The menu is simplistic, with the option to build your own quesadilla or choose one of the brand’s recipes. There’s the “Evan ...

Canadian retail brand Metal Supermarkets is entering its 40th year in operation with new majority stakeholders.

Acquired by Olympus Partners in 2022, Excel Fitness is up to 164 Planet Fitness locations and counting as the Texas-based ...

Slow, organic growth has been a decades-long trend for Classy Closets, a home storage solutions concept created in 1983.

Crunch Canada started in 1976 when Hodgson’s father, Martin, opened its first gym. Wes Hodgson took over the Cambridge, Ontario-based company in 2010. With Trive’s investment, Hodgson looks to nearly ...

A mandate from Nothing Bundt Cakes requiring franchisees to keep their businesses open on Sundays has ignited a dispute in ...

A Twin Peaks franchisee in Florida filed simultaneous bankruptcy petitions this week, but the company’s co-CEO said the ...

Vicious Biscuit CEO George McLaughlin began working in the restaurant business during college and said, “once it’s in your ...

Sky Zone franchisee Mohammed “Mo” Zia began his career at Southern California Edison where he played a crucial role in ...

This article is part of "Where Are They Now?"—an ongoing series in which Franchise Times managing editor Emilee Wentland and ...

On’s Sports Bistreaux introduced a new, smaller prototype restaurant design it plans to roll out for expansion.

Expect a flurry of dealmaking activity in 2025. That’s what experts said during the Restaurant Finance & Development ...