Kansas Feature Articles

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

Multi-Unit Franchisee Insight - Career Turning Point, Best Business Decision, & Hardest Lesson

Multi-Unit Operators Open Up About Major Turning Points In Their Careers, Their Best Business Decisions, & The Hardest Lessons Learned.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,424 Reads 17 Shares

Scooter's Coffee Franchisee Joins Ranks of Multi-Unit Operators

Kansas Franchisee Opens New Scooter's Coffee Location in Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
2,818 Reads 24 Shares

Oklahoma Partners Open Their 6th uBreakiFix Location

Multi-Unit Franchisee Team in Oklahoma Add Another uBreakiFix Location To Their Holdings.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,016 Reads 4 Shares

Multi-Unit Franchisee Insight – Career Turning Point, Best Decision, & Hardest Lesson Learned

Multi-Unit Franchisees Talk About Their Career Turning Point, Best Decision, & Hardest Lesson Learned.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
3,536 Reads 13 Shares

Missouri-Based Multi-Brand Operator Snaps Up 13 More Panera Bread Locations

Multi-Brand Operator Acquires 13 Additional Panera Bread Locations.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
6,414 Reads 377 Shares

Sports and God: Escaping Street Life for Success On and Off The Field

Former NFL player turned franchisee credits sports and God for his success.

Kerry Pipes
5,382 Reads 274 Shares

Meteoric Growth: Doing the Simple Things Well

Michael Kulp has grown KBP Foods from $70 million to $780 million.

Helen Bond
10,324 Reads 289 Shares

Scooter's Coffee Multi-Unit Operator Growing In Omaha

Scooter's Coffee's Largest Franchisee Opens New Location In Omaha.

Kerry Pipes
3,723 Reads 16 Shares

2018 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue to grow--and they're getting bigger every 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
6,736 Reads 7 Shares

Young, Experienced, and Growing

Alex King may be only 29, but the Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers multi-unit operator has been a part of the throwback brand since he was a teenager.

Kerry Pipes
7,730 Reads 62 Shares

Community Connection: Giving to Get, and Getting to Give

Cause Marketing: How 6 brands give back to the communities they serve.

Helen Bond
5,111 Reads 25 Shares

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Multi-Brand Operators Bringing 8 New Fazoli's Locations to Georgia and Arkansas

Two Experienced Multi-Unit, Multi-Brand Franchisees Sign on to Open Multiple Fazoli's locations throughout Georgia and Arkansas.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
6,515 Reads 56 Shares

Reward Loyalty!: And Increase Traffic, Frequency, and Ticket Size

How 7 franchisees are using their loyalty programs to attract and retain customers.

Sara Wykes
5,895 Reads 38 Shares

Fazoli's Multi-Unit Operator Opens Another Location In Arkansas

Fazoli's Multi-Unit Franchisee Bringing the Brand's Second Location to the state of Arkansas.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
6,287 Reads 13 Shares

Capital Ideas: How to Get Lenders to "Yes"

In his late 20s, Glen Johnson fell in love with the Tropical Smoothie Cafe brand. He moved quickly, and in just a handful of years expanded to 26 Tropical Smoothie locations.

Sara Wykes
7,943 Reads 78 Shares

Family Man: A Way of Life, Not Just a Way of Business

Mike Hamra grew up in the Midwest, where his parents ran a highly successful restaurant business, Hamra Enterprises.

Debbie Selinsky
17,385 Reads 130 Shares

Good News! - May 2018

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
9,687 Reads 6 Shares

Good News! - April 2018

8,913 Reads 2 Shares

Queen of the Beans: It was Love at First Sip for Tracy Bouwens

Tracy Bouwens was a stay-at-home mom who never stayed home in Omaha when her discovery of Scooter's Coffee piqued her entrepreneurial instincts.

Debbie Selinsky
13,696 Reads 3 Shares

Doubling Up, Doubling Down: Tom Garrett Returns to Franchising with a Bang

To say Tom Garrett has been a busy man since we last profiled him in 2015 would be a gross understatement. When we first met up with Garrett, his Atlanta-based GPS Hospitality company was operating 196 Burger King locations.

Kerry Pipes
18,673 Reads 1,196 Shares

Dunkin' Franchisees Going With Non-Traditional Locations

Dunkin' Brands 'Capitalizing on Convenience' With More Than 86 Non-Traditional Locations Now Open Nationwide.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
18,065 Reads 101 Shares

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Women in the C-Suite: Lessons from 8 Outstanding Franchise Leaders

In a pivotal year with women's issues at the forefront and in the headlines for the wrong reasons, we've dedicated this issue and cover story to women who have persevered through obstacles of all kinds, made their way to the top of their profession as franchise executives, and who have set a positive example in the world of business and the world in general.

Sara Wykes
15,926 Reads 42 Shares

Footballs to Donuts: Former NFL Kicker Scores Big in Franchising

Kris Brown kicked his way through 12 seasons in the NFL. The former University of Nebraska standout and two-time National Champion was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1999.

Kerry Pipes
20,675 Reads 38 Shares

It's Mega-nanimous!: Six Great Stories to Start the Year

Here comes 2018, and we’re starting the year in our usual way: with our “Mega 99” list of the largest U.S. franchisees, ranked by total number of units.

Eddy Goldberg
13,497 Reads 22 Shares

Houston-Based Operator Adding More Captain D's

Houston-Based Multi-Brand Operator Kicks Off The Year By Opening The First of Four New Captain D's Locations in The City.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
19,114 Reads 3 Shares

Franchisee Group Signs On for 26 More in Texas and Georgia

Two Multi-Unit Operators Merge to Become Tropical Smoothie Café's Largest Franchisee and Then Sign New Development Agreement.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
22,033 Reads 4 Shares

Virginia Captain D's Operator Hits 20-Unit Mark

Virginia Multi-Unit Operator Opens 20th Captain D's location.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
7,387 Reads 3 Shares

New Franchise Deal Brings Pie Five Pizza To Nebraska and Kansas

Sonic Drive-In multi-unit franchisee partners bringing Pie Five Pizza locations to Nebraska and Kansas.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,425 Reads 3 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
3,267 Reads

Dominating Their Worlds: These Multi-Unit Operators Rock and Rule!

This issue’s six profiles of multi-unit franchisees include immigrants from three different countries (India, Pakistan, and Armenia), all living the American Dream in their own way.