The Greene Turtle has opened its first casino-based restaurant at the Hollywood Casino in Perryville, Maryland, along with a new, 24-hour fast-casual eatery called Greene Turtle Express. Tom Finn believes the firsts for the company hold promise for more such expansion.
Two fast-growing driving schools are looking to drastically improve the driver's ed status quo. No more ‘sketchy guys in beat-up Camrys,' vows the CEO of Fresh Green Light. 911 Driving uses cops as instructors to set it apart.
You've heard of farm-to-table, but a new franchised seafood player has coined the term “boat-to-plate” to describe its responsibly sourced, seasonally shifting menu that's designed to get Americans eating more seafood without harming global fisheries.
You've read it here, and certainly heard it elsewhere: Fancy millennials don't care for the suburbs they grew up in and are willing to pay dearly to raise their heritage-breed chickens in peace—as close to downtown as possible. Futurists and demographers have doggedly predicted how this urban migration will hollow out the ‘burbs and revamp rusty cityscapes.
You hear a lot about mediation in franchising, but not meditation.(What a difference a “t” makes, especially if it's herbal.) But thanks to a group of Massage Envy, European Wax and Amazing Lash Studio franchisees that's about to change.
Beer offerings, menu changes and a new prototype are fueling growth for companies under the Craftworks umbrella, especially Old Chicago. CEO Srini Kumar describes his goal of ‘winning market share, not growing market share.'
New franchise partner Grupo Iberfood will start by developing the Hooters brand in Spain, where it says competitors are few and the locals ‘love sports, tasty food and beer'—not to mention the servers in orange hotpants.
Three days, 45-plus presentations, numerous lenders and financiers and one Dealmakers awards luncheon comprised the Franchise Times Finance & Growth Conference in March. Our reporters were there in force, and present these brand snapshots for anyone who missed them.
The coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band is quartered to display the emblems of the traditional kingdoms of Spain (clockwise from upper left: Castile, Leon, Navarre, and Aragon), while the stylized pomegranate at the bottom of the shield represents Granada.
When legendary ad man Keith Reinhard launched “You deserve a break today” for McDonald's in 1970, he couldn't have anticipated its impact. The jingle drove millions of Americans to the doors of the burger giant, with catchy lines and a lively dance number.