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MRM Franchise Feed: Non-Traditional Dunkin’ and Boxing-Themed Concept

Modern Restaurant Management

MRM Franchise Feed features news about the restaurant franchise and MUFSO landscape. Continuing under the leadership of VP of Franchise Development, Shannon Swenson, Dave’s Hot Chicken has expanded its reach across the country with new deals signed in several key markets.

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The Six Most Common Franchise Problems (And How to Solve Them)

7 Shifts

Instead, these locations are franchised, meaning a company (the franchisor) allows an individual or group of partners (the franchisee or franchisees) to run a location of that restaurant under a certain operating agreement. of weekly gross sales for franchise royalties and advertising.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Church’s Goes Hybrid and Curry Up Incentives Now

Modern Restaurant Management

MRM Franchise Feed features news about the restaurant franchise (MUFSO) landscape. They recognize the opportunity to invite additional franchise partners to the table as Curry Up Now’s brand presence grows across the country.”

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MRM Franchise Feed: Jeremiah’s Opens 50th During 25th Anniversary, Wahlburgers Wild and Robotic Pizza

Modern Restaurant Management

MRM's Franchise Feed features news on the restaurant franchise and MUFSO landscape. ” “This is historic for our brand,” said Brooks Speirs, vice president for franchise development. The franchise has signed 19 new deals this year alone.

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MRM Franchise Feed: TCBY at 40 and, Mr. Potato Spread to Franchise

Modern Restaurant Management

MRM Franchise Feed features the latest news in the restaurant and MUFSO franchising landscape. " Part of Famous Brands International, TCBY first opened in 1981 in Arkansas and currently has 250-plus franchise locations worldwide. Mr. Potato Spread Starts Franchising.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Arby’s ‘Beefs’ Up and SONIC Swag

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Brooklyn Dumpling Inks First Franchise Deal.

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Making a Franchise Health Brand Scalable (Podcast)

Modern Restaurant Management

They talked about making a franchise health brand scalable, and how the pandemic made people focus more on health. In addition to a direct-to-consumer division where they sell their cold-pressed juices online, Pure Green plans to open 400 Pure Green franchise locations in the coming years.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Kitchen of the Future, Restaurant Sherpas and Dunkin’ Hirin’

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. A&W Restaurants posted double-digit, year-over-year sales in May, with some franchise locations doubling their sales.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Frictionless QDOBA and Crisp & Greens Goes National

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Increasing Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership. Webb is also a Buffalo Wild Wings franchise owner.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Randy’s Donuts Plans Rise and Burger King Makes Sustainable Commitment

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Randy’s Donuts began franchising domestically in the summer of 2019. Nick Filet Inks Franchise Deals.

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Falling in Love with Chicken Salad

Modern Restaurant Management

First-time Chicken Salad Chick (CSC) franchise owner Claibourne (Clay) Rogers was introduced to the fast-casual concept in 2015 when she served as an account director at the brand’s public relations firm, Fish Consulting.

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Modern Twist on a Childhood Favorite (Podcast)

Modern Restaurant Management

The journey from franchisee to franchisor is the focus of this episode of The Main Course as host Barbara Castiglia speaks with brothers Neal and Nimesh Dahya, who purchased Fosters Freeze in 2015. Marketing Operations Fosters Freeze Franchise MUFSO Neal Dahya Nimesh Dahya

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Ghost Kitchen Franchise and Pandemic Resources

Modern Restaurant Management

In this edition of MRM News Bites, we feature sobering statistics from Yelp, a ghost kitchen franchise model, franchise explosions expected and falling for for an improved PSL. Ghost Kitchen Franchise Model. The new franchise program is now available nationwide.

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Would You Like To Leave a Tip? Restaurants are Feeling Diners’ Tipping Fatigue.

7 Shifts

In 2022, 41% of American consumers say they don't use cash in a given week, up from 29% in 2018 to 24% in 2015. We have seen employees at regional franchise [that Kickfin works with] been able to increase pay by 3 to 4 dollars an hour.

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The Belgian Waffle Co. Scales Operations To Over 200 Outlets With POSist

The Restaurant Times

Founded in 2015, the brand chose franchising as the apparent route to scale the business. We follow the Franchise Model and hence it is important for us to have a strong technological backbone that can manage the billing, discounts, and raw materials.

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ON THE ROAD RFDC

Foodable

It is a global franchising company that acquires, markets, and develops fast-casual, quick-service, casual dining, and polished casual dining concepts around the world. The idea of GoTab was started when co-founder McLaughlin started his first restaurant and brewery in 2015.

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On-Call Restaurant Accounting Triples Its Client Base in Just Three Years as a Restaurant365 Accounting Partner

Restaurant365

While R365 didn’t yet have some functionality I needed back in 2015, the company told me those features would be ready in the first quarter of the next year. Accounting Case Studies Restaurant Accounting Restaurant FranchisingBackground. On-Call Restaurant Accounting (OCRA) is an accounting and business consulting firm designed with the restaurateur in mind.

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The Ultimate Guide to the Coffee Shop Industry?

Aaron Allen & Associates

While there were six brands in the rank back in 2015, the number grew to 11 in 2020. Dutch Bros, for example, expanded notably, going from not being in the radar in 2015 to becoming the fifth largest coffee chain in the U.S. and the rest franchised across more than 35 countries.

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Back to the Future: Why New Mover Direct Mail Still Outperforms Digital/Social/Email Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

I may own Our Town America, a national direct mail marketing franchise, specializing in reaching people who have just moved to the community, but I recognize there are other ways to market your business. For instance, in 2015, the U.S.

