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The City of Pittsburgh will get its first helping of Zoup! on March 9. The new restaurant is located at 1137 Freeport Road in the newly renovated Fox Chapel Plaza, near RIDC Park. Pittsburgh’s first Zoup!—the ninth in Pennsylvania—will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, March 9, with an official ribbon cutting ceremony beginning at […]

Global premium burger chain Carl’s Jr. opened its first restaurant in Chile pursuant to a franchise agreement signed between Carl’s Jr. Restaurants LLC and Corachi SpA. Located in Santiago’s beloved Providencia district at Av. Nueva Providencia 2124, Providencia, the new two-story restaurant offers premium, affordable menu items including a line of 100 percent Black Angus […]

America’s vast highways have done more than simply provide the nation and its residents endless ways to discover the country’s glory…they’ve also fueled what is set to become a nationwide restaurant phenomenon. Chicago’s celebrated America’s Dog & Burger (AD&B), the tastiest idea to ever come out of a great American road trip, announced today its […]

Dunkin’ Donuts, America’s all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, announced the signing of a store development agreement with new franchise group, Pinconning Food Services, LLC, to develop the company’s first Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant in Pinconning, Michigan. The restaurant is planned to open this upcoming summer. Pinconning Food Services, LLC is a subsidiary of […]

Papaya King, New York City’s original and iconic hot dog and tropical drink restaurant, is now franchising across the U.S. Since first opening its doors to customers in 1932, Papaya King has built a reputation for freshness, quality, flavor, and fun. In 1932 founder Gus Poulos, wanting to serve fresh fruit juice, opened New York’s […]

Fazoli’s announced Tuesday it has signed three single unit franchise agreements to develop restaurants in the Tampa and Atlanta metro areas. In Tampa, the agreement with S.C.S. Hospitality Group marks the brand’s second franchised location in the Sunshine State. The two agreements in Georgia are with longtime multi-unit franchisees who are expanding on the success […]

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is slated to open a new location in the Peach State in spring of 2018 with Dickey’s newest owner/operator, Sanchez Smith. The new location will be the 12th Dickey’s store to open in Georgia. Originally from South Carolina, Smith recently made the state of Georgia his home and to immerse himself into […]

Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a leading fast casual cafe concept known for its better-for-you food and smoothies with a tropical twist, announced it will open the state of Michigan’s 50th location in Portage on March 4. This restaurant, located at 230 W. Milham Ave., will mark the second location in the region for husband-and-wife franchisees Eduardo […]

Freshii Inc., the global leader in the health-casual restaurant business, will soon be making healthy food convenient and affordable to citizens of the U.K. With locations in Ireland, Sweden, Austria and the Netherlands, the U.K. is a natural next step for the global brand. Leading the expansion is seasoned Franchise Partner Anil Patil, who is […]

Juice It Up!, one of the nation’s leading raw juice bar and hand-crafted smoothie franchises with over 20 years in the business, has launched its new franchise website to serve as a comprehensive resource for those interested in learning about the many benefits of becoming a Juice It Up! franchisee. With 2016 sales up of […]

As part of the brand’s continued franchise efforts, Grabbagreen, the Arizona-based healthy fast food concept continues to expand across the country and their home state, Arizona. Grabbagreen has awarded two franchises to siblings, Matt Black and Janae Furr of Black and Furr, LLC making that 80 franchise agreements signed since launching franchising back in April […]

Delight Restaurant Group announced the December 2016 acquisition of 30 Wendy’s restaurants in the Virginia Beach—Norfolk metropolitan area. As part of the transaction, Delight Restaurant Group plans to build several new restaurants in the area and remodel certain acquired restaurants in Wendy’s new Image Activation format. The 30 restaurants produce approximately $50 million in gross […]

Zoup! has broken ground in Bothell. The new restaurant will be located at 1410 228th St. SE, in the Canyon Park Place shopping center. When it opens in mid-April, it will be the first Zoup! in the Seattle area and the second in Washington. “We’re thrilled to bring Zoup!’s award-winning recipes to Seattle,” says franchisee […]

William Kaufman plans to open a Dickey’s Barbecue Pit location on the University of Michigan campus. The student body of the University of Michigan represents approximately 38 percent of the total population of the city of Ann Arbor. Kaufman’s newly signed development agreement of two Dickey’s locations will be carried out with the first location […]

Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a leading fast casual cafe concept known for its better-for-you food and smoothies with a tropical twist, announced it signed a franchise development agreement with Glen Johnson to expand the brand’s presence throughout the state of Texas. Johnson will be opening 20 new cafes, the first of which opened earlier this month […]

Sub Zero Ice Cream, the nation’s first liquid nitrogen ice cream franchise, plans to significantly expand its presence in the Lone Star State over the next 10 years, with the goal of opening at least 75 new franchised locations in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston. The brand is currently seeking qualified franchisees to bring […]

Southern Deli Holdings, LLC has signed an agreement with Fuzzy’s Taco Shop to develop the fast-casual Mexican concept in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte location will be Fuzzy’s first restaurant in North Carolina, bringing unique and flavorful Baja-style fare to market. SD Holdings will be the exclusive franchisee in North Carolina with plans of continued […]

Bojangles’, the popular, fast-growing restaurant operator and franchisor, is actively accepting inquiries from enterprising businesspeople and experienced multi-unit restaurant owners to grow the Bojangles’ brand in the Mid-South region, including markets in and around Memphis, Tennessee; Jackson, Tennessee; and Paducah, Kentucky. “In 2016, we continued to establish our presence in several exciting new markets,” says […]

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is continuing its expansion throughout the state of Florida with a well-known member of the Tampa community, Demar Dotson. Currently a professional football player with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dotson will open his Dickey’s Barbecue Pit location in in the Tampa area in late 2017. Along with his passion for football, Dotson […]

Pancheros, a fast-casual Mexican franchise known for its better-built, customizable burritos, named 90-year-old entrepreneur and franchise veteran Bob Thomson the recipient of the 2016 Franchisee of the Year Award. Based in Charles City, Iowa, Thomson was lauded for maintaining a superior level of service and growth at his three Pancheros locations. Thomson caught the franchising […]

Sonic Corp. announced multi-brand franchise organization Let’s Shake, led by restaurant industry veteran Sunil Dharod, purchased 53 SONIC Drive-Ins as part of the brand’s previously announced refranchising initiative. Let’s Shake purchased the drive-ins from Sonic Restaurants, Inc., the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary that owns and operates 286 SONIC Drive-Ins. In 2016, the brand announced a refranchising […]

For the first time in more than 10 years, A&W Restaurants is reporting system-wide revenue and store count growth. The news comes as A&W celebrates its split five years ago from YUM! Brands and kicks off a new franchise sales initiative. A&W, America’s oldest restaurant chain, was owned by YUM! for nine years. In late […]

After last month’s announcement that CoreLife Eatery signed a deal with restaurateur Joyce Lunsford to open as many as 51 restaurants in Michigan and Indiana, CoreLife Eatery announced that the brand will open its doors in at least three new markets. Lexington, Kentucky, as well as Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, will be the newest homes […]