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

California multi-brand franchisee to open another 20 WaBa Grill locations from Fresno to Sacramento
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,460 Reads 2 Shares
Business coalition forms to roll back California’s FAST Act (AB 257), which threatens fast food brands in the state
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 6,359 Reads 12 Shares
Joint-employer standard would be expanded under the latest NLRB proposal 
  • Calfee, Halter & Griswold
  • 7,098 Reads 3 Shares
Our September roundup of consumer marketing news, trends, and other developments!
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,084 Reads 1 Shares
2022 Veteran Entrepreneurship MVP Doug Porter’s career path has included the U.S. Navy as a pilot and serving as CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities in Chicago
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,530 Reads 3 Shares
Welcome to “Good, Bad, and Other News!” – our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, expansion, regulation, legislation, technology, trends, people, milestones, and other news about franchisors large, medium, merging, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,572 Reads 4 Shares
Multi-unit Yum! Brands franchisee adding another 7 Habit Burger Grill restaurants and 2 food trucks to his portfolio.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,484 Reads 2 Shares
Tennessee multi-unit operator is the latest to sign a development agreement with Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken brand
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,277 Reads 4 Shares
Bill Edwards’ biweekly newsletter rounds up international franchise news, stats, trends, and more from a worldwide network of correspondents
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 12,011 Reads 4 Shares
California’s FAST Recovery Act (AB 257) is a clear and present danger to franchising
  • Therese Thilgen
  • 11,430 Reads 89 Shares
Multi-brand franchisee with more than 300 locations opens new Taco Bell restaurant in Missouri
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 8,003 Reads 13 Shares
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With David Weil defeated, the IFA urges franchisees to get involved in protecting the FTC Franchise Rule and to attend the FAN meeting in D.C. this September
  • Matt Haller
  • 7,312 Reads 6 Shares
Service brand franchises continue to strike new deals across the U.S. in July
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,177 Reads 3 Shares
Tips from a veteran for veterans exploring buying a franchise 
  • Tifton Coleman
  • 6,608 Reads 13 Shares
Our August roundup of consumer marketing news, trends, and other developments!
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 9,991 Reads 3 Shares
Franchise growth, franchise expansion, new franchise units, mergers & acquisitions, franchise capital, franchise funding, regulation, legislation, technology, new brands, emerging brands, leadership, franchise incentives, franchise news, Covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,490 Reads 3 Shares
Nearly half of small business operators put hiring on hold, while some even plan layoffs.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,808 Reads 2 Shares
Service brand franchises continue to strike new deals across the U.S. in July
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,213 Reads 8 Shares
U.S. franchisor California Pizza Kitchen re-enters India with a new store in the Seawoods Grand Central Mall
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 12,230 Reads 1 Shares
Service brand franchises continue to strike new deals nationwide in July
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,335 Reads 2 Shares
Our July roundup of consumer marketing news, trends, and other developments!
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 11,947 Reads 2 Shares
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20% of U.S. companies say attracting and hiring diverse candidates is a major challenge
  • Express Employment Professionals
  • 4,092 Reads 2 Shares
Welcome to “Good, Bad, and Other News!” – our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, expansion, regulation, legislation, technology, trends, people, milestones, and other news about franchisors large, medium, merging, and emerging.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,782 Reads 1 Shares
Latest Alignable Rent Report finds rent crisis for small business operators reaching new heights.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,673 Reads 3 Shares
Service brand franchises continue to strike new deals nationwide in June
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,098 Reads 12 Shares
Choice Hotels buys Radisson Americas for $675 million; Taco Bell and Panera debut new prototypes as sit-down continues to decline; the last HoJo’s shuts its doors
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,165 Reads 5 Shares
The IFA’s 2022 Franchise Economic Outlook report shows 2021 was a remarkable year for growth and forecasts further recovery in 2022
  • Matt Haller
  • 6,072 Reads 15 Shares
Digital dilemma: Balancing adoption of online technologies against increasing customer data privacy and protection laws
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,141 Reads 8 Shares
The IFA’s Open for Opportunity campaign seeks to protect the franchise business model in 2022
  • Matt Haller
  • 3,793 Reads 20 Shares
Existing Phenix Salon Suites multi-unit operators sign new 8-location agreement with the brand
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 2,509 Reads 6 Shares

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