In early February President Joe Biden said his administration would no longer support Saudi Arabia’s military operations in Yemen. The move li…

Franchisee Jamil Jamaldinian, who is opening his sixth The Greene Turtle this fall, was relieved that sales at all of his restaurants were finally recovering in mid-August. Even better, his restaurants were largely staffed and the recently proposed payroll tax holiday might lift their morale.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis closed restaurant dining rooms on March 20, just 10 days after franchisee Quality Fresca acquired 46 Moe's Southwest Grills in the state from four different franchisees. The new franchisee now sold burritos curbside. Predictably, revenues slumped.

Veteran franchisees reflect on an uncertain reality, restaurants' future It's mid-April as I write this, and restaurant sales and guest counts have been in the tank for a month because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

I'm talking by phone to Bojangles franchisee Baryalay Razi (he said just call him “Razi”) on March 24. A week earlier, officials in Maryland, where he operates five of the chicken-and-biscuit outlets, ordered all restaurants to stop serving customers inside their establishments to help control the spread of the novel coronavirus. As of now, they are only permitted to sell food through drive-thru windows.