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Good News! - January 2018

So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to "Good News!" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.

Eddy Goldberg
14,498 Reads 2 Shares

Franchisee Group Signs On for 26 More in Texas and Georgia

Two Multi-Unit Operators Merge to Become Tropical Smoothie Café's Largest Franchisee and Then Sign New Development Agreement.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
22,523 Reads 4 Shares

Franchise Operator Signs 100-Unit Deal with Taco John's

Taco John's signs 100-unit agreement with multi-unit operator to bring the Mexican QSR brand to the Carolinas and Georgia.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
33,928 Reads 17 Shares

Virginia Captain D's Operator Hits 20-Unit Mark

Virginia Multi-Unit Operator Opens 20th Captain D's location.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
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Good News! - November 2017

Eddy Goldberg
3,600 Reads 2 Shares

2017 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue expanding each year--a trend that continues to accelerate as these "Dominators" grow their portfolios through acquisitions, building new units, refranchising, and scooping up successful units from retiring franchisees.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,551 Reads 1 Shares

Good News! – October 2017

Eddy Goldberg
3,704 Reads 2 Shares

Space Is the Place: Breaking Ground is Hard to Do in 2017

"Real estate development is one of the hardest things for a franchise," says Philip Schram, chief development officer and chair of Buffalo Wings & Rings.

Sara Wykes
7,454 Reads 14 Shares

Multi-Unit Operator Opens New Chicken Salad Chick Location in Louisiana

Multi-Unit Chicken Salad Chick Franchisee Adding Another Location To His Portfolio In Louisiana With Store Opening This Week.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
5,952 Reads 63 Shares

Franchisees Go From Lawn Care To Beauty Care

Lawn Doctor franchisees add Cherry Blow Dry Bar to their portfolio and target expansion with three salons in New Jersey and Pennsylvania over the next 12 months.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
10,685 Reads 412 Shares

Seasoned Multi-Unit Operator Acquires 64 Sonic Locations

North Carolina-based franchise group acquire 64 Sonic locations in Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
11,777 Reads 1,799 Shares

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Good News! – July 2017

Eddy Goldberg
4,178 Reads 2 Shares

GPS Hospitality Adds Popeyes And Nears 400 Units

GPS Hospitality To Acquire 11 More Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Restaurants in Georgia. The Burger King and Popeyes Franchisee Is Nearing 400 Locations.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
6,503 Reads 463 Shares

2017 Multi-Unit Franchisee Award Winners

Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine honored franchisee excellence at the annual Most Valuable Performer (MVP) Awards ceremony at this year's Multi-Unit Franchising Conference, April 23–26 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
8,820 Reads 199 Shares

Finders Keepers: Become the Employer of Choice in Your Markets

After 25 years in the restaurant business, Mike Richey knows that an offer of a dollar more per hour from a competitor can be too much for an employee to refuse.

Sara Wykes
9,457 Reads 3 Shares

C-Suite Profiles: Debbie Gonzalez, Alice LeBlanc

Women play a critical and growing role in franchising. In our Annual Women's Issue, we profiled 28 "C-Suite Women." We share their profiles in this new weekly series

Franchise Update
6,410 Reads 1,021 Shares

Good News! - April 2017

Eddy Goldberg
7,369 Reads 10 Shares

Top Shelf: Empower, Innovate, Delegate, and Disrupt

Allan Young will tell you straight up that his job begins and ends with accountability. It's just the way the 46-year-old CEO of Noble Brands sees it.

Kerry Pipes
3,481 Reads 8 Shares

Disciplined and Relentless: Global Basketball Player Transitions to Franchising

K'Zell "Zelly" Wesson took his pro basketball career global more than 17 years ago. He currently plays in Turkey as a forward for Afyonkarahisar Belediyespor, a team in the Turkish Basketball League. But the 6-foot-7-inch Wesson is also making sure he's got game as he nears the end of his playing days--by investing in and growing a chain of Workout Anytime fitness gyms in the USA.

Kerry Pipes
44,077 Reads 364 Shares

Good News! - February 2017

Eddy Goldberg
3,098 Reads

Multi-Brand Operator Adds Salata To Its Holdings

Dallas' Henry Investment Group adds Salata salad brand to its expanding franchise portfolio with a new deal to bring 20 units of the brand to the Atlanta area in the coming years.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
22,409 Reads 1 Shares

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Incentive Program Entices 8 Huddle House Franchisees To Sign New Deals

Huddle House uses limited-time incentive program to grow, with eight existing franchisees signing new deals. The Atlanta-based brand has plans to open an additional 100 restaurants over the next five years.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
25,173 Reads 5 Shares

GPS Hospitality Doubles in Size, Adding 194 Burger Kings

Multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee Tom Garrett makes major move taking on another 194 Burger King locations. His GPS Hospitality company now oversees 431 Burger King and Popeyes franchises in 14 states.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
28,443 Reads 2 Shares

The Sky's the Limit: Wendy's Operator Dominates with 177 Stores

Robert Schermer, Jr., CEO of Meritage Hospitality Group in Grand Rapids, Mich., hails from the school of life that says, "Go big or go home."

Debbie Selinsky
30,139 Reads 1,021 Shares

Amped for Growth!: 18th Leadership & Development Conference Raises the Volume

Hundreds of franchise development professionals gathered in Atlanta this past September for the annual Franchise Leadership & Development Conference (FLDC), one of the year's must-attend events for brands looking to improve their sales, share ideas, and learn more about today's best practices in franchisee recruitment.

Kerry Pipes & Eddy Goldberg
6,331 Reads

2016 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue growing larger each year--a trend that continues to accelerate as these Dominators expand their portfolios through acquisitions, new units, refranchising offers, and scooping up successful units from retirees

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,003 Reads 1,023 Shares

Words of Wisdom: On Growth

Robert Schermer, Jr., left his career in corporate finance 18 years ago to join Meritage Hospitality Group in Grand Rapids, Mich. In 1998, the company operated 22 Wendy's restaurants in Michigan; today it operates 177 in 8 states and also has four original casual dining concepts.

24,768 Reads 11 Shares

Man of Many Hats: Longtime Hardee's Franchisee also is Mayor and Publisher

If you want to see the positive influence of Hardee's franchisee Dan Ponder at work, look no farther than his hometown of Donalsonville, population 3,000.

Helen Bond
39,803 Reads 44 Shares

Good News! - September 2016

By Eddy Goldberg
3,142 Reads 4 Shares

Married with Franchise: Setting Boundaries as a Formula For Success

One of the strategies multi-unit franchisees Brooke and Les Wilson practice to keep both their marriage and their business on track is to keep each in its proper place.