franchising

Financing

Franchisees push back

These days can’t be great if you’re a franchisee—not in the restaurant business, at least. Same-store sales and traffic have been weak for two years.

Operations

Is today’s trend of refranchising the way to go?

McDonald’s revealed last month that it’s a full year ahead of schedule in selling 4,000 company-run restaurants to franchisees, a key turnaround objective it now intends to hit by the end of 2017. The...

But the former NFL quarterback will still be a company spokesman.

Why franchising feels like being a mother with 300 children.

The complaint says the chain’s remodel requirements and other efforts are designed to push him out of the business.

In the end, we decided that the criteria had to be not only restaurant operators with notable legacies—and not even those with positive sales results.

A look at the largest franchisees in each region finds companies that are experts in their markets, and have local management and distribution to support franchisee stores.

The pretzel chain has created an all-day concept, Fresh Twist, that serves breakfast sandwiches and flatbread pizzas.

The latest canvass by financial analyst Mark Kalinowski finds considerable dismay about near-term business prospects and interactions between franchisor and franchisee.

Bruce Lane has been promoted to the position after starting at the company this past June.

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