Round Table Pizza

Financing

Andy Wiederhorn has more deals up his sleeve

Even after making his biggest acquisition yet, the Fat Brands CEO says he has others coming. “This is not the end.”

Financing

Johnny Rockets owner is buying Global Franchise Group for $442.5M

Fat Brands’ latest acquisition will give it five more concepts, including Round Table Pizzza, Great American Cookies, Hot Dog on a Stick, Marble Slab Creamery and Pretzelmaker.

Global Franchise Group also added two additional executives under CEO Paul Damico.

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Lacrosse. Soccer. Softball. Basketball. Leho Poldmae never says “no” to sponsoring a youth sports team in the Westminster, Maryland community where his franchise of The Greene Turtle is located.

Nate Weir, director of culinary operations at Denver-based Modmarket, was on a mission: to create a better pizza—not just better than the growing number of customizable fast-casual concepts, he says, but better than the Neapolitan pies tossed at high-end pizzerias.

Want to beat the big guys in this game? You’d better find the right corner—or in-line or end-cap. “Of all the decisions a new restaurant owner will...

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