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The Week in Franchising, March 13, 2012

 By Peter Romeo on Mar. 12, 2012

A roundup of developments affecting franchisees and franchisors.

Consumer Trends

Customers' most-craved chicken

 By Lizzy Freier and Dora Meza on Aug. 28, 2017

See which 10 chains are winning with chicken that consumers say they can't get anywhere else.

Popeyes CEO uses Facebook to defuse firing controversy

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 23, 2015

After the dismissal of a pregnant manager who was robbed at gunpoint flared on social media into an unflattering controversy for the chain, Cheryl Bachelder used the same medium in an attempt to right the alleged wrong.

Food

Restaurants spotlight new seafood dishes for Lent

By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 09, 2018

Shrimp stars in many chain LTOs.

Food

Popeyes signals smoke and spice

By Patricia Cobe on Jul. 20, 2015

New products have played a key role in Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen’s turnaround. Here’s how one of the newest made it to the Delta-inspired chain’s menu.

The big business of franchising

By Sara Rush Wirth on Oct. 15, 2015

Top franchise companies are driving growth, finds researcher Technomic's Top 400 Franchise Report. The 200 largest franchisees grew sales 8.2 percent in 2014, 2.5 times the rate of the Top 500 chains. Unit growth among these companies, too, was three times higher than their franchisors.

This week’s 5 head-spinning moments: To-and-fro edition

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 11, 2016

Not the least of this week's dizzying moments was the quick recast of the new overtime-pay rules into a giant question mark.

Leadership

Aziz Hashim: The empowerer

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 15, 2016

As much as Aziz Hashim loves franchising, the one-time electrical engineer has never warmed to the risk factor, starting with the lone KFC he opened in his 20s.

Consumer Trends

How chains are connecting with consumers

By Jill Failla on Jan. 17, 2017

In addition to measuring chains’ operational attributes, Technomic also rated their connections to consumers through a series of questions designed to gauge loyalty and perception of a brand.

Consumer Trends

The 5 cleanest fast-food bathrooms—and 5 missing the mark

By Jill Failla on Mar. 06, 2017

Customers rate the best and worst quick-service restaurant chains for bathroom cleanliness in a recent Technomic survey.

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