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Fazoli’s Opens 19th Missouri Location

Fazoli’s announced the opening of its newest franchised restaurant in Washington, Missouri. The new restaurant, located at 3161 Phoenix Center Drive, features Fazoli’s all-new contemporary design. A ribbon cutting ceremony with city officials was held on October 10. The restaurant opened to the public at 11 a.m. on October 11. Missouri’s newest location is locally […]

Kono USA Adding Five Mall Locations Before Black Friday

Black Friday shoppers munching on cones will be a common sight this November, but rather than ice cream, the cones will be oozing with authentic Italian pizza ingredients or Tiramisu-inspired desserts filled with Ghirardelli chocolate.  Kono USA—franchisor of “The Original” Kono Pizza and Kono To-Go—Fresh Eats, Treats & Sweets franchise brands—is bringing its on-the-go snack […]

El Pollo Loco Entering Louisiana Market

El Pollo Loco announced it has signed a franchise development deal with new franchise partner Listo Way Group LLC to expand the brand’s presence into Louisiana. The Lafayette, Louisiana-based franchisee will open two new restaurants in the Lafayette area by 2018. Listo Way Group LLC is operated by Lafayette native, Jason Trotter. “We’re thrilled to […]

Dickey’s Opening Four New Stores in Southern California

Dickey's Barbecue Pit continues to grow throughout California, with an increased store count that is second only behind its home state of Texas. The first of four new stores will open in spring 2017 in Foothill Ranch. Two in Irvine and one in Mission Viejo are to follow. The four new locations are included in […]

Wienerschnitzel Franchisees Donate $50K for Literacy Project

Wienerschnitzel announced that its franchisees operating in Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties have donated $50,000 to benefit The Literacy Project (TLP), a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling at-risk and disadvantaged youth to increase their reading skill levels and to become self-sufficient, productive and contributing members of our society. Inspired by Wienerschnitzel […]

Red Mango Chicago Franchise Owners Honored by IFA

Sweety and Satish Patel, franchise owners of a Red Mango Yogurt Café Smoothie & Juice Bar franchise in Chicago, were named a Franchisee of the Year award winner by the International Franchise Association (IFA), the world’s oldest and largest organization representing franchising worldwide. The award recognizes franchisees across the U.S. who have demonstrated excellence within […]

BurgerFi Set for Alexandria Debut

Neighborhood Retail Group announced BurgerFi will open at 111 N. Pitt Street in Alexandria, Virginia, on September 24. Local owners Dave Landry, his son Chris and their business partner Tim Kelly opened their first BurgerFi almost four years ago in Leesburg, Virgnia, and are again working together to open the Alexandria location. Neighborhood Retail Group […]

Dunkin’ Donuts Opens its 12,000th Restaurant

Dunkin' Donuts opened its 12,000th restaurant worldwide, in the Greater Los Angeles area at 4922 La Sierra Avenue in Riverside, California. With this milestone location, Dunkin' Donuts continues its steady and strategic westward expansion, opening more than 30 new restaurants in California with plans for around 300 new locations total to be developed in the […]

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Adding 15 New Locations

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream will soon be scooped in several new cities nationwide, as the premium frozen treat chain’s rapid expansion continues. Additional stores also are coming to existing Bruster’s markets, with both new and current franchisees recently signing development deals. The announcement of 15 new locations comes as Bruster’s, with around 200 domestic and […]

Leading Jimmy John’s Franchisee Sold to Firm

Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm targeting entrepreneurial businesses poised for the next level of growth, announced two strategic transactions by its portfolio companies: Fast Sandwich, LLC has acquired JTY Investments, one of the largest franchisees operating in Florida; and EZE Truck Holdings merged with Farren International, LLC, a global provider of transportation and […]

Smoothie King Begins Dubai Expansion

Smoothie King announced its expansion into the Middle East, with the opening of its first location in Dubai on September 1. Through its partnership with Al Ghurair Retail, Smoothie King is providing guests at the BurJuman Shopping District with nutritional smoothies that live up to the brand’s founding vision to create “Smoothies With a Purpose.” […]

Real Estate Investment Trust Acquires 4 KFCs for $3.9 Million

Four Corners Property Trust, a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership of high-quality net leased restaurant properties, announced the acquisition of the real estate of four KFC restaurants in the Detroit for $3.9 million. FCPT funded the acquisition with cash on hand. The restaurants are 100 percent occupied under new triple-net leases with […]

Marco’s Pizza Plans to Open 31 New Locations in Iowa

Marco’s Pizza continues its growth in Iowa with plans to introduce 31 new locations, creating more than 750 new jobs throughout the state. The brand plans to ramp up growth through a selective strategy, focusing on a solid foundation of one to two locations in the Des Moines area in 2017, with two to four […]