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

Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop multi-unit operator adds Wing Zone location to her portfolio in California
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,341 Reads 14 Shares
Looking for a recession-resistant brand? Take a look at pet training and care
  • Mark Van Wye
  • 5,165 Reads 15 Shares
Our November roundup of international franchise expansion reports on deals in Costa Rica, India, Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Asia
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,915 Reads 11 Shares
Multi-unit, multi-brand companies (MUMBOs) expand worldwide at both franchisor and franchisee organizations
  • William Edwards 
  • 7,661 Reads 6 Shares
Jersey Mike’s multi-unit franchisee in Texas signs three-unit development agreement with Mountain Mike’s Pizza
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,570 Reads 2 Shares
Our October roundup of consumer experience–related news, trends, and other developments!
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,538 Reads 2 Shares
Get involved in the effort to roll back California’s FAST Recovery Act now, before it spreads to other states.
  • Matt Haller
  • 6,174 Reads 12 Shares
Our October roundup of consumer marketing news, trends, and other developments!
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,639 Reads
The power of local marketing continues to fuel profits for these franchisees
  • Sara Wykes
  • 7,809 Reads 14 Shares
Learn how five of Franchise Update’s 2022 MVPs hire, fire, train, and retain employees
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,870 Reads
California multi-brand franchisee to open another 20 WaBa Grill locations from Fresno to Sacramento
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,757 Reads 2 Shares
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Business coalition forms to roll back California’s FAST Act (AB 257), which threatens fast food brands in the state
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 6,606 Reads 12 Shares
Joint-employer standard would be expanded under the latest NLRB proposal 
  • Calfee, Halter & Griswold
  • 7,312 Reads 3 Shares
Our September roundup of consumer marketing news, trends, and other developments!
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,261 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
  • 8,047 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
  • 4,771 Reads 4 Shares
Multi-unit Yum! Brands franchisee adding another 7 Habit Burger Grill restaurants and 2 food trucks to his portfolio.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,811 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
  • 7,629 Reads 4 Shares
Bill Edwards’ biweekly newsletter rounds up international franchise news, stats, trends, and more from a worldwide network of correspondents
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 12,637 Reads 4 Shares
California’s FAST Recovery Act (AB 257) is a clear and present danger to franchising
  • Therese Thilgen
  • 11,810 Reads 89 Shares
Multi-brand franchisee with more than 300 locations opens new Taco Bell restaurant in Missouri
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 8,312 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
  • 7,523 Reads 6 Shares
Service brand franchises continue to strike new deals across the U.S. in July
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,424 Reads 3 Shares
Tips from a veteran for veterans exploring buying a franchise 
  • Tifton Coleman
  • 6,785 Reads 13 Shares
Our August roundup of consumer marketing news, trends, and other developments!
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 10,222 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
  • 6,660 Reads 3 Shares
Nearly half of small business operators put hiring on hold, while some even plan layoffs.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,002 Reads 2 Shares
Service brand franchises continue to strike new deals across the U.S. in July
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,419 Reads 8 Shares
U.S. franchisor California Pizza Kitchen re-enters India with a new store in the Seawoods Grand Central Mall
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 12,671 Reads 1 Shares
Service brand franchises continue to strike new deals nationwide in July
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,620 Reads 2 Shares

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