West Virginia Feature Articles
Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in West Virginia.
IFA says California's $20/hour QSR minimum wage, effective April 1, is cause for alarm for both franchises and customers
- Matt Haller and the IFA
- 1,076 Reads
Welcome to Issue #5 of Multi-Unit Restaurant Franchisee--Paths to Success… written by multi-unit operators for multi-unit operators!
- Eddy Goldberg
- 1,334 Reads 3 Shares
Who’s up? Who’s down? Find out who’s dominating their states and regions in our 2023 Dominators Rankings.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 2,409 Reads 1 Shares
Service brand franchises continue to strike new deals across all sectors in early 2023
- Eddy Goldberg
- 3,261 Reads 13 Shares
Who's dominating in their markets and regions? See our 2022 Dominators rankings to find out!
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 367 Reads
Vicki Dunn-Marshall started as an entry-level crew member at Little Caesars when she was 15. Today she operates 24 of her own.
- Kerry Pipes
- 10,046 Reads 197 Shares
Franchisees speak out on the delicate art of balancing the franchisee-franchisor relationship for mutual prosperity
- Colleen McMillar
- 5,188 Reads 13 Shares
IFA led the effort to sink David Weil’s nomination to lead the Dept. of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division
- Eddy Goldberg
- 2,564 Reads 2 Shares
After 19 years as a Little General Stores employee, Greg Darby bought the company!
- Kerry Pipes
- 5,324 Reads 70 Shares
Who’s dominating in their markets and regions? See our 2021 Dominators rankings to find out!
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 3,435 Reads 4 Shares
Is the additional money unemployed workers are receiving acting as a disincentive to them returning to work?
- Eddy Goldberg
- 4,528 Reads 44 Shares
Latest Tasty Restaurant Group acquisition brings the company’s portfolio to more than 200 Pizza Hut and Burger King locations.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 5,717 Reads 19 Shares
Who's dominating in their markets and regions? See our 2020 Dominators rankings to find out!
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 20,916 Reads 13 Shares
Multi-Brand Operator To Hire 1,500 New Employees At Locations Across 13 States.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 4,592 Reads 41 Shares
Who's dominating in their markets and regions? See our annual Dominators issue to find out!
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 5,398 Reads 21 Shares
Matt and Amariah Fultz bought their first Kona Ice franchise as twenty-somethings and are thriving today as multi-unit franchisees.
- Kerry Pipes
- 3,880 Reads 24 Shares
Management Group Quaker Hospitality Holdings Acquires 18 Penn Station East Coast Subs Restaurants In Dayton And Cincinnati Markets.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 4,016 Reads 10 Shares
Check Out This New Study That Reveals The Best And Worst States For Entrepreneurs To Start And Grow A Successful Business.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 6,977 Reads 29 Shares
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
Chris Rigassio is a Jersey boy who grew up loving Jersey Mike's sandwiches and the brand's unique culture.
- Kerry Pipes
- 13,176 Reads 721 Shares
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
Master Franchisee Opens 5th Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries in Alabama This Week.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 13,462 Reads 11 Shares
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
GPS Hospitality To Acquire 11 More Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Restaurants in Georgia. The Burger King and Popeyes Franchisee Is Nearing 400 Locations.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 5,777 Reads 463 Shares
Multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee Tom Garrett makes major move taking on another 194 Burger King locations. His GPS Hospitality company now oversees 431 Burger King and Popeyes franchises in 14 states.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 27,326 Reads 2 Shares
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
- 2,867 Reads 1,023 Shares
Fast-Growing GPS Hospitality Adds Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen To Its Franchise Portfolio Expanding Presence In Georgia and West Virginia.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 10,320 Reads
Mike Pietrzyk has always loved contributing to charitable causes. So it wasn't surprising that a decade ago the Firehouse Subs area representative came up with the idea of selling his restaurants' empty 5-gallon pickle buckets, rather than tossing them out.
- Kerry Pipes
- 6,826 Reads
Tom Garrett breaks down his 30 years with Arby's--first as an assistant manager, then as the brand's largest franchisee, and finally as CEO of the franchisor--this way: "I like to say that 25 of those years were great, 3 were mediocre, and 2 were miserable--in that order."
- Debbie Selinsky
- 11,665 Reads 3 Shares
After Being Arby's largest franchisee - then its CEO - Tom Garrett Is Back In The Franchisee World Again As A Burger King Franchisee Nearing 200 Units.
- Multi-Unit Franchisee
- 15,401 Reads 3 Shares
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