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Operations

GoTo Foods' 4-year path to overnight transformation

 By Lisa Jennings on Mar. 01, 2024

The company formerly known as Focus Brands is now GoTo Foods and a "platform business." What does that really mean for franchisees of Cinnabon, McAlister's Deli, Carvel, Jamba, Schlotzsky's, Auntie Anne's and Moe's Southwest Grill?

Operations

Focus Brands tops $3.9B in systemwide sales

 By Lisa Jennings on Feb. 03, 2023

Fiscal 2022 was a good year for the multi-brand franchisor, which highlighted the "power of the portfolio" and plans to double down on co-branding.

Leadership

Focus Brands makes some executive changes

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 20, 2023

Julie Younglove-Webb was named chief brand officer for Auntie Anne’s while the brand operator named new heads of design and real estate.

Leadership

Focus Brands hires Brendan Berg as SVP of operations

By Joe Guszkowski on Nov. 18, 2022

The former Church’s Chicken executive will fill the role formerly held by Focus’ restaurant President Shelley Harris.

Leadership

Focus Brands names Tim Voss chief technology officer

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 21, 2022

The longtime executive will oversee technology at the owner of Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, Jamba and other concepts.

Financing

Cinnabon and Auntie Anne’s step out of the mall together

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 06, 2022

Parent company Focus Brands is using cobranding as it looks for different types of locations for its mall-focused concepts.

Operations

Auntie Anne’s finally gives us drive-thru pretzels

By Jonathan Maze on May 17, 2021

The chain opened its first drive-thru location as a cobrand with sister chain Jamba as it moves more aggressively out of the mall.

Leadership

Focus Brands names three new executives

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 20, 2021

The owner of Cinnabon and Auntie Anne’s named Guillermo Cremer its new chief people officer and Joe Guith as head of its restaurant brands. Will Costello is a new procurement VP.

Financing

How Focus Brands plans to compete for the digital customer

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 05, 2021

Jim Holthouser, CEO of the owner of Cinnabon and Jamba, discusses how his company plans to take on aggregators to own the customer relationship.

Leadership

Heather Neary to leave Auntie Anne’s as parent Focus Brands overhauls management

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 18, 2020

Melissa Smith was named chief people officer for Focus; Kendall Ware was named chief brand officer of Carvel and Cinnabon; and Alisa Gmelich was named chief brand officer for Auntie Anne’s.

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