Expansion was always part of Melissa Holt’s plan, but she didn’t want to bite off more than she could chew, starting with one Chicken Salad Chick and now adding to her unit count. Plus news from Drybar, Freshii and others.
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Restaurant franchise parent company Foodtastic has experience “fixing” brands, CEO Peter Mammas said.
Fresh Dining Concepts is growing its portfolio of Focus Brands chains with a new 10-unit deal, plus development news from Slim Chickens, Scissors & Scotch and more
Shipley Do-Nuts is filling out the Dallas-Fort Worth market, signing an agreement with HPL Capital for 25 locations. Led by CEO Michael Poates…
New platform company Youth Enrichment Brands, backed by Roark Capital, launched on October 19 after purchasing i9 Sports, the nation’s largest…
Toronto-area franchisee Salim Bardai is excited about Freshii. Despite some early stumbles and a COVID-19 gut-punch, he said he's thriving and…
When acai berries first burst onto the food trend scene a few years ago as the next “superfood”—a term that as a nutritional claim, by the way, doesn't have clear scientific backing—it wouldn't have surprised me if the tropical fruit faded as quickly as the cabbage soup diet in the ‘80s.
