For the first time since the pandemic-altered second quarter of 2020, Taco Bell this week reported a drop in same-store sales ...

Private equity-backed Fitness Ventures is now the largest Crunch Fitness franchisee, and it is opening gyms at an impressive ...

After closing on its sale to c-store company RaceTrac last fall, Potbelly finished 2025 strong with $601 million in system ...

“This is a big turning point,” Ashley Kirkley, chief operating officer, told Franchise Times. “The brand being born in America, in Manhattan on the Upper East Side, New York has a special place in our ...

Stats: The company has grown from 57 franchises in 23 states at the acquisition to more than 400. The cost to open an Ace ...

Krish Patel was about 3 years old when his family moved from Philadelphia to upstate New York, where his father opened what ...

In her monthly "Grab Bag" column, Editor in Chief Laura Michaels asks the tough questions—What superhero power would you most ...

Twisted Egg Shack also has deals signed for Florida, other Texas markets and Denver. Thomas Bell signed an agreement for Central Florida, with his first location expected to open in December outside ...

Home services are a family affair for Dawn and Bill Hester and Pam and Jay Griffith, who are Empower Brands franchisees.

Growth for the Mexican category moderated slightly in 2025, with total sales of $23.4 billion from 13 franchises ranked on ...

Remodeled restaurants and improvements to the Whopper and nuggets were joined by technology enhancements to help drive Burger King’s global 7.6 percent systemwide sales growth during the third quarter ...

Leaders from some of the biggest fitness franchisees give their takes on growth opportunities, increasing competition, ...