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To franchise, or not to franchise? 6 takeaways from industry vets

Why franchising feels like being a mother with 300 children.

Growth-chain tweeters

MOOYAH, Pizza Fusion, Punch Pizza, Counter Burger and Sweetgreen share their social media strategies.

Borrowing a sales-driving tactic from investor Buffalo Wild Wings, the made-to-order pizza concept offers customers their choice of six signature sauces.

This Western-themed pizza chain offers a daily buffet and other customizable pizza options

American mothers, all 82.5 million of them, are—surprise!—quite often swayed by the whims and desires of their children.

A Murderer’s Row of industry dealmakers took the stage at the Restaurant Leadership Conference to air their widely different approaches to finding and profiting from restaurant acquisitions.

Two emerging fast-casual players are betting on something a little different—tapping into the legacy of mom-and-pop pizzerias and updating old-world flavors.

If you’re familiar with the Monical’s brand, it’s likely because of the wave of publicity the chain received back in 2003, when for a 17-month period it experienced zero turnover among management—a statistic that’s virtually unheard of in this business.

Never mind AUVs, ROI or LTOs. We wanted to know what REM sleep is like for CEOs of the Future 50 chains—what percolates up from their subconscious when they drift off to sleep.

“We’ve seen what loyalty programs do for customers across many different industries and it was time for us to get in the game,” CEO Patrick Doyle said.

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