringing in the New Year in states across the country. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) continues to push for greater increases in minimum wage. Wage increases will not only affect employees but also business owners and consumers.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
17,718 Reads

Beyond the Brand: Rob Branca is a Tireless Advocate for Franchising

Rob Branca and his extended family of in-laws, siblings, children, and cousins own and operate more than 1,200 Dunkin' Donuts locations throughout New England and a few expansion markets.

Kerry Pipes
19,180 Reads 3 Shares

2016 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue growing larger each year--a trend that continues to accelerate as these Dominators expand their portfolios through acquisitions, new units, refranchising offers, and scooping up successful units from retirees

Multi-Unit Franchisee
684 Reads 1,023 Shares

Wienerschnitzel Franchisee Adding 10 More Units

Longtime Wienerschnitzel franchisee signs on for an additional 10 units to open in California and Texas.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
14,720 Reads 6 Shares

The Future of Franchising Grows Bright

Despite the recent onslaught of external threats, the fundamentals of the franchise business model are solid, says Dean Zuccarello, CEO and founder of The Cypress Group.