NY Times urges ‘Fairness for Franchise Businesses and Workers’
The New York Times is urging Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the Small Business Investment Protection Act (AB 525): …developments in franchise law in recent decades have increasingly reduced the power...
View ArticleShuttered Quiznos highlights franchise failure problem
Another Quiznos franchisee is closing shop, accusing the sandwich chain of “leaving me out to dry.” After almost 20 years of running a St. Louis-area shop, Mike Barron joined the thousands of Quiznos...
View ArticleJudge finds evidence Culver’s discriminated against franchisee
A federal judge has denied burger and frozen custard chain Culver’s motion to throw out a case brought by a franchisee, holding that there is sufficient evidence of intentional discrimination that the...
View ArticleSmall Business Investment Protection Act now law in California
California now has one of the country’s strongest franchisee protection laws after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Small Business Investment Protection Act earlier this month. The signature capped years of...
View ArticleWithout notice, Domino’s cuts payments to franchisees
With no advance notice, Domino’s cut profit-sharing payments to franchisees in September, despite posting strong profits and high stock prices and spending tens of millions on share buybacks and...
View ArticleReports: Franchisees going out of business – and losing money on transfers
Two recent reports highlight the financial risk of investing in a franchise. According to an analysis from independent franchising research firm FranchiseGrade.com, the number of franchised units going...
View ArticleMcDonald’s pushes new version of dollar menu
McDonald’s is bringing back a version of the dollar menu, which the company abandoned in 2013 after years of franchisee complaints that it was unprofitable. McDonald’s says franchisees “voted” to...
View ArticleReport: Most franchisors don’t disclose franchisee expenses
The vast majority of franchisors fail to reveal any franchised unit expense information in their Franchise Disclosure Documents, according to a new report by independent market research firm...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Ever-Changing Customization Plans
In the latest of a series of customization reversals, McDonald’s launched “Taste Crafted” burgers in over 600 Southern California restaurants in December. The move comes barely two months after the...
View ArticleWhy Aren’t More Franchisees on Company Boards?
A blog post on the Nation’s Restaurant News site has raised a great question: “Franchisees spend a lot of time and energy, and their own money, investing in a brand. So why aren’t more of them on...
View ArticleSmall restaurant franchisees endangered?
Private equity firms and other large investors are taking over more and more franchised restaurants, contributing to a shift toward larger operators that may threaten the future of smaller and even...
View ArticleMost states lack key protections for franchisees
Our new, comprehensive guide to state franchising laws finds that 32 states do not have laws that protect small-business franchisees from abusive franchisor practices. The analysis of franchise laws,...
View ArticleExpanding All-Day Breakfast Strains McDonald’s Franchisees
In a move franchisees fear will create even more operational headaches, McDonald’s is now offering its full breakfast menu all day at over 150 locations in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area and the Triad region...
View ArticleSurvey: Affordability does not equal discounting
Despite a return to promoting value, with various versions of “McPick2,” a new consumer survey ranks McDonald’s only sixth on affordability among 12 major burger/sandwich chains. This a drop from its...
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