Franchise Articles

Smashburger Opens First San Diego Location

Smashburger, a fast-casual "better burger" restaurant franchise will open its first San Diego franchise location on Wednesday, March 24, 2010. The restaurant will open at 1000 Prospect St. and bring 100-percent Certified Angus Beef, an array of sides and delicious shakes to local residents. This is the first of seven San Diego Smashburger locations. · read more

Johnny Rockets Re-opens In Monroe

Johnny Rockets, a restaurant chain in the US, will re-open in Monroe, Michigan on February 8, 2010 at Hampton Plaza location. The 3,400sqft Monroe restaurant will feature an expanded menu, including Original Junior hamburger, dessert options, and different soup choices. · read more

How Burger King Cooked Up a Franchise Rebellion

Deep discounting causes unhappiness amongst franchisees · read more

Bruegger's cafe franchise expanding in D-FW, Austin

The 26-year-old bagel bakery and cafe franchise is targeting four major metropolitan areas for expansion in 2010, including Austin, Portland, Seattle and Dallas-Fort Worth. · read more

Hungry Howie’s franchise plans up to 10 stores

Ray Williams had spent more than two decades with Domino's pizza franchise, a journey that had taken him from college student to store owner in a year. But some 40 stores later, Williams had tired of the road and wanted to spend more time with his family in Baton Rouge. · read more

UPDATED: Jack in the Box reopens

Five Jack in the Box locations in Shasta and Tehama counties -- including three in Redding -- reopened this afternoon. · read more

Subway's $5 deal a hard habit to break

ubway's $5, foot-long sandwich deal has given birth to the biggest restaurant pricing trend since McDonald's Corp's 2002 Dollar Menu debut, but some to wonder whether it will make it harder to break diners' discount habit. · read more

SUBWAY(R) Restaurant Chain Honors Baltimore Businessman

Smith is honored for accomplishments in developing the SUBWAY(R) brand within his territory, the level of service and support provided to local franchisees, and his ability to communicate and cooperate within the parameters of the SUBWAY(R) franchise system. · read more

SUBWAY(R) Restaurant Chain Recognizes Environmentally Responsible Vendors

The SUBWAY(R) restaurant chain, which has made a commitment to make its restaurants and operations more environmentally responsible, recently honored some of its vendors for their contributions in helping the brand reach its sustainability goals. · read more

Vocelli Pizza Celebrates North Miami Beach Opening with 100 Free Pizzas

Vocelli Pizza, the authentic Italian pizza delivery chain, announces the grand opening celebration of the newest Florida store on Wednesday, September 16th. The store is located in North Miami Beach and the give-aways begin at 4:00pm. In celebration, Vocelli Pizza is giving away a 14 inch, "Grande" pepperoni pizza to the first 100 customers to come to the store at 4pm on September 16th. · read more

Brand new Brennan’s

Brennan's was originally part of a New Orleans-based franchise known as World of Wings, or WOW. The previous restaurant offered upscale fast food such as fried chicken and Texas toast. · read more

Burger King To Power Restaurant With Energy Generated By Drive Thru?! Read more at: http://www.huf

A Burger King in New Jersey is a trial phase for a new device that captures energy from the heat given off by car brakes · read more

Subway Extends Universal Delivery Solutions Pilot Agreement

UDS Group, Inc. has announced that their pilot agreement withSubway® has been extended into 2010, and that Washington, D.C. has been selectedto be the first major market to introduce Subway Catering & Delivery (SCD)utilizing the UDS proprietary delivery management solution. The SDC launch isscheduled for October (2009) in D.C., which is ranked as the 8th Nielsen MediaMarket, with 450 Subway® restaurants. · read more

Subway honours Mumbai Franchise

The Subway restaurant chain, the leading submarine sandwich franchise, honoured Ashwin Dhanuka, of Mumbai, India, as the recipient of its 2009 Franchisee of the Year award for single unit owners from the chain's international emerging markets. · read more

McDonald's ordered to pay $28 million

El Salvador's Supreme Court has upheld an order requiring fast food chain McDonald's to pay $US24 million ($28 million) in damages to a franchise owner who says his contract was unfairly terminated. · read more

Pull up to the Counter and have a burger your way

Servers sporting low-hanging jeans. A loud Killers song blasting from overhead speakers. A full bar. And most importantly 312,120 ways to build a burger - what a concept! The Counter has hit the Bay Area and about three weeks ago, the franchise opened its first outlet in the Corte Madera Town Center · read more

CiCi's Pizza Earns Environmental Star of Excellence

CiCi's Pizza Earns Environmental Star of ExcellenceMore than 55 tons of organic waste recycled by CiCi's in Plano for Texas Pure product. · read more

Church's Chicken franchise expands in Middle Tennessee

Fast-food eateries - known in the industry as "quick-service" restaurants - have not been immune to the recession, analysts say, although they have fared much better than casual and fine-dining establishments. · read more

VinaCapital Seals UK Franchise Deal to Roll Out 30 Restaurants

Pho 24, Vietnam's most popular noodle brand, operates throughout Asia with restaurants in Singapore, Cambodia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia. · read more

Shuford's Subway franchise could be the start of many more

"In general the Subway franchise is known for offering fresh, made-to-order meals that are better for you than the fatty fried fare offered elsewhere". · read more