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BRANDED FROM THE ROAD AT RLC

Foodable

Pokéworks started in 2015 in New York City, the company started franchising in year two and has eight company stores, seventy franchised locations and is in twenty states plus Mexico. Listen to "BRANDED FROM THE ROAD AT RLC" on Spreaker.

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Pizza Technology Growing at an Accelerated Pace?

Aaron Allen & Associates

Are You Looking for a Pizza Franchise? If you’re interested in buying the best pizza franchise for your market, we would love to get in touch. Pizza technology has been one of the leading segments when it comes to the introduction of tech to restaurants.

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The Edible Arrangement Endures

EATER

Despite the copycat operations out there, these perishable garlands are big business: Edible Arrangements is one of the food businesses that has not only survived the pandemic, but thrived, enjoying a 45 percent increase in its sales , which totaled $500 million from 1,000 franchised stores in 2020.

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47 Scaling Restaurants In Scandinavia To Keep An Eye On (Because They Are Awesome)

Apicbase

You may not have noticed, but some brilliant restaurant chains and franchises are shaking up the dining culture of the Nordic countries, both with new concepts and by revamping old ones. This fast-growing casual dining franchise has a truly unique concept.

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Our 2020 Pizza Report

KaTom

Unfortunately, Pizza Hut experienced a setback in July with the loss of an estimated 300 franchised locations, when the pizza chain’s largest U.S. ’s fastest-growing franchises, opening a new restaurant every 3.5 Marco’s opened its first location in Puerto Rico in 2015 and doubled its footprint on the island to 34 by the end of 2019. The Deep Dish on Pizza Chains During COVID-19.

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The Ultimate Guide to the Coffee Shop Industry?

Aaron Allen & Associates

While there were six brands in the rank back in 2015, the number grew to 11 in 2020. Dutch Bros, for example, expanded notably, going from not being in the radar in 2015 to becoming the fifth largest coffee chain in the U.S. and the rest franchised across more than 35 countries.

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The Best Salad Chains In America

Restaurant Clicks

The franchise was so successful that the small food court wasn’t enough to handle this store’s popularity. By 2015, the chain had opened 12 additional locations. I’m a big fan of salad. And when I want a good salad, I make sure I’m somewhere in the U.S.

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KLC Virtual Restaurants: The Game Changer in the Middle East Cloud Kitchen Business

The Restaurant Times

In 2015, they began to experiment by onboarding multiple brands in one location and within the same area. Traditional franchising is usually done by franchising a single brand, with a storefront location, and so on.

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

Modern Restaurant Management

” Aron most recently served as the Australian CEO & Country Manager for Deliveroo from 2015 to 2020, helping grow the company into 500 cities and 13 countries during his tenure.

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Are We Growing Too Fast?

Aaron Allen & Associates

In 2015, 9 of the top 25 fastest-growing restaurant chains were in this category.) Many brands tried to grab the land very quickly, particularly with a franchise model. Pie Five, for instance, more than doubled between 2014–2015 but has closed 15 units (17% of its system) since 2016.

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Ultimate Grubhub, Red Lobster Catering and Parts in Town

Modern Restaurant Management

Maguire will continue to oversee all aspects of company and franchise operations and will also lead operations services & excellence, training, supply chain and franchising; he reports directly to Scott Svenson, MOD co-founder and CEO.

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New & Notable: TEAM Schostak Celebrates 40, AI in Food Service and Beachy Tech

Modern Restaurant Management

When TSFR sold the Burger King busi­ness in 2015, Laura transitioned to the Director of Learning & Development for Del Taco and MOD Pizza. In 2009, Greg moved to the Del Taco brand, where we were chosen as Franchise Operator of the Year in both 2009 and 2010.

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Coffee News Recap, 3 Jun: Intelligentsia employees file to unionise, Chinese study finds coffee consumption can increase life expectancy & other stories

Perfect Daily Grind

Thu, 26 May – FAT Brands to acquire Nestlé Toll House Café franchise network in US. Lavazza has been the official coffee sponsor for the French Open since 2015. Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the top coffee industry news from the previous week. Here are this week’s stories.

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How to Cook a Direwolf

EATER

I first experienced Elizabeth in December 2015, eight months after the first Game of Thrones menu debuted. When Regan started doing fantasy menus at Elizabeth in 2015, she pinpointed a junction between two groups of obsessives: dining enthusiasts and fantasy nerds. Vaneda Vireak.

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Redefining ‘Dine and Dash’ and Review Hub

Modern Restaurant Management

“We’ve been working with Yelp since 2015, but decided we wanted to take things to the next level when we learned about Yelp Store Visits.

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Samer Hamadeh Of Akiba Dori On Making A Brand That People Love

The Restaurant Times

So he took the seven years of entertainment experience alongside his solid social network and launched the now critically acclaimed nightlife brands Republique (2011) & Stereo Arcade (2015). .

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Easter Eat-In, Potbelly Pantry and #ThePlateFund

Modern Restaurant Management

” The first Zalat Pizza opened on Fitzhugh Avenue in 2015 and the brand now has six locations in the DFW area. and its franchise leadership are working to implement additional support for its franchisees, most of which are small, family-owned businesses.

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MRM People & Places: Azteca Foods Celebrates 50 Years and State Dish Showdown

Modern Restaurant Management

In 1999, Azteca partnered with a small tortilla company in Spain, building a successful international tortilla company before selling the business in 2015.