On the New Frontier:
“Private equity acquisitions took the franchise world by storm in 2018. And the interest in franchise acquisitions is not fading away any time soon.”
In the News:
- MUTTS Canine Cantina Signs First MU Franchise Deal in TX [RestaurantNews.com]
- Wayback Burgers Reports Blazing Growth in 2018 [QSR]
- Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers Achieves Significant Growth [RestaurantNews.com]
- Soccer Shots to Make Powerful Strike for Growth in 2019 [Franchising.com]
- Celebree School Launches Franchise Opportunity in Nine East Coast States [Globe Newswire]
- BB&T, SunTrust Announce $66 billion Merger [USA Today]
- Orangetheory Fitness Exceeds $1 billion in 2018 System-wide Revenue [Club Industry]
- This is What Happens at Mercedes-Benz Stadium when Chick-Fil-A is Closed [WSBTV]
- Choice Hotels Promotes Jill Burke to Regional Vice President of Franchise Services [Franchising.com]
- Roark Capital Acquires Fitness Connection [Franchising.com]
- Papa John’s Accepts $200 million Starboard Investment [Nation’s Restaurant News]
- Southeast Franchise Forum Names Tray Doster as New Chairman [RestaurantNews.com]
- How Burger King Turned Footage of Andy Warhol into its Super Bowl Ad [Adweek]