Skip to main content
Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us!
  • Subscribe
Newsletter
Magazine
News
  • Cover Stories
  • Recent Stories
  • Finance
  • Fitness Finance
  • M&A
  • Multi-Unit Deals
Top 400 Franchises
Resources
  • Fitness Finance Conference
  • Franchise Investment Show
  • White Papers
  • Webinars
  • Vendor Directory
  • Finance & Real Estate Directory
  • Legal Eagles
  • Franchise Handbook
site-logo
  • Home
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise With Us!
    • Subscribe
  • Newsletter
  • Magazine
  • News
    • Cover Stories
    • Recent Stories
    • Finance
    • Fitness Finance
    • M&A
    • Multi-Unit Deals
  • Top 400 Franchises
  • Resources
    • Fitness Finance Conference
    • Franchise Investment Show
    • White Papers
    • Webinars
    • Vendor Directory
    • Finance & Real Estate Directory
    • Legal Eagles
    • Franchise Handbook
Advanced Search Close Search
From
To
Close Search
Group of Investment Firms to Buy California Pizza Kitchen
Franchise Mergers and Acquisitions

Group of Investment Firms to Buy California Pizza Kitchen

  • Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Dec 18, 2025

Consortium Brand Partners, along with Eldridge Industries, Aurify Brands and Convive Brands, will acquire the chain, which has more than 120 units, in a deal expected to close this month.

47-Unit Buddy’s Home Furnishings Operator Declares Bankruptcy
Franchise Finance

47-Unit Buddy’s Home Furnishings Operator Declares Bankruptcy

  • Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Dec 19, 2025

The parent company of Buddy's Home Furnishings, Franchise Group, declared bankruptcy last year. Since then, Buddy's franchisee Buddy Mac Holdi…

Pieology Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After 29-unit Acquisition Drains Liquidity
Franchise News

Pieology Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After 29-unit Acquisition Drains Liquidity

  • Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Dec 15, 2025

The Little Brown Box Pizza, the franchisor of build-your-own pizza concept Pieology, closed 17 corporate stores before the filing. 

Activist Investor Buys 6% of Noodles & Company Stock, Plus More Bold Deals
Franchise Mergers and Acquisitions

Activist Investor Buys 6% of Noodles & Company Stock, Plus More Bold Deals

  • Joe Halpern, Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Dec 9, 2025

Galloway Capital Partners and affiliated companies acquired 6.01 percent of outstanding shares in Noodles & Company. The purchase was anno…

Riverside Buys Window Cleaning Franchise Shine to Grow Evive Platform
Franchise Mergers and Acquisitions

Riverside Buys Window Cleaning Franchise Shine to Grow Evive Platform

  • By Laura Michaels
  • Updated Dec 15, 2025

Shine, a franchisor of residential and commercial window cleaning, holiday lighting and pressure washing services, joins Evive Brands, which T…

Slim Chickens Operator to Pay $300K Fine for Sexual Harassment, EEOC Says
Franchise News

Slim Chickens Operator to Pay $300K Fine for Sexual Harassment, EEOC Says

  • Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Dec 9, 2025

An Arkansas-based Slim Chickens franchisee will pay $300,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit from the United States Equal Opportunity Co…

I Heart Mac & Cheese Down to 10 Locations, Founder Continues Selling New Coffee Concept
Franchise News

I Heart Mac & Cheese Down to 10 Locations, Founder Continues Selling New Coffee Concept

  • Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Dec 4, 2025

As I Heart Mac & Cheese owners allege fraudulent activity on the franchisor’s part, the company’s founders tout their up-and-coming new co…

Jersey Mike’s Names New Head of International, and Taco Bell Debuts Y2K-inspired Apparel
Franchise News

Jersey Mike’s Names New Head of International, and Taco Bell Debuts Y2K-inspired Apparel

  • Joe Halpern
  • Updated Dec 2, 2025

FT’s Picks of the Week highlight notable C-suite moves, brand milestones, tech tidbits and other franchise news, sourced by the Franchise Time…

Acquisition Experts Share Strategies to Navigate Valuation Process
Franchise News

Acquisition Experts Share Strategies to Navigate Valuation Process

  • Matthew Liedke
  • Updated Dec 8, 2025

Just over a year ago, Delight Restaurant Group bought 65 Wendy’s restaurants in the Pittsburgh market, bringing its total to about 200.

FAT Brands Faces Bankruptcy With $1.3B Debt Due Immediately
Franchise News

FAT Brands Faces Bankruptcy With $1.3B Debt Due Immediately

  • Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Dec 9, 2025

The company reported November 21 that it’s considering restructuring through bankruptcy because it doesn’t have the “amounts on hand” to pay back investors for securitized notes.

  •  
  • 2 of 6
  •  

Sections

  • News
  • Current Issue
  • Past Issues
  • Resources
  • Franchise Investment Show
  • Newsletter
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
    site-logo
    Franchise Times
    2808 Anthony Lane South
    Minneapolis, MN 55421
    Phone: 612-767-3200
    Email: [email protected]
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • YouTube
    • Instagram

    Browser Compatibility

    Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.
    We recommend switching to one of the following browsers:

    Microsoft Edge Google Chrome Firefox
    © Copyright 2026 franchisetimes.com 2808 Anthony Lane South, Minneapolis, MN  | Terms of Use  | Privacy Policy