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Top 5 Things Millennial Franchise Buyers Are Looking For

ByNathan BissittJune 8, 2017

Image credit: Hero Images | Getty Images Millennials have franchise executives scratching their heads as they try to figure out how to position their franchise opportunities to appeal to this generation of new franchise owners. Just think of the size of this group from

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After Fleeing Iran, This Entrepreneur Is Living the American Dream

ByNathan BissittJune 8, 2017

Nick Nasrollahi fled Iran and is now part-owner of seven Checkers locations. Image credit: John Clark This story appears in the June 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » You never know whom you’ll find behind the counter at Checkers. Take Nick Nasrollahi, a

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Dig Into 2017: The Top Food-Based Franchises of the Year

ByNathan BissittMay 31, 2017

[unable to retrieve full-text content]While the franchise model has expanded into almost every type of business imaginable, franchises based around food remain an industry cornerstone. Source: Feed Burner

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Gearing Up: When Will Robots Finally Take Over the Fast-Food Business?

ByNathan BissittMay 30, 2017

Image credit: Nicole Rifkin This story appears in the June 2017 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » It’s 1 p.m. in New York City, and the delis and fast-casual joints that line the streets of midtown are devolving into loud, heaving scrums of office workers rattling off

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A&W Finds Major Unit Growth in Convenience Stores

ByNathan BissittMay 25, 2017

A&W is revving up a major part of its growth through more convenience store locations. For the first time in more than 10 years, the chain, which was bought from Yum! Brands by a group of its franchisees back in 2011, is reporting positive unit growth. Five new

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Interview with One of the Few U.S. Starbucks Licensees

ByNathan BissittMay 23, 2017

John Betz, who does business in Atlantic City and the broader New Jersey-Pennsylvania area, once had 11 Auntie Anne’s franchise locations, which were all sold years ago. Now his company is one of less than a hundred Starbucks licensees in the U.S. The coffee

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Franchisee Forfeits 31 Jack in the Box Locations to Franchisor

ByNathan BissittMay 22, 2017

Thirty-one franchise Jack in the Box restaurants in central and east Texas, owned by Bernie Morrissey of J&D Restaurant Group LLC, have temporarily closed. They will reopen by the end of the month as corporate-owned restaurants. The franchisee for the restaurants

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Cocky Franchisor Goes to Jail, Emerges with Altered Outlook

ByNathan BissittMay 17, 2017

Pat Swisher founded Swisher Hygiene back in 1983, a company that specialized in hygiene for commercial restrooms. The franchise chain thrived, as did Swisher’s self-described big ego. But he was in for a fall, brought about by running afoul of the IRS. In 2002 he

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A&W Experiencing Unit Growth in U.S. for First Time in Years

ByNathan BissittMay 16, 2017

A&W units have been sliding in numbers in the U.S. since the recession, but this year marks a welcome turnaround. The chain has been franchisee-run since 2011. A&W Restaurants is quietly doing something it hasn’t done for a decade: Open new restaurants. The

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McDonald's Offers to Pay Most of Franchisees' Extensive Remodeling Costs

ByNathan BissittMay 16, 2017

McDonald’s is determined to regain customers it has lost to rivals by banking on extensive changes, including expensive restaurant upgrades. To get its U.S. franchisees on board the costly program, it is sweetening the deal by telling them, in writing, it will