Secrets to successful restaurant site selection

Tour prospective sites in order from worst to best, which will allow you to become more confident, ask better questions and be more in control of the leasing…

QSR workers plan to carry low-wage strikes into year two

December 1, 2014

Quick-service employees, and other workers from a variety of service-sector jobs, plan to strike Thursday in protest of low wages. The workers are planning for…

Christian firm launches crowdfunding campaign to build McDonald's in a church

December 1, 2014

Lux Dei Design, a Christian design company based in New Jersey, has launched a new crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo called the "McMass Project." The…

Sloan's Ice Cream steps outside of South Florida

November 26, 2014

Sloan's Ice Cream will open the doors to its first Southern California franchise location in the San Diego's Westfield UTC Shopping Centre on Black Friday…

Burger 21, zpizza rank high on franchising list

November 26, 2014

Franchiserankings.com, a provider of reviews and ratings on franchises, has released its top 10 best food franchises for the month of November.

Dunkin' Donuts plans 2016 entry into San Francisco

November 25, 2014

Dunkin' Donuts has signed multistore development agreements with five franchise groups for a total commitment of 63 new restaurants in the greater San…

Int'l Franchise Association adds two executives

November 25, 2014

The International Franchise Association has added two government relations and public policy professionals to its team. They include:

Del Taco plans expansion throughout Chicago

November 24, 2014

Del Taco has announced its plans to develop at least eight restaurants in the Chicago area, beginning by early 2016.

Popeyes franchisee secures financing to add 20 restaurants

November 24, 2014

GE Capital's Franchise Finance business announced it has provided financing to Z&H Foods LLC to develop more than 20 Popeyes units and to refinance debt.

Doc Popcorn plans 100 locations in Chile, Peru

November 21, 2014

Doc Popcorn has announced plans to add 100 new units in Chile and Peru throughout the next 15 years following a recently executed master franchise agreement…

Arby's debuts fast casual-inspired design in Tennessee

November 21, 2014

Arby's Restaurant Group Inc. announced the opening of a new restaurant design and format in White House, Tennessee.

Popeyes expands TravelCenters of America footprint

November 21, 2014

TravelCenters of America LLC has announced the opening of two new Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurants at TA Jacksonville South, located at I-95, Exit 329, in…

Swipely ramping up in the restaurant space

November 21, 2014

Business insights provider Swipely is managing over $4 billion in annual sales on its cloud-based platform for restaurant, hospitality and retail brands.

Burger King cancels German franchise license after wage-theft allegations

November 19, 2014

Burger King has canceled 89 of its German franchises after a TV report aired in May alleging wage theft and food expiration incidents.

Asian concepts poised for high unit growth this year

November 18, 2014

New data from Technomic forecasts a 2.3-percent unit growth rate over 2013 among the 500 largest US restaurant chains.

Sonic franchisee's marketing shift doubles sales of LTO burger

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

Kergan Brothers' Who Dat burger joins its Rajin' Cajun burger as a football season LTO, generating higher ticket and traffic counts.

Dunkin' Donuts expanding Arizona footprint

November 17, 2014

Dunkin' Donuts announced today the signing of a multiunit store development agreement with existing franchisees, ABDD Arizona, to develop seven new restaurants…

McDonald's plans Kazakhstan debut in 2015

November 14, 2014

McDonald's announced it will open restaurants in Kazakhstan in 2015 through a partnership with local developmental licensee, Kairat Boranbayev.

Popeyes cites 'superior' real estate focus as driver of new unit profit growth

by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com

The chain outperformed the overall QSR category by 6 percentage points in Q3.

Wendy's franchisee offering online business degrees to employees

November 13, 2014

NPC International, Pizza Hut's largest global franchisee and a 400-unit Wendy's franchise, has partnered with Martin Methodist College to offer employees…