Franchise Times Magazine

Franchise Times is a specialized magazine that focuses on the franchise industry, but its readers often say it's more than just a typical trade publication. Published ten times a year, the magazine features expert columns, thorough analyses, investigative reports, and a variety of articles aimed at helping franchisors, multi-unit franchisees, and suppliers enhance their operations. In addition to serious topics, it also offers lighter content, including profiles and stories about the individuals and companies that thrive in various sectors using the franchise model to expand their businesses. Located in Minneapolis, Franchise Times was acquired from Crain Communications in Chicago in 1998. The first issue under the new ownership of Restaurant Finance Corporation came out in 1999. The parent company has now rebranded itself as Franchise Times Corp.

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Pappas Restaurants to Buy On the Border Out of Bankruptcy, Plus More Bold Deals

3 days ago | franchisetimes.com | Emilee Wentland |Joe Halpern

Pappas Restaurants will buy On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina out of bankruptcy. The Texas-based restaurant group operates Pappasito’s Cantina, Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen and other concepts. On the Border filed for bankruptcy in March, citing about $25 million in debt, after closing nearly 80 restaurants earlier this year. As of March 4, On the Border owes CrossFirst Bank $11.7 million.
Tech Upgrades Don’t Need to Be Sexy, Franchise Execs Say

4 days ago | franchisetimes.com | Emilee Wentland

When making investments in new technology, Main Squeeze Juice Co. CEO Jennifer Dodd keeps one essential thing in mind: “We can’t forget we’re in the hospitality business.”No matter how much technology is involved, customers must be at the center. “I love tech. It’s amazing.
Legacy Restaurant Chain Huddle House Gets Brand Revamp

1 week ago | franchisetimes.com | Joe Halpern

The 60-year-old restaurant company is introducing smaller prototypes, an expanded menu and updated logo with the hopes of attracting younger customers and spark new development in non-traditional markets. Huddle House, the full-service and 24-hour dining chain, is ready to start the next chapter with new prototype restaurants and menu enhancements designed to attract younger customers and to grow its footprint in non-traditional markets.
Pacific Northwest i9 Sports Franchisees Make It a Family Mission

1 week ago | franchisetimes.com | Joe Halpern

Dan Jacobson, along with his daughter and son-in-law, have grown their i9 Sports business in four territories in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, by offering Nike Kids Camps. Becoming an i9 Sports franchisee was a life-changing event for Dan Jacobson and his family.
Bee Organized Expands Franchise System in Niche Home Organization Segment

1 week ago | franchisetimes.com | Alyssa Huglen

Bee Organized wants to be a household name, and not just because of its work as a home organization concept. “We really want to be seen as a thought leader in the industry,” said Kristen Christian, Bee Organized co-founder. “It’s so much more than numbers and quantities and dollar signs. We want to change people’s lives through organization.”Bee Organized’s services revolve around home organization, with “worker bees” decluttering and organizing any and all rooms.
Longtime Restaurant Franchisees Transition to Salon Services With Three-Unit Sola Deal

2 weeks ago | franchisetimes.com | Alyssa Huglen

Husband-and-wife duo Basel AlNammari and Riham Ramlawi found success in the restaurant industry, logistics, delivery and owning their own bus service company. They’re now looking to apply these experiences to the salon suite segment as Sola Salons franchisees. “On our journeys, we were working and growing our portfolio, and we looked at Sola Salons,” AlNammari said. “It literally fell in our lap.
After Acquiring a Texas Barber, Boardroom Targets Franchise Growth

2 weeks ago | franchisetimes.com | Joe Halpern

Boardroom, a 21-year-old upscale men’s grooming and styling company, recently acquired Finley’s Barbershop. After expanding mainly with corporate units, Boardroom is ready to file its first franchise disclosure document in more than a dozen years. Boardroom Styling Lounge underwent a lot of changes this year, and its new CEO is hoping they lead to growing customer membership and ignite further development for the 21-year-old brand.
Smalls Sliders Names Tropical Smoothie Vet Charles Watson as CEO

2 weeks ago | franchisetimes.com | Emilee Wentland

About five months after departing from Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Charles Watson is taking the helm at Smalls Sliders. “I just couldn’t be more excited to be with this brand to get back to my roots of really being a builder and building a brand and growing it,” Watson said. It was the simplicity of the concept that drew Watson to the brand. “We only have nine SKUs in the restaurant, and that’s one of the things I love about it, the simplicity,” he said.
SBA Reinstates Franchise Directory, Replaces Addendum With Certification

2 weeks ago | franchisetimes.com | Matthew Liedke

New leadership at the United States Small Business Administration have implemented a number of lending rule changes, reversing decisions made during President Joe Biden’s term. Notably, the SBA will reinstate its Franchise Directory, after the agency previously ended it in 2023. Two years after it published a new rule eliminating the Franchise Directory, the United States Small Business Administration is reversing course.
Canadian Franchisee Group Sees Big Potential in Fiiz Drinks

2 weeks ago | franchisetimes.com | Matthew Liedke

Since selling their healthy food concept Freshii in 2023, a Toronto-based group of entrepreneurs have become multi-brand master franchisees with several concepts. Their goal is to introduce markets all over Canada to brands that have established strong customer bases in the United States, such as the dirty soda concept Fiiz Drinks. When the founders of Freshii established their restaurant concept in 2005, they quickly became first-movers of the healthy food category in Canada.