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Casey’s Erases the CEFCO Brand as US Convenience Store Consolidation Reshapes the Market
14/09/2026Casey's General Stores is erasing the CEFCO brand from 198 convenience store locations across the southern United States, the latest chapter in a wave of consolidation that is rapidly concentrating the US c-store market in the hands of a few…
Sparkle Grooming Secures $6 Million After Selling Over 600 Franchises in Two Years
10/09/2026Dog grooming franchise Sparkle Grooming Co. has secured $6 million in financing led by Companion Fund, a venture capital vehicle managed by Digitalis Ventures in partnership with Mars Petcare. The round follows two years during which the brand sold more…
Can You Open a Suka Sushi Restaurant in the U.S. in 2026?
08/09/2026A patent-pending tube that pushes a sushi roll up bite by bite turned a small Manhattan storefront into a social video destination in late 2025. Suka Sushi now runs two takeout locations in New York City, and neither is a…
Can You Open a Walmart Store? Why Walmart Does Not Franchise
04/09/2026Walmart Inc. reported total revenues of $713.2 billion for fiscal 2026 and operates 4,611 stores across the United States. That scale draws a steady stream of searches from entrepreneurs asking how to open a Walmart. The answer set out in…
Raising Cane’s Opens 7 New Restaurants in August 2026, Its 30th Anniversary Month
04/09/2026Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers opened 7 new restaurants across six states in August 2026, its 30th anniversary month. The brand debuted near Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on August 28, 1996, and has since grown past 1,000 US units.…
Chipotle Opens First Asia Restaurant in Seoul, South Korea
03/09/2026Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened its first restaurant in Asia, launching in Seoul, South Korea, on September 2, 2026. The brand, which operates more than 3,700 restaurants worldwide under a corporate model entered South Korea through a joint venture with…
Sweetgreen Opens First Utah Restaurant in Salt Lake City
03/09/2026Health-focused fast-casual brand Sweetgreen is entering Utah for the first time, opening a 3,160-square-foot location in Salt Lake City's Sugar House neighborhood on September 8, 2026. The chain operates all of its more than 230 US restaurants under a corporate…
Trian Steps Back From Wendy’s as CEO Bob Wright Leads Turnaround Amid Declining Traffic
31/08/2026Trian Fund Management has no current plans to pursue a Wendy's acquisition, per Reuters, pulling back from reports earlier this month that Nelson Peltz was assembling a buyout group. The retreat puts the turnaround of the Wendy’s franchise brand squarely…
Wingstop’s Chief Brand and People Officer Is Departing the Company
27/08/2026Wingstop, one of the fastest-growing chicken wing chains in the United States with more than 2,100 franchise restaurants across 45 states, disclosed on August 26, 2026 that its Senior Vice President and Chief Brand and People Officer, Donnie Upshaw, is…
Pizza Hut Drops “Pizza” From Its Name and Launches a Josh Allen Campaign Ahead of Ownership Transfer
26/08/2026Pizza Hut is temporarily operating under the name "Hut" through August 31, 2026, dropping the word "pizza" from its identity in a wordplay stunt tied to the NFL season. A national campaign featuring Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen rolled out…
