Celebree SchoolNews
Celebree School Drops Early Royalties to Zero
The early-education franchisor is waiving opening-period royalties to ease the cash crunch new owners face before enrollment ramps.
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Franchise TimesNews
Lee's Operator Turns 15 Years Into a Six-Unit Deal
After 15 years running one Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken store near Charlotte, Harris Mullis signs a six-unit deal anchoring the brand's Southeast push.
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American Family CareNews
American Family Care Names Rhett Lankford President
The largest U.S. urgent care franchisor adds an MSO veteran as president to build the support systems its 400-plus clinics need to scale.
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Franchising.comNews
Church's Texas Chicken Names New Commercial Chief
The chicken chain hired Popeyes digital veteran Kevin Nemeth to unify brand, loyalty, and menu strategy and drive more traffic to franchisees' stores.
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WOWorksNews
WOWorks Names New Growth and Operations Chiefs
The six-brand parent of Saladworks and Garbanzo hired James Walker to drive franchise recruitment and promoted Nolan Woods to run operations.
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Smalls SlidersNews
Smalls Sliders Lands Four-Unit Rio Grande Valley Deal
A veteran entrepreneur and his family partners will open four Cans across Brownsville, Harlingen, and McAllen, taking the burger brand into South Texas.
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MR MIKES SteakhouseCasualNews
MR MIKES Signs Six-Store Deal in Atlantic Canada
The Western Canadian steakhouse chain enters Atlantic Canada for the first time, its second multi-unit signing in weeks as it pushes toward 100 units.
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Gong chaNews
Gong cha Courts Multi-Unit Operators With a Lean Model
The bubble tea brand pitches small footprints, automated drinks, and no kitchen hood as a way for operators to scale faster.
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HousingWireNews
Century 21 Americana Expands Into Montana
A Southwest brokerage absorbs a longtime Billings firm, turning a 25-year independent operator into its first Montana branch.
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Huddle HouseNews
Huddle House Signs 10-Unit Midwest Development Deal
The full-service chain adds 10 units across Arkansas and Missouri, with the first restaurant set to open in Branson West later this year.
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Bach to RockNews
Spark Harbor Acquires Bach to Rock Music Schools
The youth-activities platform adds a 57-unit music school franchise, its third children's brand in three years, and plans to accelerate national growth.
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Restaurant BusinessNews
Red Robin Refranchises 30 Units to Evergreen Dining
The chain sells 30 company restaurants in Washington and Idaho for $23.5 million, using the cash to pay down debt and reset its capital structure.
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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners via PR NewswireNews
Private Equity Buys SYNERGY HomeCare From NexPhase
Levine Leichtman and management acquire the 240-franchise senior care brand, a bet that in-home care scales with an aging population.
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FranConnect via PR NewswireNews
FranConnect Launches AI Agents for Franchise Operations
The franchise software vendor embeds generative AI agents for sales, operations, and finance, putting automation inside the systems brands already run.
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Restaurant Business OnlineNews
Wendy's Leans on Franchisees for 2025 Growth
Wendy's posted its 14th straight year of same-restaurant sales growth and set a 2025 plan that leans on franchisee economics and remodels.
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PR Newswire / Marco's PizzaNews
Marco's Pizza Enters Philadelphia With Two-Unit Deal
Marco's Pizza signed a two-unit area development agreement to crack the Philadelphia market, a measured entry into a crowded Northeast pizza corridor.
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Hooters of AmericaNews
Hooters Files Chapter 11, Founders Lead Buyout
Hooters filed for bankruptcy to sell its 151 company restaurants to a franchisee group led by its founders, ending private equity ownership.
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ZiebartNews
Ziebart Renews Canada License and Enters Mexico
A 60-year Canadian master franchise renewal and a 10-store Mexico deal show how legacy brands compound through master-franchise partners abroad.
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PR Newswire / Pet ButlerNews
Pet Butler Operator Buys a Tennessee Scooping Rival
A Clarksville franchisee absorbed independent Parapoopers Scoopers, adding customers and territory as pet-waste operators consolidate a fragmented, recurring-revenue trade.
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WingstopNews
Wingstop Adds Units as Sales Growth Cools
Record openings lifted Wingstop's system sales even as same-store growth slowed to 0.5%, testing how long new units can carry the model.
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Checkers Drive-In Restaurants / franchising.comNews
Checkers Tests a Stand-Alone Format in Houston
The double drive-thru brand opens its first stand-alone Houston restaurant, a format shift that changes site options and build costs for operators.
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Zaxby'sNews
Zaxbys Enters Chicago With First Development Deal
The chicken chain hands its Chicago debut to an experienced multi-market operator, betting on a known partner over a cold-start entry.
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Tim Hortons / PR NewswireNews
RBI Q2 Sales Climb on International and Tim Hortons
Restaurant Brands International's second quarter showed international and Tim Hortons strength offsetting a soft Popeyes, a split that shapes operator economics across its brands.
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Friendly's RestaurantsNews
Friendly's Operator Acquires BRIX Holdings Portfolio
A longtime Friendly's franchisee bought BRIX Holdings and its 250-plus locations, putting an operator in control of a seven-brand franchising platform.
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