Financing
Focus Brands CEO Jim Holthouser gets a tough introduction to restaurants
The former Hilton executive, who took the job two weeks before the pandemic hit, leans on his hotel experience, and sees parallels between the two industries.
Financing
Cinnabon, Auntie Anne’s parent company lays off workers
Focus Brands, which also owns Jamba, McAlister’s Deli and several other brands, is offering relief pay and deferring or waiving franchisees’ fees.