Meritage Hospitality’s Bankruptcy Restructuring Comes During a Critical Period for the Wendy’s Brand A bankruptcy involving one restaurant can be a local business story. A restructuring involving more than 300...

What Happens When Basketball Practice Starts Looking Like a Video Game? Shoot 360 began with a problem many parents and coaches understand. Young athletes love basketball, but traditional repetition can struggle to...

Pigtails & Crewcuts Finds New Momentum by Rebuilding Around Franchisees Sometimes the most important franchise growth happens before another location ever opens. Pigtails & Crewcuts provides a good example. The...

Red Robin Makes a Bigger Bet on Franchise Operators With 116-Unit Shift Red Robin has spent decades building restaurants. Now, one of its biggest strategic moves involves giving experienced franchise operators control...

Primrose Schools Updates Leadership as Early Education Network Expands Running one preschool successfully is complicated. Running a franchise system made up of more than 570 independently operated schools requires an...

Former NHL Player Ryan Vesce Turns Career Setbacks Into Matterhorn Fit Franchise Growth Ryan Vesce knows what it feels like when a body stops cooperating with ambition. For years, hockey was his career. He played...

Pizza Hut and Papa Johns May Go Private as Buyers Circle Pizza Giants Two household names in pizza franchising, Pizza Hut and Papa Johns, are reportedly drawing acquisition interest that could result in both brands...

Marco’s Pizza is expanding deeper into California after increasing an existing development commitment to 16 total locations. The agreement reflects growing confidence in the pizza brand’s franchise model and long-term...