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Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in Kentucky.

Triple Player: Focusing on Operations, People, and Community

When we first met Jeff Rigsby in 2010, he was a successful multi-unit operator with 21 Bojangles' locations.

Kerry Pipes
6,538 Reads 21 Shares

Franchising, the Industry of Opportunity

Spending my summers growing up working at my father's A&W Root Beer stand, I had a love for the business when I was only 10.

Greg S. Cutchall
5,668 Reads 13 Shares

Area Representative On His Way To 10 Stores

Biggby Coffee South Carolina Multi-Unit Area Developer has a Plan for Growth.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,828 Reads 12 Shares

Good News! - July 2018

So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it's hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to "Good News!" - our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.

Eddy Goldberg
4,194 Reads 6 Shares

Checkers & Rally's To Add 30 Modular Units by End of Year

Checkers & Rally's Franchisees Turning to Brand's New 'Modular' Design Concept Enabling Them To Build More Quickly and at Lower Cost.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
5,796 Reads 28 Shares

Success Stories of Minorities in Franchising

The previous How-To Franchising Guide story detailed the growing role of minorities in franchising and provided a list of online resources to help minorities enter and succeed in franchising.

Eddy Goldberg
28,719 Reads 3 Shares

Good News! - May 2018

Eddy Goldberg
10,520 Reads 6 Shares

5 Units and Growing For Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries Master Franchisee

Master Franchisee Opens 5th Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries in Alabama This Week.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
14,877 Reads 11 Shares

Good News! – December 2017

So many good things are happening so quickly in franchising these days, it’s hard to keep up (even for us!). So welcome to “Good News!” – our monthly roundup of franchise growth, finance, international expansion, milestones, and other positive news from franchisors large, medium, and emerging.

Eddy Goldberg
24,090 Reads 3 Shares

2017 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue expanding each year--a trend that continues to accelerate as these "Dominators" grow their portfolios through acquisitions, building new units, refranchising, and scooping up successful units from retiring franchisees.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,836 Reads 1 Shares

What's in a Name?: For Sport Clips' Largest Franchisee, It's Everything

If there is a way to see or hear the Sport Clips name, Johnny Weber will make it happen. Weber, the brand's largest franchisee with 56 stores, and recipient of the 2017 MVP Single Brand Leadership Award, is all about spreading the word on the brand--all day, every day, in every way.

Helen Bond
14,214 Reads 43 Shares

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History of Franchising: Franchising in the Modern Age

Franchising really began to blossom in the post-war 1950s and 1960s. Franchisors of convenience goods and services seemed to be popping up on every corner. McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, laundry services, dry cleaners, hotels, and rental car franchises flooded the marketplace.

Kerry Pipes
69,828 Reads 4 Shares

Adding New Brands: Successful Franchisees Tell How They Do It

So you want to build your business by adding another brand? Maybe two? While the ROI must make sense, seasoned multi-brand franchisees say the key to franchise happiness begins with finding the right fit, from values and culture to matching personal and financial goals with the brand’s.

Helen Bond
8,123 Reads 30 Shares

Air Tinsley: Former Pro Basketball Star Scores in Franchising

George Tinsley has been a part of Kentucky Fried Chicken/KFC for more than three decades, so long that he had the opportunity to work alongside the brand's now-legendary founder, Harland "Colonel" Sanders, for three years.

Kerry Pipes
17,179 Reads 197 Shares

2017 Multi-Unit Franchisee Award Winners

Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine honored franchisee excellence at the annual Most Valuable Performer (MVP) Awards ceremony at this year's Multi-Unit Franchising Conference, April 23–26 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
9,124 Reads 199 Shares

Taco John's Franchisee Adds Virginia Location To Portfolio

Multi-unit franchisee brings new Taco John's location to Virginia, expanding his company to include 7 locations throughout 5 states.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
5,746 Reads 2 Shares

Incentive Program Entices 8 Huddle House Franchisees To Sign New Deals

Huddle House uses limited-time incentive program to grow, with eight existing franchisees signing new deals. The Atlanta-based brand has plans to open an additional 100 restaurants over the next five years.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
25,455 Reads 5 Shares

GPS Hospitality Doubles in Size, Adding 194 Burger Kings

Multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee Tom Garrett makes major move taking on another 194 Burger King locations. His GPS Hospitality company now oversees 431 Burger King and Popeyes franchises in 14 states.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
28,716 Reads 2 Shares

2016 Dominators

Multi-unit, multi-brand operators continue growing larger each year--a trend that continues to accelerate as these Dominators expand their portfolios through acquisitions, new units, refranchising offers, and scooping up successful units from retirees

Multi-Unit Franchisee
4,221 Reads 1,023 Shares

Sibling Harmony: Leveraging Their Differences to Build a Company

In some ways, brothers Jesse and Charles Keyser, 39 and 35, are very different, and that's good. So are their three brands--Little Caesars, Sport Clips, and Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning--which also is good.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
19,085 Reads 5 Shares

Freedom of Associations: Is 2016 the Year of Franchisee Activism?

The usual reason for forming an independent franchisee association is to address problems with the franchisor or other conflicts within the system.

Eddy Goldberg
12,798 Reads 2 Shares

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GPS Hospitality Adds Popeyes

Fast-Growing GPS Hospitality Adds Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen To Its Franchise Portfolio Expanding Presence In Georgia and West Virginia.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
11,259 Reads

From Burgers To Pizza

Former McDonald's Multi-Unit Franchisee Inks Deal with Pie Five Pizza To Open Multiple Locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
9,975 Reads 6 Shares

Area Rep Supreme: Mike Pietrzyk is Setting The Pace for Firehouse Subs

Mike Pietrzyk has always loved contributing to charitable causes. So it wasn't surprising that a decade ago the Firehouse Subs area representative came up with the idea of selling his restaurants' empty 5-gallon pickle buckets, rather than tossing them out.

Kerry Pipes
8,003 Reads

Burger Kingdom: Arby's ex-CEO Returns to his Multi-Unit Roots

Tom Garrett breaks down his 30 years with Arby's--first as an assistant manager, then as the brand's largest franchisee, and finally as CEO of the franchisor--this way: "I like to say that 25 of those years were great, 3 were mediocre, and 2 were miserable--in that order."

Debbie Selinsky
13,873 Reads 5 Shares

Tom Garrett Is Beginning Again With Burger King

After Being Arby's largest franchisee - then its CEO - Tom Garrett Is Back In The Franchisee World Again As A Burger King Franchisee Nearing 200 Units.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
17,492 Reads 3 Shares

A Dominating Presence

Some people are born with a deep desire to win. They are passionate, determined, aggressive, and persistent. We've come to label these multi-unit franchisees "Dominators."

Kerry Pipes
8,323 Reads 2 Shares

Industry Groups Join To Oppose Overtime Regulations

15 franchisee associations team up with IFA to oppose Department of Labor's proposed changes to overtime regulations.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
14,176 Reads

Report Says Overtime Rules Would Hurt Businesses

Report finds new overtime rules would bring unintended consequences such as increased costs to businesses and impact the workforce by eliminating middle management jobs.

Multi-Unit Franchisee
6,835 Reads

NLRB Ruling Hits Home With Husband and Wife Franchisee

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is trying to change the definition of "joint employer." Here's a look at how the new ruling could impact one franchise family and, ultimately, many more.